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Place in Dzūkija, Lithuania
Karmazinai mound
Karmazinai mound is located in LithuaniaKarmazinai moundKarmazinai mound
Coordinates: 54°49′09″N 24°55′52″E / 54.81917°N 24.93111°E / 54.81917; 24.93111
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionDzūkija
CountyVilnius County
MunicipalityVilnius district municipality
EldershipDūkštos Eldership
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The Karmazinai mound (also called Viršupis) is a hill fort (piliakalnis) in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated about 0.8 km northwest of the Karmazinai village, 40 m from the right bank of the Dūkšta River [lt], close to its confluence with Neris. The Karmazinai burial mound [lt] is located some 1.8 km southeast of the hillfort, about 0.3 km northeast of the village, about 0.2 km northeast of the right bank of the Neris, in the forest.

Karmazinai hillfort mound

See also

References

  1. "Karmazinų pilkapyno tyrinėjimai 1997 metais" ("1997 Exploration of Karmazinai Tumuli") by Gintautas Vėlius [lt] (in Lithuanian)
  2. Karmazinai Hill Fort
  3. Gintautas Vēlius, Karmazinų pilkapyno tyrinėjimai 1997 metais


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