Kretingos dvaro sodybos fontanai

LTKretingos dvaro sodyba susiformavo XVIII a. antroje pusëje – XX a. pradžioje ir turi architektūrinę, urbanistinę, kraštovaizdinę ir istorinę vertę. 2004 m. archeologiniai žvalgymai parodė, kad be minėtų vertingųjų savybių, ji turi ir archeologinę vertę – čia aptiktas XVI–XIX a. dvarvietės kultūrinis sluoksnis ir X–XIII a. degintiems kapams būdingų archeologinių radinių (ATL 2004 metais, V., 2006, p. 150–152). Nuo 2004 m. vyksta dvaro sodybos parko tvarkymo darbai, kurių metu atnaujinti takai, rekonstruota degtų plytų mūro tvora, atlikta rūmų bei akmenų tvoros pamatų hidroizoliacija. Dvaro sodybos valdytojas – Kretingos rajono savivaldybës KM planuoja tvarkant ir atnaujinant parką atstatyti jame buvusius fontanus. Jų vietoms ir išlikimo būklei nustatyti 2004 m. pradėti archeologiniai tyrimai. Pagal tyrinėjimų darbų subrangos sutartį, sudarytą su UAB „Pamario restauratorius“, 2006 m. tyrimo darbai buvo tęsiami dviejų fontanų vietose [p. 198].

ENAn area 243 m2 in size, in which the remains of two fountains were found, was excavated in Kretinga Estate Park in 2006. Both fountains had been built in the 1870s, fallen into disrepair, and in the 1st half of the 20th century, been filled in. At the site of fountain 1, the pool foundation was unearthed together with the remains of the bottom and the water gate valve shaft. The stone and brick foundation is circular with an outer diameter of 4.8–4.92 – 5.9–6 m and an inner diameter of 5 m. The bottom is paved with stones bound with concrete mortar and later covered with concrete. The walls are made of plastered brick while the valve shaft’s bottom and walls are made of fired brick. Fountain 2 was 16 m long (NE – SW) and 10.7 m wide, had an oval main body, semicircular ends, and angular projections, and had been deepened down to clay soil. The bottom had been paved with small crushed stone covered with gravel. The plastered brick walls were 70 cm high and rose 12 cm above the surface of the ground. The water gate valve shaft was on the NE under the path surrounding the foundation. A cultural layer with coins that was connected with the manor and dates to the late 16th–1st half of the 19th century was found at the site of fountain 1 and finds characteristic to cremations from the 10th–13th centuries were also collected there.