Утврђење Градина - Кончулић код Рашке
The Fortress of Gradina - Končulić, near Raška

Summary/Abstract: On the right bank of the river Ibar, 3 km from Raška, from the Northwest side of the Končulić monastery, there is a fortress on the coned top, on 538.36. It provided a good view of the Ibar valley and Končulić monastery. It was also in visual communication with the fortress in Donja Rudnica. The site was studied with five smaller sounds, which established its stratigraphy, and surface following of the fortress wall at the same time established its triangular shape. The wall could partially be noted by weaker and dried vegetation, and by the cascades formed. The western and the southern rampart were, after minor surface interventions, visible for the most of its length, only the NE rampart remained unnoticed because of the dense forest vegetation on that part of the site. The access side was the southern slope, where double rampart was noted. A smaller square object with circular opening, whose function is yet to be determined, was noted by the southern rampart. The archeological material found witnesses multi-layeredness of the site. Prehistoric ceramics finds confirm the existence of the Gradina-type fortress. The Early Byzantine layer corresponds to the time of the establishment of the fortress. The use in the Medieval period is confirmed by a piece of the amphorae-type jug, pointing to either Bulgarian or Byzantine presence.

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