Baksa-halom

In 1869 Gábor Vendégi, deputy lord-lieutenant of Abaúj county, proposed an archaeological excavation of the mound. Work began on 2 August 1869, with Flóris Rómer and József Hampel attending. Rómer, who directed the dig, soon concluded that the mound had been strongly disturbed in the past and that the excavation was therefore pointless. Under public pressure, however, the work continued until 14 August. It uncovered a large mass of stone, beneath which there was no trace of a burial chamber or of a body.

In December 1869 the owner of the land came upon timberwork beneath the stone mass, and excavation resumed on 6 December 1869. It revealed a post-built grave which had probably collapsed as a result of an internal fire, together with a few fragments of bone.

In the 1930s staff of the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc excavated in the mound again. They recovered pottery vessels and the remains of Avar-period weapons in large quantity.