Puikiškė Mound

Puikiškė Mound is located in Kelmė district municipality, near the village of Puikiškė. The mound is located on a promontory. The site is oval, elongated, stretching from the north to the south, 50×15 m in size. On its northern edge there was a rampart, which has now been completely demolished, behind which there is a 17 m wide, 1 m deep ditch to the north, separating the mound from the part of the hill that was not used for it. The slopes are steep, 12 m high. The mound dates back to the 1st millennium.