Turlojiškių pilkapynas

LT2009 m. buvo tęsiami 2005 m. pradėti Turlojiškių pilkapyno (Širvintų r.) (31274) tyrinėjimai. Pilkapynas yra apie 300 m į Š nuo Variekos ežero, Musės upės kairiojo kranto aukštumoje, į PV nuo senojo Vilniaus–Ukmergės plento, abipus žvyrkelio, vedančio iš šio plento į Sakalniškes. Pilkapyne, apie 350 x 150 m dydžio plote, yra ar iki archeologinių tyrinėjimų buvo mažiausiai 18–20 sampilų. Praeityje jų būta gerokai daugiau, tačiau nemažai pilkapių sunaikinta. Dauguma išlikusių sampilų irgi yra apardyti. Apie 1945 m. kelis pilkapius nukasė vietos gyventojai. Apie 1958 m. didelė dalis pilkapyno teritorijos buvo suarta ir apsodinta mišku. Vilniaus–Panevėžio automagistralės tiesimo darbų metu (XX a. 8-ajame dešimtmetyje) nukasta visa iki tol buvusio didesnio pilkapyno Š dalis. Be to, išlikusioje paminklo dalyje pastatyta sodyba, kurios Š pakraštį kirto žvyrkelis į Sakalniškes. Apie 1960 m. per pilkapyno Š dalį nutiesta apie 40 m pločio magistralinio dujotiekio proskyna, kuri periodiškai mineralizuojama. Pilkapyno P dalyje buvo suplanuoti statybų darbai, kurie sustabdyti tiktai paskelbus jį kultūros vertybe. Kiek iš viso pilkapių Turlojiškėse buvo sunaikinta, neaišku. Tačiau galima manyti, jog išliko tik maža buvusio didelio pilkapyno dalis [p. 105].

ENThe excavation of Turlojiškės barrow cemetery (Širvintos District) continued in 2009. Two barrows, which had been disturbed by gas line clearings and were threatened with complete destruction, were investigated. A total of 201.85 m² were excavated. The NE edge of barrow 5(14) had been disturbed by bulldozing the land swin the clearing. Cremation 1, which contained an iron awl, an iron needle, and a bronze crossbow brooch, was discovered and excavated in the disturbed part in 2008. Prior to the excavation, the mound had been greatly flattened and visually appeared to be about 8 m in diameter and about 30–55 cm high. The barrow had no kerb and on its E edge had a 3.15 x 1.55 x 0.3 m pit that contained cremated bones. The pit could belong to this barrow or to a completely destroyed nearby barrow. Another burial, cremation 2, was discovered almost at the barrow’s centre. Cremated bones had been scattered on the base in an area about 2 x 1.5 m in size. No grave goods were discovered in the burial.Barrow 6(15) had been completely bulldozed. Its remains appeared to be about 8 m in diameter. The barrow had no kerb, pits, or ditches. But a pit of about 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.7 m was found in the E part of the mound. It contained one cremated bone and does not seem to be a characteristic barrow edge pit. It had most likely been dug prior to the mound’s creation and then buried during it. A burial, cremation 1, was discovered in the barrow. It had most likely been placed near the former centre of the mound. Some of the bones were placed in a pit about 2.35 x 1.35 x 0.5 m in size and oriented in a NW–SE direction, the rest were scattered above the pit at the level of the base. The burial pit contained a charred iron buckle, an uncharred (?) fragment of an uncertain iron artefact, a charred (?) fragment of a bronze ring, a partially melted fragment of a bronze artefact, and an uncertain artefact (a pottery sherd?). The excavated barrows have been assigned to the East Lithuanian barrow culture. Barrow 5(14) can be dated to the 5th–6th-centuries, barrow 6(15) to the 5th–7th-centuries.