Halych

Based on the analysis of historical primary sources and early plans, the article addresses the problem of identification and functional features of defensive structures, fortification works, as well as civil, sacral, and economic buildings within the territory of the Halych Castle during the period of its active use as a defensive citadel, an economic-administrative center, and a judicial hub. The results obtained from the analysis of 15 selected significant objects make it possible to fully identify seven of them and to refine the localization of the remaining eight.

The article introduces the materials of the architectural and archaeological cross-section of the defensive ditch of the Starostyn castle of the 14th - 18th centuries in the town of Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The stratigraphy of the exploration trench is described in detail. Among the discovered immovable objects are a rampart embankment, a two-row palisade, the remains of an internal paving, the foundations of the defensive walls of a log-frame wooden and earthen structure, a stone wall with a drainage hole.