The purpose of the study focusing on the village of Kopaniec in southwestern Poland (Izera Mountains) was to record features of the historical culture landscape formed in a specific mountain setting. The findings from LIDAR, GIS studies and the traditional excavation method were used in developing a description of the village within its natural environment, its internal structure and evolution, started during the late medieval period and continuing until 1945. A special focus of the study was the deserted domestic enclosure no. 143.