Verstaminų piliakalnis IV, also known as Koplyčkalnis, is a hillfort located in the Lazdijai district municipality, east of the village of Verstaminai in the Teizai eldership. It is reached by traveling 2 km from the village on the Verstaminai - Teizai road, then turning left toward the northwest for 500 m along a field path.
The hillfort is situated 1.3 km east of the first hillfort. The courtyard is quadrangular, elongated in a northwest-southeast direction, measuring 45x25 meters. The eastern part of the site is 2 meters lower than the corners, which are 1 meter higher. The slopes are steep and stand 20 meters high.
The hillfort is surrounded by ditches, and a triangulation tower stands at the southern end of the courtyard. In 1965, the Institute of History surveyed the site, where no signs of a cultural layer or chapel were observed. Dating to the beginning of the first millennium, it was declared a cultural monument by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in 1998. The protected area covers 27,000 square meters.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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