NOVÉ VČASNOSTREDOVEKÉ NÁLEZY Z TURCA

The surveys of the eastern foothills of the Malá Fatra Mountains (northern Slovakia) have brought new information about the settlement of the Turiec region. In the hillfort with double rampart lines on a rocky hill not far from Ondrašová, district Turčianske Teplice, isolated finds from the Middle La Tène period and intensive early medieval settlement were found. This fortification and nearby newly discovered sites in Abramová-Polerieka and Zniev significantly increased the number of hill top settlements from the 9th–10th century in the region, where until now mainly small agricultural settlements and burial mounds were investigated.