Tag - Horodna Hill

Horodna – a hill 367 m a.s.l. in the Dynów Foothills. It is located in the southern part of the foothills, in the Kopacz Massif, at the place of the greatest narrowing of the San valley. From the south it borders the Horodyszcze hill, from the east the hill is flowed by the San River, to the west there is a ridge with the Niuchowa peak, and to the north there is a ridge with the Kopacz peak.

The peak and slopes are covered with a submontane form of Carpathian beech forest. From the peak, in the gaps between the trees, a view of the San Valley is revealed.

On the peak there are traces of early medieval settlement, settlement from the early Bronze Age and the La Tène period. On the slope of the hill there are also 8th-10th century cremation and barrow cemeteries, and on the opposite peak of Horodyszcze there is a church after the 12th century church. The two-part stronghold of Horodny consisted of the stronghold proper – of small size – to which a second part in the shape of an elongated oval, probably a stronghold, adjoined from the south. The defensive system consisted of two lines of ring-shaped ramparts, reinforced on the northern side. At the foot of the hill runs a historical trail, which was used to transport Tyrawa salt, and is currently a county road from Sanok to Mrzygłód.

A path marked on the map leads to the top.

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