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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grodzisko Myślibórz Alternative Name: Łysa GóraCountry: Poland
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Voivodeship: Zachodniopomorskie Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Myślibórz Nearest Village: Myślibórz
Latitude: 52.939458N Longitude: 14.878506E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Hillfort in Zachodniopomorskie
Large fortress built at the end of the 6th century BC century BC (end of the Bronze Age and beginning of Iron Age Hallstatt period) by the population of the Lusatian culture.
For centuries, maybe millennia, the hillfort sheltered people during enemy invasions.
It has an oval shape and is probably the oldest part of Myślibórz. Located 1.5 kilometers north of the city center, adjacent to the east of the Gulf Ptasia of Myślibórz Lake.
The central axis of oval fort is about 140 meters long and is oriented meridionally.
The width is about 65 meters. The pre-existing hill was widdened by wooden and earthen walls and a wooden stockade. Even today it stands about 6 meters above the fields to the east and to the west it is up to 12 meters above the water level of a lake Myślibórz, which is only 50 Meters away.
Later the Pomeranian inhabitants built an early medieval castle dated to the years 870 - 973/979.
When Mieszko I founded the Polish state at the end of the 10th century CE, the settlement expanded again.
The earth, wood and stone defensive structures no longer met the defense needs of the 12th/13th century, after which the Hilflort was abandoned.
It was used again during World War II, as evidenced today by traces of trenches.
Systematic archaeological research was began in World War II by German archaeologist H. Heiligendorff, but information about research findings probably did not survive. After the war, archaeological research was conducted in June 1958 by W. Szafranski. The results were published in a work entitled. "Studies in Grodzisko Mysliborz in Western Pomerania." They show the existence of a settlement of the Lusatian culture.
Today, the 2,500 years history of the settlement is an interesting site for suburban walks. It is an excellent vantage point.
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