Kapinės Tauro kalne Vilniuje

LT2020 m. TO atliko žvalgomuosius tyrimus Vilniaus Tauro kalno parko (tarp Pamėnkalnio, Tauro, V. Kudirkos, M. Valančiaus ir V. Mykolaičio- Putino gatvių) teritorijoje, kur planuojama vykdyti parko rekonstrukcijos darbus. Rekonstrukcijos projekte numatyta tiesti naujus takus, įrengti laiptus ir įvairius inžinerinius statinius. Apibendrindami Aušrelės Racevičienės ir Laimos Vilekienės Tauro kalno parko teritorijos 2019 m. istorinių tyrimų ataskaitą, galime teigti, kad dabartinio Tauro kalno nagrinėjama teritorija atitinka istoriniuose šaltiniuose nurodomą Moliakalnio (Gliniana gora) kalvos dalį, kuri nuo XVIII a. II pusės vadinta Boufalo kalnu. Moliakalnio pavadinimas priskiriamas kalvos R, Velniakalnis (Czartowa gora) – V pakraščiui, buvusiam tarp griovos su Moliakalniu ir tęsęsis iki Užvingio dvaro. XVI–XVII a. dokumentai ir planai rodo, kad aprašoma kalva tuo laikotarpiu buvo tik greta miesto esanti negyvenama teritorija. [...] [p. 189].

ENIn 2020, a field evaluation was conducted prior to carrying out reconstruction work in Tauras Hill Park in Vilnius. During the investigation, 18 test pits and 13 trenches were excavated. 19th–20th-century cultural layer horizons were discovered in the majority of the investigated locations. The earliest 25–30 cm thick grey sand cultural layer was discovered in trenches 4 and 11. No archaeological finds were discovered in them, but burials were found under this layer in trench 11, which allows one to assert that the layer could date to the 17th ? – early 19th centuries. These three burials are connected with the Orthodox Christian cemetery that existed on the NE part of the hill in the 18th – early 19th centuries. The isolated human bones discovered at the site of trench 6 are the remains of the Orphans’ Cemetery that existed on the NW part of the hill. The several early 20th-century structures that were discovered: a stone paving fragment at the site of trench 4, the remains of a concrete walkway at the site of trench 10, and the remains of a masonry structure at the site of trench 11, are connected with the wooden buildings that existed on Tauras Hill when it was owned by Count A. Tiškevčius and with the first Tauras Hill Park project initiated by A. Tiškevičius himself. Isolated late 16th–17th-century archaeological finds were discovered in trench 2 and test pits 4, 12, and 18.