Located in the village of Pasodninkai within the Gelvonų eldership, the Pasodninkų piliakalnis is accessible from the road between Juodonys and Mikalajūnai. After turning left off the road past Pasodninkai onto a gravel path, the site is situated 100 meters east of a farmstead.
The hillfort features a triangular platform oriented east-west, measuring 10 meters long and 12 meters wide at the western end. It is surrounded by ramparts on all sides, with the western side reaching a height of 3.5 meters and a width of 18 meters. The northern and eastern sides of the platform have ramparts that are 0.3 meters high and 5 meters wide. The outer slope of the western rampart descends into a ditch that is 9 meters wide and 0.8 meters deep. The surrounding slopes reach heights of up to 30 meters.
Archaeological surveys conducted by the Institute of History in 1970 date the hillfort to the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. The site was officially recognized as a state-protected monument in 2005. The protected area of the monument covers 18,800 square meters.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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