Selected photos
Rudamina Mound is one of the most famous monuments of Jotvingians. The mound had been constructed near the former lake on the top of a separate, high and massive hill. Photo © Andrzej Kłopotowski www.kierunekwschod.blox.pl |
Archaeologists found, that the mound existed from the beginning of the I millennium. At the end of the I - at the beginning of the II millenniums it was reconstructed - the field was expanded, slopes were paved with stones, mound was heightened and, supposedly, defensive wall was built. Photo © Andrzej Kłopotowski www.kierunekwschod.blox.pl |
The mount became a powerful fortress, which defended from Teutonic Order. The castle of this mound had been burned several times. The last time this mound was settled by Jotvingians in the X - XIII centuries Photo © Andrzej Kłopotowski www.kierunekwschod.blox.pl |