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The area investigated around the Deserted Castle is covered by forests and is nowadays a popular recreational zone for the town of Zvolen (Slovakia). Comprehensive archaeological research of the medieval castle was supplemented by the investigation of lesser-known historical landforms in the vicinity of the site. We focused on historical landforms with communicative functions. These are not topical for archaeology, but are closely interconnected with archaeological sites and could be very interesting for tourists. We applied regular landscape-ecological approaches in the study: the positioning of landforms in the field (GNSS, 2012), and the interpretation of historical communications within historical military maps (1810-1866), historical topographic maps (1957-1971) and actual ZBGIS maps (2012). The comparison of data in GIS applications demonstrates the inaccuracy of data obtained from historical maps as well as from GNSS. Consequently, we used modern contactless technologies - aerial laser scanning (Riegl LMS-Q680i, 700m, 2012) - for the identification of historical landforms amongst the terrain. We interpreted the data accuracy and evaluated morphometric parameters and morphographic attributes of landforms in the representative locality. The data obtained and interpreted through modern technologies could be implemented in an attractive application available on websites for the public as "a virtual guide to the historical landscape".