Lieplaukalės piliakalnis, also known as Pilalė, is a hillfort located in the Plungė district near the village of Lieplaukė. It is accessible via a path following the Šiauliai - Palanga road for 750 meters on the Palanga side from the intersection toward Skuodas, positioned 30 meters to the left on the southern side of the path.
The hillfort is situated on a separate hill with a base diameter of 55-60 meters near a small swamp from which the Babrungo stream, Liepupė, flows. The swamp surrounds the hill to the west, south, and east. The site features an oval clearing, elongated in a west-east direction, measuring 17x9 meters in size. The slopes are of medium height, reaching 7 meters high.
Deep pits are dug in the clearing. The hillfort is covered with sparsely thinning birch trees and is dated to the 1st millennium. Archaeological investigations were conducted in 1964 by the Institute of Lithuanian History, which observed no remains of cultural layers or fortifications.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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