The Extinct Villages Lestina And Zavada. Contribution To Data Verification Of Historical Maps In The Field

Extinct modern villages Lestina and Zavada are located in the cadastres of today ' s Hromos and Durkova in norhwestern Slovakia. They are distant about 3.5 km from each other. The authors have recognized them on the map sheets of the First military survey (of Joseph II). Shortly after, they were identified in the field and even geophysical survey was carried out in Lestina. Contribution is focused more specifically on the analysis of cartographic and historical records, as well as the results of geodetic-topographic and geophysical survey. Analysis of these records has shown Lestina and Zavada were small villages belonging to the Plavec dominion that had become extinct during the 19th cent. Geodetic-topographic survey and geophysical measurement confirmed the existence of relics of stone buildings in the area of extinct Lestina. In Zavada only relics in the form of man-made terraces are preserved.