Tyrimai Alantos miestelyje

LT2020 m. TO atliko žvalgomuosius tyrimus ir žvalgymus Alantos miestelio istorinės dalies (UK 12788) teritorijoje (Molėtų r., Alantos sen.) Dariaus ir Girėno, A. Kraujalio, Palaukės, Ukmergės gatvėse ir Turgaus aikštėje. Miestelyje buvo numatyta elektros tinklų rekonstrukcija (oro linijos buvo keičiamos požeminėmis) ir statoma nauja transformatorinė Dariaus ir Girėno g. 9B. Tinklai per gatves ir jų prieigose buvo tiesiami daugiausia uždaru prakalimo arba gręžimo būdu, įvadai į gyventojų sklypus – atviru būdu. Pirmą kartą istoriniuose šaltiniuose Alantos (Owantha) vardas paminėtas 1436 m. Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio Žygimanto Kęstutaičio dokumente, kuriuo jis patvirtino Vilniaus kašteliono Kristino Astiko dovio užrašymą žmonai Onai. Dvaras minimas nuo XVI a., kai jį valdė Astikai. Verta atskirai paminėti Jokūbą Astiką, kuris fundavo Alantos Šv. Apaštalo Jokūbo bažnyčią, pastatytą apie 1504 m. [...] [p. 355].

ENIn 2020, field evaluations (25 1x1 m test pits totalling 25 m2) and surveys (454 m2) were conducted prior to and during the construction of a new transformer at Dariaus ir Girėno St. 9B and the reconstruction of the power line network on Dariaus ir Girėno, A. Kraujalio, Palaukės, and Ukmergės Streets, and in Turgaus Square in the town of Alanta (Molėtai District, East Lithuania). The cultural layer at these investigated locations was determined to be 0.3–1.3 m thick. The remains of a building possibly dating to the 17th century, i.e. a structure (floor fragment?) made of fired bricks with finger marks, were discovered in test pit 13. The remains of a masonry wall were also discovered in some sections of the power line trench dug on the N edge of Turgaus Square. Based on the depth of the discovered wall (the same as the brick floor in test pit 13) we judged that it is possibly from an archaeological period (circa the 17th century). Archaeological finds were discovered in test pits 14 and 16: a 17th-century panel stove tile in test pit 14 and a fragment of oxidation- fired household pottery with a light brown glaze (Kielce ceramics), which is also characteristic for the late 16th – first half of the 17th century, in test pit 16. Test pit 20 had a 10–15 cm thick, dark grey peaty sand layer, that contained a 1668 John II Casimir Vasa shilling, which allows this layer to be dated to no later than the 17th century. These finds and other data allow one to state that an archaeologically valuable cultural (archaeological) layer and archaeological period structures and their remains may have survived in as yet uninvestigated locations in Turgaus Square and on the plots beside it.