Buivydai Hillfort

In 2011 this hillfort, together with the nearby Bradeliškės hillfort, was tidied up and adapted for visitors. Buivydai hillfort offers great panoramic views of the Dūkšta valley, which stretches out like a canyon. Visitors have already grown fond of the viewing platform built above a high slope on the northern part of Buivydai hillfort. The "most extreme" 5 km hiking trail winds past the hillforts, and we invite you to walk it. On two sides, Buivydai hillfort was protected by the river and the steep, high slopes of its valley, and on another side by a gully fed by spring and meltwater. In the middle of this eastern slope, the builders of the hillfort formed a terrace 7 m wide and artificially steepened the upper part of the slope. In the southern part of the plateau, which had no natural obstacles, a defensive line of three dug ditches and three ramparts heaped up between them was built. The highest rampart, 5 m high and 15 m wide, was raised at the edge of the plateau. The slopes of the hillfort are very steep, 25–40 m high. In 2008 archaeological research was carried out at Buivydai hillfort, led by archaeologist Assoc. Prof. Dr Gintautas Vėlius. Shards of hand-made pottery with smooth and rough surfaces, dating from the 4th–8th centuries, were found.