Plešivec, Bronze Age hillfort in Rejkovice, Czech Republic

Plešivec is a prehistoric hillfort on the same-named hill near Rejkovice in the Příbram district. It consists of an outer part of 39.4 hectares and an inner part of 16.5 hectares, both bounded by stone ramparts without ditches, up to 10 metres wide and 2 metres high. The outer rampart is 2,400 metres long and the inner one 1,530 metres; a funnel-shaped gate leads through the inner rampart in the south.

Plešivec was used from the Neolithic, as stone tools show, and in the Late Bronze Age held bronze foundries working Alpine copper and tin from the Ore Mountains. A 17 kg bronze ingot with partly melted tools was found by the furnaces. In the Final Bronze Age the summit was enclosed by two stone wall circuits, and Štítary pottery indicates regular settlement.

The name Stará vrata ("Old Gate") marks the southern entrance beneath Krkavčí skála, where a bronze cauldron with jewellery, tools and weapons was found in 1872. Since the 19th century at least fifteen bronze hoards have been recovered on the hill and nearby, though many were later lost. The best known, the Jinecké bronzy, were unearthed in 1825 or 1826 during road construction from Jince to Hostomice and given by Count Eugen of Vrbno to the National Museum.

The site is accessible via marked hiking trails from nearby towns such as Horovice, Rpety, Lochovice, and Hostomice. Rejkovice train station provides rail connections if you prefer not to walk the entire distance from surrounding areas.

Multiple caches of bronze objects have been discovered at this location, suggesting it served as a sacred ceremonial place. Its isolation from regular settlements points to a ritual function rather than everyday habitation.