On May 24-26 small-scale archaeological excavations took place on the hill fort of Paloveere, Võrumaa county, Vastseliina Community. The aim of the works was to study the character, chronology and preservation of the cultural layers on the top of the hill called Liinamägi, The hill top had unfortunately been levelled by bulldozer works and most of the cultural layer had been removed from there and pushed down to the slopes.
From a 10 x 1 m trench it appeared that a ca. 10 cm thick in situ layer had preserved only for 1/5 of the length of the trench. The thin cultural layer contained both hand-made and wheel-thrown pottery. The coexistence of these two pottery types indicates to the Late Viking Age and enables us to date the fort preliminarily into the 10th century and the first half of the 11th century. As the cultural layers turned out to be partly preserved, in spite of hard damages, the site will be presented to state protection.