Karmazinai mound
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The Karmazinai mound is a burial mound and hill fort
( piliakalnis) in Vilnius district municipality
, Lithuania
. It is situated by : N54°49'09.4"; E24°55'52.1", about 0.8 km northwest of the Karmazinai
village, 40 m from the right bank of the Dūkšta River, close to its confluence with Neris
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Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
( piliakalnis) in Vilnius district municipality
Vilnius district municipality
Vilnius district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital on 3 sides, and the Trakai district municipality touches it on one....
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. It is situated by : N54°49'09.4"; E24°55'52.1", about 0.8 km northwest of the Karmazinai
Karmazinai
Karmazinai is a village in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on the right bank of Neris River, by forest, part of the Neris Regional Park. There is an ancient burial mound and hill fort about 0.8km northwest of the village....
village, 40 m from the right bank of the Dūkšta River, close to its confluence with Neris
Neris
Neris is a river rising in Belarus, flowing through Vilnius and becoming a tributary of the Neman River at Kaunas...
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