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Мавринський майдан, Межиріч
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Mavrynsky Maidan

Historic area , Archaeological site

Mavrynsky Maidan is a huge, mysterious, complex configuration of an earthen structure on the eastern outskirts of Mezhyrich.

From a bird's eye view, it resembles a crab or a mysterious symbol. It has the shape of a truncated cone with a hollow, from which snake-like earthen ramparts depart symmetrically. Nearby is an ordinary, unremarkable, although rather high hill.

There are several versions regarding its purpose. According to one of them, the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks used it as a defensive structure. There is a hypothesis that the Mavrynsky Maidan was formed as a result of looting excavations of ordinary barrows or after the installation of saltpeter workings in them. Finally, some researchers see a connection between the construction of Mavrynsky Maidan and the position of the sun at different times of the year. Perhaps it used to be a temple, a religious and cult building where ancient residents gathered for rituals, or a calendar-observatory complex like the English Stonehenge.

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