Skomantai Hillfort

One of the most impressive mounds of the coast stands in the west from Skomantai village, on the right bank of Veiviržas river, near the road to Švėkšna. Skomantai Mound is the monument of archaeology and one of the best reinforced mounds in Lithuania; it is called Raguva (Raguva Hill). The Mound was settled in the first ages in the year of grace and was used up to the 13^th century. It is considered, that the family of dukes Skomantai lived there. The sculpture “Samogitian” was built (by folk artist V. Majoras) at the foot of the Mound in 1969. The obelisk for the memorializing of the Reunion of Lithuania Minor and Lithuania Greater was built on the top part of the One of the most impressive mounds of the coast stands in the west from Skomantai village, on the right bank of Veiviržas river, near the road to Švėkšna. Skomantai Mound is the monument of archaeology and one of the best reinforced mounds in Lithuania; it is called Raguva (Raguva Hill). The Mound was settled in the first ages in the year of grace and was used up to the 13^th century. It is considered, that the family of dukes Skomantai lived there. The sculpture “Samogitian” was built (by folk artist V. Majoras) at the foot of the Mound in 1969. The obelisk for the memorializing of the Reunion of Lithuania Minor and Lithuania Greater was built on the top part of the Hillfort.