The remains of the prehistoric fortified settlement lie on a steep crest 220 meters above Vidovo Plan in the village Ošanići, three km northwest of Stolac. It is presumed to have belonged to the Illyrian tribe of Ošanići, three km northwest of Stolac. It is presumed to have belonged to the Illyrian tribe to the Daorsi, whose territory extended throughout the Neretva River valley, including a narrow coastal belt. According to the most recent archeological investigations of Ž. Marić, B. Marijan and N.Cambi, the settlement complex with a surface of circa 15 hectares, called “Ošanići Hillfort” by some, and “the city of Daorson” by others, existed from the 5th century BC to the mid 1st century BC, when it was probably destroyed by the aggressive Delmatae tribe.
The entire settlement at Ošanići can be divided into three main sections: the residential section, the commercial section, and the fortress. The most impressive is certainly the fortification (acropolis), with an area of around 7000 m2. It had two defensive lines- a frontal, lower wall ran in a zig-zag pattern and was built of small and coarsely dressed stone block, and an interior powerful “Cyclopean “ wall with a preserved length of 46 m, and an original length of around 60 meters. The wall, which had two square towers and a four meter wide city gates, was five to seven meters I height , and four meters in depth in some places. As mortar was not used in the construction is of the intersecting surfaces, and the walling technique. The manner of construction is reminiscent of the walls at Mycenae and Tiryns, indicating that the Daorsi were a fairly Hellenized tribe. The fortress contained a large cistern for water carved into the stone, a structure (temple?) , and a large stone tumulus of unclear purpose (religious or defensive?).
The commercial section, today called Banje, had several small structures and one open area, probably a square. The residential section had buildings arranged on terraces and connected by stairs. On rich hoard contained, among other material, two moulds for the production of various figurines in bronze, silver, and gold. Several coins Found in Ošanići are the Graeco-Illyrian type, bearing the legend DAORSON. (Radoslav Dodig)
