Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.33254/aia.20.1.9
The newly discovered hilltop site of Lepavina – Gradina and the memory of the kaštel Vina
Tatjana Tkalčec
orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-7706
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Valent
; Town Museum Koprivnica, Koprivnica, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents the newly discovered hillfort site of Lepavina – Gradina, located near the Orthodox monastery of Lepavina (Koprivnica-Križevci County). The central circular elevated area is defended by a deep ditch and an earthen rampart. Although the site is not mentioned in known medieval sources, it was later recorded in 19th-century works and in sources like the Chronicle of the Monasteries of Marča and Lepavina, where its location was depicted by one of the chroniclers, parish priest Luka Šešić, in his drawing of the monastery estate in 1844. Site reconnaissance conducted in 2024 found prehistoric pottery, indicating that this site is an example of Late Medieval hillforts that chose the strategically advantageous positions of former prehistoric hillforts.
Keywords
prehistoric hillfort; late medieval hillfort; Lepavina monastery; Lepavina – Gradina; Eneolithic; Late Bronze Age; Late Middle Ages
Hrčak ID:
325681
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Publication date:
30.12.2024.
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