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Multi-periodSite Name: Lomo de Las Casas and Los Corrales Settlements Alternative Name: Barranco de Las Ovejas
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 3.966 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Canary Isles Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: El Paso, near Ref. del Pilar (La Palma)
Latitude: 28.614531N  Longitude: 17.842241W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Canary Isles. A group of cottages at Lomo de Las Casas and Los Corrales, also known as Barranco de Las Ovejas (Refugio del Pilar, El Paso)

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Panel 1.

This group of dwellings, located in the area’s most sheltered section consists of 79 structures. Since it was discovered in 1980, and inventory was taken in 1992. Then, in 2010, ADER La Palma and the Island Council funded archaeological excavations. The area was fenced off and information panels were installed. There have been seven archaeological surveys, five within the constructions and to exterior.

The constructions

Most of the huts are circular overall, although some are square and irregular. There are several corrals which are higher than these huts. The corral walls are less compact than in the huts, made of stone, with bits of straw and birth for filler, measuring up to 1.80 m in height. Many buildings are attached to rocky outcrops, others are partially excavated on the grounds and a few will have been left untouched. The huts and generally have a niche which served as a storage area. Its roof was made of rush or grass.


Panel 2.

The role of the village

These sites were used by people from the fourth ceramic stage. They generally dwelled in cave-like housing or huts which have long since disappeared. These excavations date back to the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and some corrals are even more recent. But why, we might ask, was such a large village established in the middle of the mountain?

They may have housed shepherds and those who came to draw wood and charcoal. These dwellings generally housed those who dug fern root which they would grind for flower to make kind of bread roll or burn in times of famine. It was extracted in late summer and is required the work of many people and this area is very favourable, because the stems of the straw are more developed so they are easy to dig.

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