Stakliškės II is a hillfort hiding in a forested corner of the Prienai district, located 850 metres southeast of the first Stakliškės hillfort. The site is situated on a high point on the left bank of the Trydupis river, nestled in the woods of the Būdos forest.
The site contains a rectangular clearing measuring 8 metres long by 10 metres wide. On its eastern edge stands a rampart 20 metres long, 3 metres high, and 12 metres wide. This earthen structure features an outer slope 4 metres high that descends into a trench 11 metres wide and 1 metre deep. Statues on the slope stand 7 metres high.
While the eastern side remains defined, the western part of the clearing has been washed away and the western bank is eroding. The site is currently covered in mixed forest.
Dated to the first millennium - the beginning of the second millennium, the site is a protected cultural monument covering 7,400 square metres. It sits near the Trydupis river, just a short distance from the 9th - 12th century Stakliškės hill-graveyard.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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