Butovice Gord, Ancient Slavic fortification in Jinonice, Czech Republic

Butovice Gord occupies a flat, elongated spur above Prokopský Potok, with a height difference of up to 74 metres between the valley and the plateau. The roughly 9-hectare site is divided into a 4.6-hectare outer bailey and a 4.4-hectare acropolis, separated by a 150-metre earthen rampart. A stone perimeter wall was identified on the gentler northern slope in 1964.

The gord was built in the 8th century on the site of an earlier Eneolithic hilltop settlement occupied by the Řivnáč culture around 3000 BC. Slavic occupation dates to the late 8th century, and the site was abandoned at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. Břetislav Jelínek, director of the City of Prague Museum, investigated it in 1884, finding prehistoric and early medieval pottery and stone tools.

The name Butovice is first recorded in 1882, when Břetislav Jelínek, director of the City of Prague Museum, published the site as "Hradiště u Butovic". His 1884 survey yielded prehistoric and early medieval pottery and stone tools. The yellow-marked trail 6079 from the Barrandov housing estate to the Jinonice metro station passes the gord.

A yellow-marked hiking trail (route 6079) runs around the gord, connecting the Barrandov housing estate to the Jinonice metro station. The site lies on a long, flat spur above Prokopský potok, with the terrain rising up to 74 metres above the valley. The inner rampart survives as a 185-metre-long earthen terrace, while the outer fortification has almost vanished through ploughing.

Today the fortification sits within a modern residential area, showing how ancient defensive sites became integrated into the urban landscape. This proximity to the city allows visitors to see the historical layer directly within a contemporary setting.