Author: Raminta Mačytė

This mound can be found in the right shore of Šešupė. J. Basanavičius guessed that there was a wooden castle, which was burned by crusaders in 1381. What is more, he also said that there was a stone, which held eternal fire for an honors of Thunder. There is a legend, which says that the church was submerged under the rock of the mound. If someone rolled that rock down, the rock would be on the top of the mound in the morning. 

This place can be found at the southwest part from Marijampolė. The mound is at the right shore of Suduonia. Slopes have medium distance of about 4-7 meters high. The yard is about 8x11 meters size. There are also two terraces. The first one is at the southeast part (10x15 sizes); the second one is at the southwest part (15x15 meters size). Mound is affected and damaged by nature and animals. Now people try to cultivate it. It was announced as a cultural monument in 1998-05-19.

This mound is 13 km away from Marijampolė and has been known since old days. There is a legend about his mounds; it says that the mound was created by Lithuanians, who were bringing lands with their hats in winter. It was a way to hide from crusaders. Story tells that there was a basement in the middle. The same basement was filled with assets of people. The story paid attention of treasure hunters, who dig out a huge fosse. Now this mound has its own festival, where people can participate in international archaeological days. 

This mound, together with a village, can be found near Marijampolė (1,5 km). The mound is surrounded by Šešupė from south and east, north side connected with valley of Uosupelis. Slides of this mound are very steep – 15-16 meters of high. There is also a square (38x 6,5 meters size). There is also an old village, size of 150x200 m in the east side. This village was separated from the mound by adding rampart (45x3 meters size) and a ditch (2x6 meters size).

This mound can be found in the south of Gudeliai village. It can be found in cape of Žuvintas swamps. The pitch is in the shape of a triangle (25 x 20m size). The slopes have a medium distance of about 10m high. The mound is damaged by plows. Previously, in the southeast part, people were digging the gravel. Now it is being cultivated.

The mound, together with a village, is at the region of Marijampolė. The mound is known since old days, it was described by Juozapas Radziukynas in XX a. The mound is also mentioned in the novel, written by Vincas Mykolaitis – Putinas. The archaeologist commission decided that the land owner Jonas Karalius have to keep an eye on this mound. This mound was announced as an archaeological treasure in 1972. After 25 year, in 1997, the same object was attached to a list of archaeological places in Republic of Lithuania. It was announced as a monument and got a protection of nation in 2005.