Piliakalnis prie Vokės slėnio

LTDar 2009 m. KPC per KPD gavo biologijos mokslų daktaro Dariaus Stončiaus pateiktą medžiagą apie jo tais metais lokalizuotas spėjamas archeologines vietas, tarp kurių buvo nurodytas ir iki tol literatūroje neminėtas ties Vilniaus rajono Vaidotų kaimu netoli Vokės kairiojo kranto esantis piliakalnis. Žvalgymo metu piliakalnio aikštelėje ir šlaituose kultūrinio sluoksnio nepastebėta, matyti tik rusvai pilkas dirvožemis. Sprendžiant pagal kai kuriuos vizualius požymius (pavyzdžiui, lyg ir nepabaigta iki galo apatinė terasa piliakalnio ŠV šlaite) bei pagal tai, kad jame nematyti kultūrinio sluoksnio pėdsakų, manoma, kad Vaidotų piliakalnis taip ir nebuvo iki galo įrengtas ir apgyvendintas. Pagal išvaizdą piliakalnį, matyt, galima būtų datuoti I tūkst.-II tūkst. pradžia. Vaidotų piliakalnį 2010 m. buvo pasiūlyta įrašyti į NKVR. Tai buvo padaryta 2013 m. [...] [p. 439, 442].

ENIn Spring 2010, archaeologists from KPC surveyed a hillfort, unmentioned in literature, on the E edge of Vaidotai village (in the city of Vilnius) and on the edge of the Vokė valley. At that time the extent of the hillfort’s territory and the GPS co–ordinates of the waypoints of the territory’s boundaries were determined; the hillfort was also inspected and photographed. Biologist Dr Darius Stončius reported this hillfort to the archaeologists of KPD in 2009. Vaidotai Hillfort was created on a highland promontory that is now covered with deciduous trees and is surrounded on three sides by the left bank of the Vokė and its ravines. The scarps are fairly steep and mostly up to 10−15 m high, but in the NE up to 20 m high. The hillfort’s enclosure is an irregular quadrangle with an almost NE−SW orientation. It is about 35 m long, 16 m wide at the SW end, and 18 m wide at the NE end. Its surface is uneven, is lower at the NE edge, and bears signs of old pits. On the SW, it is separated from the highland by four banks from 0.5 m high and 4.5 m wide to 1.5 m high and 7.5 m wide and by ditches from 0.2 m deep and 4 m wide to 1.7 m deep and 5 m wide. In the enclosure’s E corner is a 0.3 m high and up to 6 m wide severely flattened bank, and on the E and N scarps are two rows, one above the other, of 0.2−0.3 m deep, 1.5 m wide ditches with 0.2− 0.3 m high and up to 2.5−3 m wide banks below them.The first and second ditches and the second and third banks on the hillfort’s SW side merge into terraces ringing the NW, N, and NE scarps and joining the ditches and banks on the E and N slopes. No terrace exists on the SE scarp, probably because it is higher and steeper than the others. No cultural layer was observed in surveying the enclosure and scarps. Judging from some of the visual signs and that no cultural layer is seen inside it, it has been conjectured that Vaidotai hillfort was never completed or inhabited. Based on its appearance, it is possible to date the hillfort to the 1st millennium-early 2nd millennium.