Shmankivtsi Castle

Shmankivtsi Castle
Shmankivtsi', Chortkiv Raion Ternopil' Oblast'
Sheep graze on a cape-shaped hill where a wooden castle once stood
Coordinates48°59′34″N 25°55′36″E / 48.99278°N 25.92667°E / 48.99278; 25.92667
Site information
OwnerUkraine
Conditionruined
Site history
EventsTatar invasions
Castle on the map of Friedrich von Mig, XVIII century
Plan-scheme of Shmankivtsi Castle
Shmankivtsi Castle and Castle Hill tract

Shmankivtsi Castle (Ukrainian: Шманьківський замок) is a lost defensive structure in the village of Shmankivtsi, Zavodske settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

The remains of the castle were discovered by archaeologist Volodymyr Dobrianskyi in the early 1990s during archeological excavations of antiquities in the Nichlava river basin. The castle site is included in the List of newly discovered cultural heritage sites (protection number 2088).[1]

  1. ^ Наказ управління Тернопільської ОДА № 124-од від 12.10.2017 р.