Remains of a German army concrete fire point on the shore of the Ķegums HPP reservoir opposite Silapūpėžys
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Located about 0.1 km east of the Ķegums HPP reservoir bay near Silapūpēži, towards Jaunjelgava. The fire point has partially sunk into the water, overgrown with trees, bushes and other vegetation, and to the uninitiated, from a greater distance from the water side, it may resemble a larger stone. One of the landmarks is a birch tree growing on it. This is one of the fire points of the German army's World War I defense line on the left bank of the Daugava, which can be more or less traced along the entire length of the left bank of the Daugava. The aforementioned defense line is a large-scale military system that has not yet been fully evaluated as a single entity. The remains of the fire point can be viewed by boating along the Ķegums HPP. About 150 m east of the Daugava bank, the remains of another fire point have sunk into the water.
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