Location
State: Latvia
Region: Vidzeme
County: Alūksne
Parish: Alsviķi
Other references to the location
Nearby is the Vizikoki Eye Spring.
Coordinates
lat=57.356938986328, lon=26.835117005509
57° 21′ 24″ N, 26° 50′ 6″ E
Description
Local archaeological heritage (State Inspection for Heritage Protection, No 154). Nearby is the Vizikoki Eye Spring, Ozoli Oak, Laimiņi Oak and Linden.
Narrative
No recorded folklore materials have been found. The local people cannot tell anything about the site.
Attraction
A very picturesque district — cultivated fields and a hilly area. The hill itself is overgrown with trees, the proprietor cleans up the forest once in a while. There is a path upwards the hill, it is
Availability
No indication signs whatsoever; there are also no signs by any of the homesteads. The Ceriņi homestead has not been marked in the map of “Jāņa sēta” of 100 scale, it can be found only when asking for directions. The proprietor was also curious to know how it was possible to find the site, because he knows that it is not that easy. On the way to the hill there are two electric fences. In the yard there is a peaceful German shepherd dog and an unleashed cow.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure. The fields are tidied up by the proprietor of the Ceriņi homestead who also cleans the forest now and then, but it grows up with alders every year. The trees are chopped off once in 2–3 years.
Local info
No information stands. The proprietor of the Ceriņi homestead Vilnis Vanags tells about the hill (a
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Unknown
Legal Status
Private
Comments
There used to be an ancient burial ground. During the Soviet Times there were excavation works performed but they found only a couple of crania. The ancient burial ground was situated on the low land by the Medņupīte River at the foot of the Medņu Jānis’ Hill. Vilnis has never heard anything about Medņu Jānis (the grandmother has not told him anything about it as well).