Gorenja Gomila (; german: Obergomila
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 72.]) is a settlement on the right bank of the
Krka River in the
Municipality of Šentjernej
The Municipality of Šentjernej ( or ; sl, Občina Šentjernej) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentjernej. Šentjernej became a municipality ...
in southeastern
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola. It is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Trial excavations in 1988 in the hamlet of Golo south of the main settlement confirmed the existence of a
Late Bronze Age burial ground
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
at the location. Older literature also refers to
Roman graves. The foundations of an 8 m wide
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
with a possible crossing over the Krka River have also been uncovered in the settlement.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 26007
References
External links
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Gorenja Gomila on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentjernej
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