The fortification of Pelekonių IV piliakalnis

Pelekonių IV piliakalnis, also known as Dambava or Pilalė, is a hillfort located in the territory of Jiezno eldership, south of the village of Gegužinis. It can be reached by traveling north from Kašonys, turning toward Dambava, and following a path through a field to a northwest slope. From there, a 300-meter walk through the forest to the northwest leads to the site, which is surrounded by mixed forest.

The hillfort is situated at the confluence of the right bank of the Nemunas and the left bank of the Viekšnia, in what is now the Kauno marių tvenkinys. Its courtyard is triangular, elongated in a northwest direction, measuring 85 meters long and 33 meters wide at the end of its northwest side. At the edge of the northwest side, there is an embankment 35 meters long, 5.5 meters high, and 25 meters wide. The outer slope of the embankment descends 9 meters into a 2-meter deep ditch that is 30 meters wide.

The northeastern part of the embankment at the top is 6.5 meters long and 8 meters wide, and it is flat and 2 meters lower than the northwest side. On the northeast slope of the hillfort, toward the Viekšnia, there is a 27-meter wide terrace 6 meters lower than the courtyard, sloping 3 meters toward the north. The slopes are 30 meters high. The site was surveyed by the Institute of History in 1971 and is dated to the first millennium to the beginning of the second millennium.

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