Srednjovjekovna utvrda Branić u Sjevernoj Bosni i pokušaj njezine ubikacije na Gradini iznad Kamenice u Vučijaku
The medieval fortress of Branić in northern Bosnia and the attempt to locate it on the Gradina site above Kamenice in Vučijak

Summary/Abstract: Towards the end of 1408, the Hungarian King Sigismund issued a charter in which he expresses his gratitude to his military commanders Nikola Gorazdy and Ladislav Szilagy for the successes they achieved in the war against the Turks and Bosnians in Bosnia. Among other things, Sigismund mentions the siege and capture of the fortress Branić in Usora. This is the only known mention of this fort in the historical sources, and its location remains on the margins of historiographical discussion. Several historians made an attempt to locate the fortress, but only on basis of contextualization, without any field research, so it was assumed that this fortress was located at several different places in northern Bosnia, from Trebava to Motajica. Of these potential locations, the most likely seemed to be one located in the depths of Vučijak, south of the Velika Brusnica village, on the ridge above the Kamenica stream. During a field trip to the location in March this year, it was determined that there probably was a smaller fort that was located here, probably from the XIII to XV century. Namely, at the mentioned location, more precisely, at the ridge called Gradina, on an elevation on which remains of moat systems can be seen, mobile material was found (arrowheads, horseshoes, tools and forged nails), which can be dated back to the period of medieval Bosnia through analogy, and as such confirm some sort of fortress at this location, most likely Branić. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness to the existence of an abundance of archaeological material in the mentioned location, in order to encourage professional research and thus collect concrete data.

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