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GALINIAI MOUND

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Galiniai mound (also known as Papušys or Pilikė) is located on a separate hill surrounded by wet meadows. The site is round, about 20 m long and 18 m wide, the slopes are of medium steepness, 8-9 m high. In the northern part of the site there is an embankment about 16 m long and 1 m high. To the south-east of the mound, at the foot of the marshy meadow, on an area of 1 ha, there was a settlement at the foot of which a rough pottery was found in the cultural layer. The mound dates back to the 1st thousand. - II thousand beginning. The mound is covered with plows, overgrown with spruces and bushes.

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