🇸🇮 Pozabljeni grad na Gradišču nad Drago je zares pozabljen. Njegove ostanke so prvič omenili šele konec 19. stoletja, skoraj stoletje je trajalo, da je prišel na karto arheoloških najdišč. Še skoraj tri desetletja so pretekla, da so ga arheologi obiskali zares in zabeležili, kaj je od njega še ostalo*. Pisnih virov o gradu ni. Zgodovinarji glede na način gradnje in najdene predmete domnevajo, da je bil zgrajen v 12. ali 13. stoletju, da je bil najverjetneje utrdba na mejnem področju več gospostev in da je bil opuščen že stoletje pred potresom leta 1511.
Zdaj ga lahko obiščete geolovci in si ogledate bolj ali manj vidne ostanke zidov in dva impresivna obrambna jarka proti jugu, ki presekata živo skalo grebena. Do zakada boste najlažje prišli po stezici, ki se iz obrambnega jarka usmeri po zahodnem pobočju. Ne lazite naravnost navzgor, saj niste gams(ek)! Ko boste našli 350 ml lock & lock škatlico v naravnem in precej klasičnem skrivališču (ne dotikajte se zidu, tam je ni), lahko še malo posedite na tem pozabljenem kraju in se v mislih preselite v tiste negotove srednjeveške čase. Prvi najditelj naj ne pozabi na neaktivirano sledljivo FTF nagrado.
* Kdor želi, lahko več prebere v prispevku v Arheološkem vestniku iz leta 2008 (http://av.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/59/Gaspari_et_al_AV_59.pdf).
Ostanki zidu
Remains of the wall
🇬🇧 The forgotten castle at Gradišče above Draga village is forgotten indeed. The ruins were first mentioned at the end of the 19th century. It took nearly another century before it was noted on the map of archaeology sites. Three decades more had to pass before archaeologists visited it again and registered what was still left at the site. There are no written sources about the castle. The scholars believe it was built in the 12th or 13th century as a fortification in the border area of several domains. It was probably abandoned a century before the devastating earthquake of 1511.
Now, geocachers can visit it and explore the visible remains of the walls and two magnificent defence trenches, cut into the bedrock of the south ridge. Follow the trail around over the western slope and don't climb straight up from the trench. Look for the 350 ml lock & lock box in a natural and fairly classical hiding place (don't touch the wall, it's not there). Once you find it, sit down for a while at this forgotten place and picture the Middle Age times in your mind. First to find shouldn't forget the unactivated trackable FTF prize.