Rokiškio Šv. apaštalo Evangelisto Mato bažnyčios tyrimai

LT2019 m. liepos–lapkričio mėnesiais Rokiškio Šv. apaštalo Evangelisto Mato bažnyčios viduje (UK 22373) (Rokiškis, Nepriklausomybės aikštė 1) projektuojamų šildomų grindų vietoje BRIAI vykdė žvalgymus iki projektinio gylio. Bažnyčios viduje, 27x19 m plote buvo ištirtas 50–70 cm storio paviršinis sluoksnis, lauke atlikti žvalgymai senųjų šilumos tinklų trasoje (26,4 m2). Siekiant užfiksuoti antrosios (medinės) bažnyčios (1708–1713– 1864) buvimo faktą (kurios kontūrai pažymėti 1866 m. plane), moksliniais tikslais žvalgomo ploto tikslinėse perkasose 1, 2 (iš viso 72 m2) gilintasi iki 0,5–2,7 m. Jose surinkti įvairialaikiai duomenys yra reikšmingiausi tyrimų rezultatai. Istoriniai duomenys apie sklypą leidžia išskirti bent 3 pagrindinius vietovės kaitos momentus, kurių ankstyviausias yra iš XVI a. [...] [p. 200-201].

ENIn 2019, an excavation was conducted inside the Church of Mark the Evangelist in Rokiškis at the site of a planned heated floor and the former heating line. A fill layer with 16th–19th-century finds created during the construction of the church in 1866–1877 was recorded in a 27x19 m area excavated to a planned depth of 50–70 cm inside the church. Foundations from 3 different periods for: the modern (current) church (1866–1877), a crypt (1) and a column as well as the pits from former scaffolding (1–8) and contemporary construction materials were unearthed at a depth of 0.5–2.7 m in trenches 1 and 2 (72 m2). After the 1864 fire horizon was reached, a simply constructed building foundation (2) (1708–1713) and an annex (porch?) to the church that burnt in the 1864 fire were discovered. Foundation 3, a 1.3 m wide, brick and stone structure dating to the 16th–17th centuries, was discovered 1.8 m to the W. Burial 1 from the same period was discovered in the churchyard recorded outside it. An analysis of the data allows one to think that the 16th-century foundation was adapted for the 1708 construction of the second wooden church, to which a simple vestibule (foundation 2) was added sometime later. The investigation yielded a total of 479 finds (mostly grave goods, structural ceramics, and fasteners, i.e. nails. The human bones collected in the fill layers were established as having come from the destroyed burials of 46 individuals. The unearthed structures were preserved and can be seen through glass panels in the floor of the Rokiškis church.