Located in the village of Sėlės within the Utenos district, Sėlos piliakalnis is a protected archaeological site and hillfort. The site is situated on a separate hill surrounded by marshes and is characterized by an oval, elongated courtyard measuring 60x17 meters.
The courtyard faces the northwest and features a 9-meter-wide embankment that is 0.2 meters high. Below this embankment, at a depth of 2.5 meters, lies a terrace measuring 30x20 meters, while the slope itself stands 9 meters high. The hillfort is heavily overgrown with bushes and mixed forest.
Research conducted by the Institute of History in 1970 dates the site to the first millennium. The protected area covers 2.3 hectares. Additionally, remains of destroyed hillforts from the middle of the first millennium are located 300 meters to the northeast of the site.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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