The Vaitiekūnai hill fort on the Shushve river bank

The Vaitiekūnai hill fort on the Shushve river bank

Photo: Hugo.arg / Wikimedia Commons , Public domain , resized

Dating back to the 1st millennium, the Vaitiekūnai hill fort stands 11 meters tall on the right bank of the Shushve river, where it meets the Vendre stream.

The Vaitiekūnai hill fort, also known as Pilis, is located in the Grinkiškio seniūnija district near the village of Vaitiekūnai. It sits on the right bank of the Shushve river at the confluence with the Vendre stream, where the river now forms a lake. The hill fort features steep slopes reaching 11 meters in height and a triangular clearing that is 36 meters long from north to south and 17 meters wide in the south.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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