3 km from the center of Kazdanga between Vecpili and Valata is the Valata hill. In terms of area, one of the largest Kursa mounds. Naturally protected on three sides, with two ramparts and two moats on the northern side. Behind them there is an ancient city of several hectares. Pilskalns is one of the most beautiful in Kurzeme. There is a suggestion that the castle of Laža, mentioned in the Chronicle of Rīmju, burned by the Germans in 1263, was located on the hill.