Pelekonių III piliakalnis, also known as Pilalė, is a hillfort located in the Prienai district municipality, south of Dambava in the Jiezno eldership. It can be reached by traveling north from Kašonys, turning toward Dambava, and walking 600 m west along the fields along the northern edge of the forest. From there, turning into the forest toward the southwest for 50 m leads to the opposite side of the ditch. It is one of four hillforts in Pelekonių.
The hillfort is situated on the left bank of a stream. The courtyard is triangular, elongated in an east-west direction, and measures 15 m long and 8 m wide at the eastern end. A mound 4 m high and 19 m wide is situated here, with an outer slope 5 m high leading down into a ditch 25 m wide and 3 m deep. The mound contains a lot of burnt clay. The slopes are 20 m high. The northern slope of the hillfort is eroding, and the site is overgrown with dense bushes that appeared after the forest was cleared.
The site dates back to the 1st millennium – beginning of the 2nd millennium. It was surveyed by the Institute of History in 1971. The hillfort is located 2.15 km northeast of the first hillfort, 1.45 km north of the second, and 900 m southeast of the fourth.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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