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Medžionys Hillfort

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Medžionys Hillfort, located near Medžionys village (Stakliškės eldership), is situated on a prominent highland promontory where the waters of the Virkys River and an unnamed stream meet. The slopes of this hillfort are particularly steep, reaching up to 15 meters in height. The hillfort's platform is rectangular, measuring 44 × 18 meters, with a distinct rampart on the northeastern side, which is 7 meters high and 18 meters wide. This rampart extends into a ditch that is 60 meters long, 24 meters wide, and approximately 1.5 meters deep. Additionally, on the southwestern side of the hillfort, there is another rampart, which is 16 meters long and 0.8 meters high.

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at the foot, covering an area of about 2 hectares, where fragments of rough pottery have been found. Near Medžionys Hillfort, there are also burial mounds from the 4th–5th centuries, which were explored in 1968 by archaeologist Juozas Antanavičius. During these excavations, a 340 m² area was uncovered containing three graves with various valuable artifacts, including bronze neck rings, cylindrical objects, fibulae, a wrist bracelet, a silver neck ring with spoon-shaped ends, an iron axe, a shield boss, a knife blade, and a rod-shaped pin. Medžionys Hillfort is dated to the first millennium to the beginning of the second millennium and is considered an important archaeological heritage site in Lithuania.

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