The first hillfort rises 17 metres high with a deliberately flattened upper slope. The central yard is an oval, about 45 metres long and 15 - 20 metres wide. Archaeologists found pottery with a rough surface at the base of the southern slope. The construction features a 26-metre wide terrace 7 metres below the yard, and the ends of the yard were filled with smaller mounds.
Then there is the second hillfort, located about 1 kilometre to the southwest of the first. It is an oval, 35 x 19 metres in size, with a southern and northern slope rising 17 metres high. It features a 2-metre wide terrace on the western slope, 3 metres below the yard. People living at this site used smooth-surfaced pottery, found at the base of the southern, eastern and northern slopes.
You can see the remains of these settlements today. These hillforts date back to the first millennium, and while the artifacts from the excavations are stored away, the hills themselves remain as permanent features of the landscape near the village of Garnių.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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