Hrad u Bílovic Hillfort

Hrad u Bílovic is an ancient archaeological site located near the village of Bílovice-Lutotín in the district of Prostějov. It is a castle with an oval plan and an area of approximately 1.5 hectares, which was inhabited in neolithic and eneolite and is today protected as a cultural monument.

The estate was inhabited in neolithic culture with Moravian painted ceramics. In the eneolite there lived representatives of the culture of funnel cups. The last traces of the settlement come from the period of the Hallatians and belong to the paying culture.

The fort lies on the island over the right bank of the river Romže at an altitude of 335 metres, with an altitude above the valley floor reaching up to 60 metres. On the southwest side, where the location is surrounded by a nameless stream, the drop is only about 30 meters. The fortification is located in the connecting seat on the south and south-east side and comes from the beginning of the middle eneolite. It consists of a pair of waves ten metres away, between which there is an inner moat of three metres wide. The outside wall is smaller and also protects the side side of the bay. Archaeological research revealed two building phases of the inner wall. The older fortifications consisted of palisades, while the younger phase had a front stone wall, reinforced by the construction of vertical wooden stakes. However, this wall construction was not completed.

The first archaeological findings on the site were obtained by students from Bílovice in 1884-1885. The oldest research was carried out by Inocenc Ladislav Červinka in 1898, and one year later he collaborated with Antonín Gottwald. Gottwald returned to the castle in 1924 when he carried out joint research with K. Dobeš. In 1983, the area between the north-east and south-west of the trench was explored and in 2001, research was carried out on the wall with part of the inner trench.

The location is located about three kilometres from Lutotín above the railway station Zdětin u Prostějov on the line Prostějov -Chornice. This monument represents an important point for understanding the development of prehistoric settlements and building techniques in the region. It is advisable to visit it to examine the remains of ancient fortifications.