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Carvalhelhos Castro

2 reviews of Carvalhelhos Castro

A small town

The Tramontane of Carvalhelhos Castro is one of the most important of the Iberian Peninsula. Nearby you notice a system of parallel ditches (3 moats and as many lines of walls), access ramps and walkways. This defense system is only found in Portugal (in some forts of the Tras-Os-Montes) there is also a stretch of stones "settled down" (something like "rooted", nailed to the floor) in the area where people lived. It is a small town that survived on agriculture and livestock. Of the houses, which impressed me most, was a circular building near the river (starting to drop due to the slope). It was a small building with a small round outer wall (as a kind of tiny porch) that was used to guard livestock.

It is thought to be a fortified mine as there are large deposits of tin in the vicinity, also, as they found brass buckles iron and some instruments. Although it is dated, it is estimated that it was occupied from the late Iron Age and the early centuries of the Roman era. It has not been completely rebuilt, it is advisable that the visit is made by someone who can interpret the set of stones that are freely seen. It's a shame that some parts have been so crudely reconstructed. But it would is really interesting.
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