Bazorų piliakalnis is a hillfort located in the Alytaus district municipality, to the west of the Bazorų Pivašiūnų eldership. To reach the site, travel along the Lelionys - Tabalenka road, turn left into a field path at the beginning of Bazorų, and drive 1.6 km to a quarry. From there, walk 300 m to the north-east across the fields.
The hillfort sits on a separate hill on the left bank of Punelė. The oval-shaped arena measures 56 m long and 15 m wide, being 3 m higher in the southwest direction. The slopes are of medium height, reaching 6 m in the southwest and 11 m to the north-east towards Punelė. The arena is difficult to distinguish because the hillfort was plowed for a long time and gravel was extracted from the southern slope. The arena is grassy, and the eastern slope is covered with trees.
Archaeological records show a 0.2-hectare residential settlement in the southwest and the Bazorų kapinynas to the east. The Institute of History surveyed the site in 1972 and found no cultural layer. The hillfort is dated to the 1st millennium.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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