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Places in Ukraine matching “Cherkasy Oblast, Chyhyryn Raion, Kholodnyi Yar forest” · Mysteria

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort

Motronyn Hillfort

Scythian (7th–4th century BCE, peak 500 BCE) · Scythian Forest-Steppe

Massive Scythian hillfort (205 ha) deep in Kholodnyi Yar oak forest near Chyhyryn, with massive earthen ramparts 8 m high enclosing sacred settlement and cemetery. Excavated by M.