Pasym, st. 1, woj. warmińsko-mazurskie. Badania w roku 2016

In 2016, the excavations of the stronghold in Pasym, Szczytno district, were continued. Their main objective was to verify results of previous works, particularly regarding chronology. The excavations were preceded by a geophysical survey, whose aims included pinpointing the precise localisation of trenches from the 1960s. In the course of the works three trenches were explored. They were situated in the north-western part of the stronghold (trench 1), on its eastern slope (trench 2), and on a plateau to the north-east from the elevation. In total, the excavated area amounted to 4.75 ares. Relics of residential and production buildings were revealed, as well as traces of an intriguing defensive system. At the current stage of investigation, they should be dated to between the E3 phase to the end of the f phase, i.e. between 650 and 900 AD in the absolute chronology.