1863–1864 m. sukilėlių kapavietė Pilies kalne Vilniuje

LT2018–2019 m. LNM muziejininkų ir archeologų grupė tęsė 2017 m. pradėtus Vilniaus Pilies kalno teritorijos archeologinius tyrimus (ATL 2017 metais, 2018, p. 617–625). Detalieji tyrimai atlikti Pilies kalno aikštelėje, 1831– 1878 m. ant kalno funkcionavusios carinės tvirtovės vidinio kiemo V pusėje, 1863–1864 m. sukilimo dalyvių, nubaustų mirties bausme Lukiškių aikštėje, palaikų užkasimo vietoje. 2018–2019 m. buvo ištirtos dvi bendro 84 m2 ploto perkasos. 2018 m. ištirta 41 m2 ploto perkasa 5, fiksuotas 0,30–2,92 m storio kultūrinis sluoksnis, susiformavęs 1831 m. – XX a. Aptikta 1837 m. statyto pastato liekanų (pamatų dalis) bei 3 duobės su užkastais trimis 1863–1864 m. sukilimo dalyvių palaikais. [Iš teksto, p. 437-438]

ENIn 2018–2019, the LNM museologist– archaeologist group continued the investigation, begun in 2017, of Castle Hill in Vilnius and also conducted one in the enclosure of Castle Hill: at the burial site of January Uprising insurgents executed in Lukiškių Square, Vilnius and interred on the W side of the inner courtyard of the former 1831–1878 tsarist fortress on the hill. In 2018, a 41 m2 trench was excavated, revealing the remains of 3 insurgents. The 2017–2018 investigation yielded the remains of 20 of the 21 insurgents executed in Vilnius. Only those of Father Stanislovas Išora, who was executed first (on 22 May 1863), were not found. In 2019, an attempt was made to find his remains. Because it was impossible to determine the burial site from the compiled data, the rest of the uninvestigated part of the inner courtyard of the tsarist fortress, i.e. the W–NW edge bordering the remains of the 1832 gunpowder magazine was excavated. The excavation of the 43 m2 area revealed a 0.23–1.75 m thick, up to 2.8 m thick in the area of the magazine’s remains, cultural layer that had formed from 1831 to the mid-20th century. It was determined that the cultural layer that had formed prior to the 19th century in this part of the Castle Hill enclosure had been dug up in building the fortress in 1831 by order of the tsar. The investigation yielded various finds characteristic of Medieval castles that came from the destroyed cultural layer, but most of the finds were artefacts from the 19th – first half of the 20th century. Part of the remains of the underground wooden gunpowder magazine were excavated. The remains of the January Uprising insurgent, Fr. Išora, were not found. Based on the investigation results, the conclusion was drawn that the priest had been buried elsewhere.There is a greater likelihood that his body was interred in the part Vilnius Fortress then located on the Hill of Three Crosses; near the execution site, i.e. in the vicinity of Lukiškės Square; or at another location in the Castle Hill enclosure. On 22 November 2019, the state funeral of the leaders and participants in the January Uprising was held and attended by state delegates of neighbouring countries. The remains of the 20 insurgents were laid to rest in the columbarium of the central chapel of Old Rasos Cemetery in Vilnius. [From the publication]