Dojetřice, Ancient hillfort in Sázava, Czech Republic.
Dojetřice is an ancient fortified settlement on a hillside near Sázava, located at approximately 415 meters (1,360 feet) in elevation. The site displays remnants of defensive earthen ramparts and ditches that define the boundaries of this early medieval settlement.
Dojetřice was settled from the late 8th to the 9th century, according to the few pottery and other finds recovered there. Its position probably related to a ford over the Sázava and perhaps to limestone quarrying on Bílý kámen hill. No archaeological excavation has taken place; in 1962 only damage to the inner rampart from forestry work was documented.
The site's field names — Na Šancích, V Šancích or Na Dojetřicku — refer to the ramparts themselves, while early 21st-century maps label it Nad Vosovkou, sometimes wrongly as Nad Vozovkou. The pottery finds include a Slavic-Avar artefact published by Naďa Zemanová-Profantová in 1988. The place is a protected cultural monument.
No marked trails lead to the site; the fort lies east of Dojetřice village, in the southwestern part of Sázava's cadastral area, on a spur above the left bank of the Sázava. The western rampart, 295 m long, is the clearest feature to follow, and the ground inside the acropolis is cut by sunken paths. The slopes drop 110–130 m to the river, so allow time for the climb.
The site has never been excavated; the only documented intervention came in 1962, when forestry work damaged the inner rampart. Local names for the spot were Na Šancích, V Šancích or Na Dojetřicku, while early 21st-century maps show Nad Vosovkou, sometimes wrongly as Nad Vozovkou.
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