The archaeological site known as Staniuliškių piliakalnis is located in Staniuliškė, Utenos rajono savivaldybės teritorijoje. It is a hillfort and settlement site registered as a cultural monument. The site includes a circular area, known as an aikštelė, which is 14 meters in diameter. On its southwestern edge is a 2-meter-high embankment that is 12 meters wide with a 4-meter-high outer slope.
In the northeast part of the area, there is another 1-meter-high, 12-meter-wide embankment. This leads into a ditch that is 16 meters long and 5 meters wide, followed by a second embankment that is 2 meters high from the ditch and 7 meters wide with a 2.5-meter-high outer slope. The slopes are built and range from 10 to 15 meters in height. The center of the area is grassy, and 8 birch trees grow in its western part.
On a 1-hectare plot on the southwestern slope sits a settlement where coarse ceramics have been found. The hillfort is dated to the 1st millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium. The total area of the monument's territory is 1.9 hectares, and a visual protection zone covers 1359000 m² around the site.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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