Remains of the pottery kiln from the city of Trepol

In the 11th century, the city of Trepol arose forty kilometers downstream from Kyiv on the banks of the Dnieper. It is located on a high mountain. One side of the hill extends to the Dnieper, and on the other is surrounded by the floodplain of the Krasna River (fig. 1). On the Dnieper side, the bank is heavily damaged by landslides (fig. 2). The mountain consists of yellow soil. In this soil, the darker soil associated with the cultural layer is clearly visible.