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STREDOVEKÝ HRÁDOK V DIVINKE A DIVINE

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Holeščák M., Slaná A.

Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)

2020

vol. 68

issue 2

335 – 351

The article focuses on the archaeological excavations of a stronghold situated on the border of cadastral areas of the villages Divina and Divinka, conducted by the authors of the paper in two summer seasons of 2018 and 2019. The site is situated on a conical hill with a two-tiered platform, on the top of which stood probably a wooden tower-like structure, protected by three lines of fortifications. A rampart was built at the foot of this castle, from which a wooden-clay structure has been preserved. At the edge of the main plateau was a second wooden-clay rampart reinforced with stone, which succumbed to fire. The last line of the fortification was a palisade, which protected the tower-like building. Based on a radiocarbon analysis supported by archaeological material, ceramics and arrowheads, it is possible to date the construction of the stronghold to the final quarter of the 13th century. Written reports on the construction of the site are non-existent. Based on the territorial ownership of the area, it can be assumed that it took place under the responsibility of the ancestors of the Balaša family, Biter, his brother Petr and his heirs. The fortification either served as the estate of the administrator of the valley of the stream Divina, or as a checkpoint on the Váh road or its branch. The demise of the locality, which lasted only a short time due to the compactness of the material, can be connected most probably with the territorial ambitions of Matthew III Csák of Trenčín, after which the process of restoration no longer took place and the newly created village Divina began to grow under the researched hill.

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