The Sore-Sidled Mound of Ancestral Lithuanian Territory: A 800-year Tale of

Constructed between 1253 and 1263, this battle-scarred hillfort, the Hillfort Anduliai, bears witness to events that span centuries. In 1253, a rivalry between the Curonian Bishop and the Magistrate of the Livonian Order for control ensued, leaving undisturbed parts of the hillfort for Feodal Veltūnus and his kin. The Durbės Mutiny in 1263 led to the Knights' section's near-destruction, with the remaining part falling into the hands of another exiled lord. The last documented mention of the hillfort dates back to 1290. Buried under the modern Anduliai village soil post-1944, the hillfort is now esteemed as an archaeological and encyclopedic relic. It was officially recognized as a cultural artifact and enlisted into the Cultural Heritage Register as an archaeological complex comprising the hillfort and its surroundings in 1997.

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