Archaeological site, remains of walls and ramparts of the fortified settlement, about 10 km west of Nová Baňa above the settlement of Stará Huta and Bukovina, on a steep hill below the highest peak of the Pohronský Inovec mountain range - Veľký Inovec
The earth wall of the fortified settlement with a length of 430 m was reinforced on the inside with a solid stone wreath. This testifies to the massive fortification system, which was formed on the north side by a favorable terrain configuration. The rampart passes in places on larger sections into the stone structure and protected the entire area, which covered an area of about 7 hectares. The area was divided into two unequal parts by a longitudinal andesitic rock formation in the north-south direction.In the western part of the fort, the remains of 40-45 cm thick and 110 cm high walls of an almost square floor plan with dimensions of 250 X 260 cm have been preserved, which are built of flat fragments of andesite from a local rock formation, laid dry. In the immediate vicinity of the outer side of the rampart, traces of stone foundations of two similar structures with approximately the same floor plan were found, placed on both sides of the break in the rampart. This situation leads to the assumption that these are the foundations of tower-shaped guard logs on both sides of the original entrance to the fortified settlement.
The fortified settlement on the hill Zámčisko had a strategically advantageous location and enabled the protection of a narrow pass through which the road from Horné Požitavie to the middle Pohronie passed. It was originally assumed that this originally Slavic settlement had a prehistoric origin.
In 1969, Ján Filakovics first examined and described the site. There are various finds in the museum in Nová Baňa, which are supposed to come from the Zámčisko area. In the years 1970 and 1971, a research was carried out in the locality, the aim of which was to obtain knowledge about the character of the fortified settlement. The 430 m long rampart and the location of the andesite rock formation, which intersects the fortified settlement and divides it into the higher western and lower eastern part, were refocused. The rock formation is interrupted by the aforementioned narrow pass through which the road passes. The area of the fort is very uneven and covered with relatively dense forest. During the research, ceramics belonging to the 10th-13th centuries were found. This locality can therefore be associated with the time of the Árpád family.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Elemér Soós also recorded several lines about the fortified settlement in his manuscript on Hungarian castles, and later archaeologist Mikuláš Kliský dealt extensively with the fortified settlement.
In the western part of the fort, in the immediate vicinity of the rampart, the remains of 40-45 cm thick and 110 cm high walls of an almost square floor plan measuring 250 X 260 cm have been preserved, which are built of flat andesite fragments from a local rock formation, laid dry. In the immediate vicinity of the outer side of the rampart, traces of stone foundations of two similar structures with approximately the same floor plan were found, placed on both sides of the break in the rampart. This situation leads to the assumption that these are the foundations of tower-shaped guard logs on both sides of the original entrance to the fortified settlement.
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The area is freely accessible