Cycling Highlight
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The mound is located on a high promontory on the left bank of Žiežmara. The site is elongated in an east-west direction, 3 m long in the center, 7 m long at the eastern edge, 25 m wide at the western end, with a raised middle of up to 2 m. Most of it is washed by the Žiežmara River at the eastern end. A 24 m long, 3.5 m high, 15 m wide embankment was poured on its western side, with an outer slope of 5.5 m high descending into a 25 m wide, 2 m deep ditch. The slopes are steep, 16-18 m high. The mound was flattened by ploughing, its eastern part was washed away, it is soiled, separate deciduous trees grow on the eastern slope. The mound dates back to the 1st to the beginning of the 2nd millennium.
May 25, 2024
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