Located in the forest near the village of Papilalio, Papilalio piliakalnis is an archaeological site and hill fort situated on a separate hill. It sits on the northwestern bank of the former Pilies lake, which is now a swamp. The site is accessible via a forest road from the Kelmė - Kilonys route, roughly 1.3 km from the turn toward the southwest.
The hill fort features slopes ranging from 5 to 11 meters high. It has a circular clearing 35 meters in diameter, surrounded by boulders. The boulders are best preserved in the northern part of the clearing, where they reach a height of 1.3 meters and a width of 15 meters. The site is surrounded by the Gelinkos stream and surrounding hills.
On the northern-northeastern slope of the hill fort, there is a trench 15 meters wide and 1 meter deep, located 6 meters below the clearing. This leaves a section of the hill's edge 24 meters long and 30 meters wide, which is surrounded by a ditch and resembles a 'papilė'. Archaeological research was conducted on the site in 1903 by Liudvikas Kšivickis and again in 1967 by the Institute of Lithuanian History. The site dates back to the 1st millennium.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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