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COMPLEX OF ANCIENT IPILTIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS

Historic sites

The complex of ancient archaeological monuments at Ipiltis consists of three hillforts, a graveyard and a ceremonial rock. It dates back to the 1st to the 13th century AD. Near the pond is an impressive hillfort known as Pilale or the hill of Mary. Nearby, on the banks of the Šventoji River, is the Mount Karo hillfort. Near Mount Pilies on the slope of Šventoji there is a graveyard where soldiers were buried. Next to Pilale (the hill of Mary) and not far from Graistupis, there is an altar rock from which water flows. It is said to have medicinal properties.

Country

Lithuania

Historic land

Couronia

Nature / landscape

Mounds
Archaeological complexes

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