In the Tula region under the protection of the state took seven monuments of archaeology

The inspection of the Tula region for the state protection of cultural heritage objects by its order included seven more archaeological monuments in the list of identified objects of cultural heritage and approved the borders of their territories.

All objects were discovered during archaeological fieldwork in 2026, conducted on open sheets issued by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Now, no plot on these lands can be built, plowed or dug without the consent of the heritage protection authorities - this is a standard consequence of the status of the identified object.

This list includes villages in three districts of the Tula region:

(a) Epifan, villages 6 and 7 - Kimovsky district, the eastern part of the village of Epifan. The most interesting of the new objects: the village 6 occupies a cape between Michurin and Sovetskaya streets, at an altitude of 188-196 meters above the level of the Baltic Sea; the village 7 stretched a narrow strip along the ravine (at the end of the XVIII century it was listed on maps as "Old Fortress") almost half a kilometer - from Pervomaiskaya Street to the middle of Michurin Street. Judging by the findings of circular white clay ceramics, the monuments date from the second half of the XVI - XVII century - the era when Epiphany was just becoming a fortress city on the southern borders.

(b) Nvozdev village-1 - Chernsky district, the left high bank of the Malaya Snezhed river, 700 meters from the bridge and 800 meters from the village of Yerino. The largest of the new objects: the area of its territory is about 103 thousand square meters, the perimeter of the border is 1323.5 meters.

(c) Black Upper Village-1, Bobrovo Village-1 and Arsenyevo Village-1 - Arsenyevsky District, lands of Astapov rural settlement. The area of monuments is about 26.8, 34.9 and 20.8 thousand square meters, respectively.

(d) Village 2 near the village of Kartashovo - Aleksinsky district, left bank of the Vashana River (right tributary of the Oka), between two ravines. The monument measuring about 100 by 50-60 meters lies 850 meters north of the village and 2.5 kilometers from the village of Bunyrevo.

As indicated in the order, the boundaries of each monument were established according to the results of the survey: screwing and distribution of lifting material - fragments of ceramics coming to the surface. From the extreme point of finds, the border was set aside 25 meters; the absence of a cultural layer outside the line is confirmed by control pits.

The exact dating of most of the villages from open materials has not yet been published - it will be clarified as the research is carried out. Epiphany monuments, however, are immediately tied to the XVI-XVII centuries, and this is a rare case when archaeology documents the early stage of the existence of one of the oldest cities of Upper Podonya.

As previously wrote “MK in Tula”, under Tula defined the boundaries of the territory of the archaeological heritage of the XII-XIII centuries.