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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: High Hill hillfort Alternative Name: Hradiště na Vysokém VrchuCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 5.954 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Bohemia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kladno Nearest Village: Malé Kyšice
Latitude: 50.058811N Longitude: 14.064900E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Remains of the Bronze Age hillfort can be still recognized on a rocky top of the distinctive hill west of Prague city. So called Vysoký vrch (simply High Hill) has altitude of 486m and is a nice place to visit, mainly because of amazing views. Eespecially from the newly built wooden lookout.
An intensive archeological survey started in 1961 and confirmed the presence of the Celtic element dated from the Younger Bronze Age till the Early La Tène period. Sporadic traces the later Slavic settlement was also confirmed.
The hillfort itself was more likely small in size, covering 1,5ha and because of rather modest archeological findings is assumed mainly guard purpose of the place. Fortress had roughly square shape and ist stony ramparts were 275 cm heigh. Apart from pottery shreds a good amount of river pebbles was found here, which sould served as the slinger ammunition perhaps.
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