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<< Text Pages >> Castro da Cruz do Castro - Castro or Chafurdão in Spain in Galicia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castro da Cruz do Castro
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 3.715 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Galicia Type: Castro or Chafurdão
Nearest Town: Pontevedra  Nearest Village: Cotobade
Latitude: 42.481158N  Longitude: 8.476204W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Castro da Cruz do Castro is a Castro in the parish of Carballedo, community of Cotobade, Province of Pontevedra, region of Galicia
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Re: Castro da Cruz do Castro by davidmorgan on Thursday, 01 May 2014
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"The archaeological excavations made ​​by the team led by archaeologist Angel Concheiro in 2008, 2009 and 2010, brought to light traces of constructions and materials of a castro inhabited between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD, but there are indications that could be even older."
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