Vainagių piliakalnis, also known as Piliukas, is a hillfort situated in the territory of Kelmė Regional Council, near Vainagiai, Šaukėnai Parish, Kurtuvėna Regional Park. It is surrounded by a wall, unique among all known hillforts in Lithuania. The hillfort is oval shaped, surrounded by right-left and front-back crypts, 45x22 meters in size, approximately 1 meter high (1 meter lower than the surrounding land), with a flat top in the western part. In the southern part of the top, there is a 10-meter wide platform, descending into the ground to the west by 1 meter. The platforms, approximately 14 meters tall, are found in the southern part of the top. The hillfort was built in the 2nd millennium CE. Archeological excavations in 1999 revealed a 45 square meter flat platform, a cultural artifact. The hillfort is listed in the Atlas of Cultural and Historical Monuments of Lithuania.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
Discuss this with the author and others
No comments yet. Be the first to start the conversation.