The hillock is approximately 30 x 40 m big. It lies on the left bank of the River Viksnina, and it is enclosed by a 2m deep ditch. The hillock is overgrown with deciduous trees. Next to the hillock, on the riverbed there is a stone called the Devil’s Stone, but due to the dam made by beavers it was not visited.
Narrative
It is said once a church had been located on the Catherine’s or also called – the Church Hill; the church had drowned. Locals know that there is an old – from medieval times – graveyard on the hill. Whereas another name for the River Viksnina is ‘Ellite’, which means ‘Little Hell’ in Latvian. Bothe – the river and the hill – are mentioned in many legends and stories. Probably, once the Vecmuiza (Vecumnieki) Church had been located here; the church has been referred to already in a document from 1567.
