Kunynsʹke horodyshche druhe (Second Kunyn Hillfort)
The hillfort is located on a cape-like brow of the western edge of a forest-covered hill on the right bank of the Ustia River. The hillfort site raises above the lowlands and it is located outside the building of the estate.
Archaeological Monument of National Importance
Rivne Oblast, Zdovbytsia Territorial Community (Hromada), Kunyn Village
50.43229, 26.1905
27,9 km
The Second Kunyn Hillfort is located 1.5 km eastward of the church in the Kunyn village, in a forest on a cape-like hill brow that rises 60 m above the valley. The gully is oriented toward the south, and in the north it reaches the floodplain of the Ustia River. The hillfort site is bounded on the south by a steep slope of a deep gully, on the west and north by steep slopes, its sizes are 90×105 m.
On the field-facing side (the eastern one, facing the enemy), the site is protected by an arched rampart, which heights range from 1.5 m at the edges to 3.0 m in the centre. In front of the rampart there is a 6-9 m wide and 3-4 m deep moat. The surface of the site decreases from the defensive rampart to the edges, the height difference reaches 3 m. On the field-facing side (the one facing the enemy), at the place of the old entrance, there is a moat banked by a dam, while the rampart has a lowering here.
The humus layer on the site is up to 0.3 m thick, there were no finds in it. Nikolaichuk, the resident of the Kunyn village, informed the academia about this monument, after this report the site was examined in 2010 by B. Pryshchepa, O. Voitiuk and V. Chekurkov.
Historic reference: Oleksii Voitiuk, photograph and video: Yurii Oitsius
- Number of Hillforts: - 4
- Number of Springs: - 5
- Number of Attractions: - 11
- Number of Monuments: - 9