Monte do Castro

Monte do Castro
Nearest transports:

Estación de autobuses de Cambados (7.78km)

Radio Taxi Vilagarcia de Arousa (12.73km)

Nearest city:

Vilagarcía de Arousa

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Lameán de arriba, Santa María de Besomaño
36635 Ribadumia Pontevedra
Spain

986 804 100
http://www.ribadumia.org
The archaeological site of Monte do Castro is situated on a 110-metre hill between the parishes of Leiro and Besomaño. It is a fortified settlement of Iron Age date and evidence indicates that it was occupied from the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE. Thirteen huts, a large house with a yard, outer walls and thousands of objects were uncovered from the site during excavations in 2011.
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Terreno escarpado pero accesible mediante pistas de tierra acondicionadas, que presentan pendientes pronunciadas en algunos puntos. En el Castro nos encontramos con desniveles en forma de escalón que hay que salvar en el desarrollo de la...
Classification / Typology
Castro
Landscape interest of the surroundings
Elevated
Description of the environment
Rural
Chronology
s. IV a.C - s. I d.C
Place of deposit
Museo Provincial
Responsible body
Concello de Ribadumia
Property
Public
Degree of alteration
High
Agents of destruction
Público
Causes of destruction/alteration
Actividad forestal y agrícola, y actividades extractivas
State of conservation
Good