Kláštov, Mountain summit in Eastern Moravia, Czech Republic

Klášťov is the highest summit of the Vizovice Hills, reaching 753 m at a spot called Zámčisko in the Vysoké Pole and Bratřejov cadastral areas. Its top holds the Čertův kámen rock and a spring below the summit, and a stone rampart about 1 m high (up to 3 m in the northeast) encloses a triangular fortified area of about 2.1 ha.

A fortified settlement with a stone-faced rampart over 3 metres wide was built at Kláštov at the start of the 1st millennium BC, in the late Bronze Age. It was the highest-situated Great Moravian hillfort; a 2005 excavation led by Jiří Kohoutek found hoards of over 100 iron objects, which he read as offerings to the gods.

Local legends tell of a wooden castle whose last childless owner buried his treasure, guarded by snakes, scorpions, black dogs and a wild bull. People also say a harmless sorcerer lived here as a hermit, and that the devil carried the stones to the summit.

Hiking trails to this summit are well marked and lead through hilly terrain. Depending on fitness and route choice, the walk takes between one and two hours.

In May 2005 archaeologists led by Jiří Kohoutek, prompted by an amateur find two years earlier, uncovered a hoard of 51 objects buried beneath a quern stone. Further digging yielded over 100 iron tools, weapons and ornaments from the Hallstatt period, including gear of a mounted warrior retinue.