Raudonėnų piliakalnis is a hillfort and settlement located in the village of Raudonėnai, Jurbarkas district. The hillfort is situated on a bend of the Raudonė river, featuring a triangular courtyard oriented towards the southwest - northeast. The courtyard measures 37 metres long and 35 metres wide in the southwest. Along the southwestern edge stands a rampart 40 metres long, 3 metres high, and 12 metres wide, behind which lies a 6-metre wide and 1-metre deep ditch.
The slopes of the hillfort reach a height of 18 metres. The site features excavations measuring 160 metres long in a north - south direction and up to 140 metres wide. While the northern part of the courtyard was washed away by the Raudonė river, the southern slope faces a pond and has been affected by erosion. The hillfort is currently overgrown with sparse birch trees.
To the southwest of the hillfort, on a plot of 1.2 hectares, lies a settlement. This settlement was established opposite the hillfort's rampart in the same bend of the Raudonė and Rožupė rivers. The two areas were separated by a ditch that has since been overgrown. These settlement excavations measure 150 metres long in a north - south direction and up to 80 metres wide.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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