Tyrimai Pilininko namo kieme Vilniuje 2021-2022 m

LTKPIP UAB „Virmalda“ užsakymu 2021 m. lapkritį - 2022 m. lapkritį tęsė 2019 m. pradėtus detaliuosius tyrimus (ATL 2019 metais, 2020, p. 148-157) Vilniaus Žemutinės pilies teritorijoje, Arsenalo g. 1, sklype priešais Pilininko namą (UK 24707) ir Gedimino kalno V atraminę sieną. Tyrimai tęsti po technologinės pertraukos. 2021-2022 m. tirta 12 perkasų (jų numeracija nuo 2019 m. tęstinė), kurių bendras plotas sudarė 352,55 m2. Taip pat tirti 6 šurfai (bendras 63 m2 plotas) [p. 156].

ENThe KPIP, after a hiatus in 2021-2022, continued its investigation with the excavation of 12 trenches (totalling 352.55 m2) and 6 test pits (63 m2), the numeration continuing that used in 2019, on the plot at Arsenalo St. 1, which is on the grounds of Vilnius Lower Castle and opposite the Castellans House and the W retaining wall of Gediminas Hill. Trenches 2, 7, and 12-18 were excavated to a variable predetermined depth at the courtyard site and yielded cultural layers as old as the late 17th-18th centuries and containing typical finds: pottery, structural ceramics (stove and roof tiles), etc. Trenches 15-17 revealed the foundation of a late 17th-century building that stood alongside the path to the Church of Sts Anne and Barbara. Trenches 5, 10 and part of 18 were excavated at the site of utility lines and yielded the remains of former wooden structures and cultural layers as old as the 16th century. The structures revealed in Trench 11 at the site of a collapsed cellar inside the building show that the cellar had several stages of existence. During an earlier one, perhaps during the houses construction in the 16th century, it had a wooden roof and vertical walls. The later brick vaulting with ends set into the walls eventually collapsed, most likely in the late 17th - early 18th century. Because no bricks from the central part of the vaulting were found, theymust have been used elsewhere and the cellar was used in the second half of the 18th century as a rubbish pit, which yielded a large quantity of household ceramics and other finds from the Castellans house and the surrounding area.The investigation in the courtyard area yielded typical finds characteristic of the 17th-18th centuries, but those from Trench 11 (in the former cellar) reflect life in the Lower Castle during the late 17th - first half of the 18th century. Test pits were excavated at the site of future utility line access shafts. Test Pits 3-4, 6, and 8 were excavated down to the 17th-18th-century layer, but Test Pits 5 and 7 yielded only a backfill layer left by Tautavičius’ mid-20th-century investigation.