Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Skrunda
Parish: Raņķu
Other references to the location
A gently sloping hill in meadows, 200 m SW from Plūdoņi homestead, on the right side f the Kuldīga–Skrunda highway. Opposite the hill, on the other side of the highway there is the place of Mazraņķi homestead.
Coordinates
lat=56.7672166667, lon=21.9764166667
56° 46′ 1″ N, 21° 58′ 35″ E
Description
The Church Hill which nowadays features no church or anything else. An ancient site which is still to be explored in the future because it may turn out to be both an ancient, pagan cult site as well as a former location of a Christian church. Nowadays from the 8 m high hill there are good views to the nearby Kuldīga–Skrunda highway and surroundings.
Narrative
According to a legend in the Church Hill there used to be a church that sank into the ground. On the hill ghosts have as if appeared. Nowadays no remains of church foundations or anything else that might suggest a building on the hill or its slopes are visible.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Easily accessible. There are no information signs. 200 m walk SW from Plūdoņi homestead across a meadow.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
There have been no facilitation and maintenance works performed within the territory, no indication signs.The site lies in the territory of a private property, in a meadow which is looked after and cultivated as an agricultural land.
Local info
There is no information stand on site
Capacity
41 and more
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Legal entity
Comments
The first to survey the ancient site was the explorer of hillforts Ernests Brastiņš in 1922. In 1925 R. Baumanis reported that 16-18th century coins had been found in the Church Hill.
