Paveisininkai Hillfort and Settlement are situated in the Lazdijų district municipality, 2 kilometers north of Paveisininkai village on the southern shore of Lake Veisiejis. The hillfort occupies the southwestern part of a detached hill. Its top forms an oval, elongated in the east-west direction, 30×24 m in size (the former castle courtyard), surrounded by a 1-3 m high, 8-16 m wide defensive rampart. In the northern part of the defensive wall, there is a 1-1,5 m deep hollow - the old entrance's site. To the east, the outer 4-5 m high slope of the rampart slopes down to a 7 m wide terrace, behind which a 9 m wide, 1,2 m deep ditch has been dug. On the west side, 5 m below the embankment, there is a 4 m wide terrace and 4 m below that a second terrace 10 m long and 15 m wide. A 1.5 ha settlement was found at the eastern-north-eastern foot of the mound.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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