Castle or fort
Asva fortified settlement
German: Aswa
On a moraine ridge in Asva village, about five kilometres from Saaremaa's south-east coast, lies what is thought to be Estonia's earliest permanent settlement. In the Late Bronze Age, around 850–500 BC, the hilltop was partly ringed by sea and a lagoon. Its people cast bronze here, leaving some 3,000 clay moulds for rings, spearheads, axes and pins, along with about 60,000 potsherds. They kept sheep, cattle, pigs and horses, grew crops, and hunted seals: almost a third of all animal bones belong to four seal species. A fire once swept the village, but it was soon rebuilt. Locals still call the spot Linnamäe põld, 'hillfort field'.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Asva külas umbes viie kilomeetri kaugusel Saaremaa kagurannikust asub moreenseljandikul paik, mida peetakse Eesti varaseimaks püsiasulaks. Hilisel pronksiajal, umbes 850–500 eKr, ümbritsesid künka osaliselt meri ja laguun. Siinsed elanikud valasid pronksi ja jätsid maha umbes 3000 savist valuvormi sõrmuste, odaotste, kirveste ja nõelte jaoks ning ligikaudu 60 000 savinõukildu. Nad pidasid lambaid, veiseid, sigu ja hobuseid, kasvatasid vilja ja küttisid hülgeid: peaaegu kolmandik loomaluudest kuulub neljale hülgeliigile. Kord pühkis küla üle tulekahju, kuid see ehitati varsti uuesti üles. Kohalikud kutsuvad paika tänini Linnamäe põlluks.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asva_fortified_settlement ↗