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Būtkiemis Hillfort

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The hillfort is located on a separate hill on a highland promontory. The original platform was small, with a high, 17-meter-wide rampart built on the northern side, whose ends gradually surrounded the entire platform. Thus, the hillfort appeared to have a sunken top. In 1969, during the preparation of the platform for dances, the rampart made of gravel was leveled with a bulldozer, leaving the hillfort in the shape of a truncated cone with an oval platform of 16×18 meters and remains of a 0.5-meter-high rampart on the northern side. The slopes are steep, 8 meters high, with the northern slope being only 1.5 meters high as the rampart was leveled on this side.

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is said that a pagan temple once stood on the hillfort. According to legend, the hillfort was built by the Swedes, or it was created during the Polish occupation (with the retreating army piling it up with their hats to commemorate their victory). It is noted that in 1919, children found bones and a skull at a depth of about 1 meter while digging a gravel pit on top of the hillfort. Local residents say that the hillfort was much higher in the past. It can be reached by taking the Kruonis-Būtkiemis road (road No. 129). In the middle of the Šventininkai forest, turn left (northeast) and follow the road, keeping to the right – a total of 900 meters (it is 50 meters to the right (south) after passing the second homestead on the right). The hillfort is overgrown with bushes and trees, making it difficult to find.

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