Hradiště u Černovic, Natural monument in the Krušné hory near Černovice, Czech Republic

Hradiště u Černovic is a 4.76-hectare natural monument on the 594-metre hill Hradiště (Klein Burberg) in the Ore Mountains, 1.5 km northwest of Černovice. It protects a 5–15-metre-thick Tertiary chert slab with plant impressions, rising above the Most Basin sediments. A weathered quarry wall marks the southern edge of the 300 × 100-metre summit plateau.

The hilltop was settled in the Neolithic, around 5000–4000 BC, and fortified in the 10th century BC by people of the Knovíz culture. After a period of sparse use, it was intensively reoccupied between the 8th and 10th centuries AD. A stone rampart, now collapsed, still runs along the northern and eastern edges.

Local lore ties the hillfort to the robber and murderer Podpinka, said to have hidden in a covered pit; a mushroom picker tripped over his hollow-tree "chimney" and he was caught. People also say blue flames hover here on misty spring and autumn days, marking treasure buried underground.

You can reach this site by following a marked hiking trail from Chomutov, though the climb up the hilltop is moderately steep. Wearing sturdy footwear and allowing extra time for the walk is advisable.

Stones quarried from this site were used to build a major railway line connecting towns in the region. This link between the natural site and industrial history remains visible to visitors today.