Vilniaus Pilies kalno nuošliaužų žvalgymai 2016–2017 m

LT2016–2017 m. pavasarį archeologiniai žvalgymai vykdyti 5 Vilniaus pilies (Gedimino) kalno (UK 141) šlaitų vietose: 4 nuošliaužų plotuose, nuslinkusių paviršinių gruntų šalinimo darbų metu bei kalno Š šlaito atraminės sienos geoinžinerinių tyrimų vietoje. Iki 2016 m. archeologiniai tyrimai kalno šlaituose vykdyti kelis kartus. Daugiau duomenų sukaupta apie kalno Š šlaite susiformavusį kultūrinį sluoksnį. LP archeologai 1995 ir 2003 m. (ATL 2003 me - tais, 2005, p. 155–157) nustatė, jog dabartinio keleivių keltuvo trasos teritorijoje yra susiformavęs 1–1,8 m storio kultūrinis sluoksnis su XIV–XIX a. radiniais. Kalno Š šlaito V pusėje 2016 m. susidarė dvi paviršinio grunto nuošliaužos. [...] [p. 201].

ENDuring 2016–2017, an evaluation was conducted at five locations on the slopes of castle hill in Vilnius: in four areas of soil that had slipped during topsoil elimination work and at the site of a geo-engineering investigation of the masonry retaining wall built on the hill’s N slope circa 1551. A 60-80 cm thick fill cultural layer was recorded in the scarps of one of the slipped areas on the W side of the hill’s N slope but was not dated as no finds were discovered. 15-80 cm and 20-40 cm thick fill cultural layers no earlier than the 20th century were recorded in the scarps of two slipped areas on the hill’s SE slope. 14th-20th century finds, mostly pottery (household vessels, ‘bowlshaped’ stove tiles (Schüsselkacheln), and roof tile fragments) were discovered in the slipped soil. A geo-engineering investigation (boreholes) determined that the retaining wall built on the hill’s N slope circa 1551 at the direction of Grand Duke Žygimantas Augustas of Lithuania is 10.4 m high and 3.85 m thick at the bottom. The wall is a single structure created from boulders, stones, bricks, and brick fragments bound by lime mortar. The lower part consists of mostly boulders, stones, and brick fragments, the upper mostly of bricks laid in rows. The wall was erected after digging down into the natural sand slope or digging it away.