The first hillfort of Papilė in one of the oldest towns in Samogitia, is located on the left bank of the River Venta, on the high ground, at the confluence with an unnamed stream. It is believed that the hillfort was used from the end of the 10th century to the 14th century. The site is almost quadrangular, elongated, 55x25 m in size. The slopes are steep and up to 20 m high. The site and the ditch are occupied by a 19th century cemetery, the graves of which destroyed the cultural layer and buried the embankment. Papilė Castle and its surroundings were attacked by the Crusaders in 1339 and 1359. To the north and west is the former settlement of Papilys. Simonas Daukantas – Lithuanian historian, writer and educator, one of the first ideologists of the national revival – was buried in the hillfort cemetery in 1864. S. Daukantas was the first to write the history of Lithuania in Lithuanian.
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