Sometimes ancient history is just a quiet, oval terrace on a hill. This is Buniškių piliakalnis, a hillfort and settlement that sits just west of Buniškiai. It is tucked away behind a power line - a small hill covered in pines located in the Lazdijai district.
The fortification was carved out of a hill that stands 11 metres tall. The clearing measures 18 by 9 metres across, oriented along a northeast-southwest axis. On the slopes, there are terraces about two metres wide, situated 1 to 1.5 metres lower than the main clearing. It was defended with ditches and ramparts.
On a 0.5 hectare area on the northern and northwest slopes is a settlement where pieces of coarse pottery from the first millennium were found. The site was officially recognized as a protected state monument in 2005. It is a site for anyone willing to walk the fields to see the history of the region.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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