Church Site by Aišēni

Between Aišēni, Ķeizari and Žvīguri in a wide field, there is a large, possibly the most extensive in Latvia, ancient burial ground with a cairn or heap of stones dating back to the Early Iron Age consisting of seven cairn hillocks scattered in a wide territory. The cairn hillock closest to Aišēni was considered to be a church palce. This cairn as a tree clump is featured by decidious trees and bushes. Around this and other cairns of the ancient burial ground, there are overgrown fields, which used to be agricultured in former times (one can visualize the edge of the field around the perimeter of the described cairn hillock). The hillock is oriented approximately in E – W direction, its W edge has been dug up with ancient big pits; it is possible that there were stones quarried. The most explicit is the E edge of the hillock standing out for about 1.5 m. Both in this part of the edge and in other places, one can see many stones. Along the edge of the hillock occasionally, there are heaps of stones collected from the field laying more loosely.