Vaitiekunas hill fort, located on the right bank of the Shushve river, in Grinkiškio seniūnija, Lithuania, is a 11 meters high, triangular-shaped hill fort with a base 36 meters long along the east-west axis and 80 meters wide at the north entrance. A 4.5-meter high, 25-meter wide wall surrounds it. The hill fort's entrance slopes down. Discovered by archeological excavations in 1968, the monument dates back to the 1st to 13th centuries. A nearby settlement dating back to the 1st to 2nd centuries was also found, covering 0.5 hectares.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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