<< Our Photo Pages >> Castro de Pragança - Castro or Chafurdão in Portugal in Lisboa
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castro de PragançaCountry: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 8.63 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Lisboa Type: Castro or Chafurdão
Nearest Town: Cadaval Nearest Village: Pragança
Latitude: 39.197948N Longitude: 9.05888W
Condition:
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| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Bak_teria visited on 23rd Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
This fortified castro is located in Pragança, on the northwest slope of the Montejunto hill. It was discovered in 1893, was originally excavated by António Maria Garcia and José Leite de Vasconcelos and since then has been the subject of continuing study. The remains found in the area indicate that this was a busy town since the Late Neolithic and through the Copper, Bronze and Iron ages. Then, it was finally Romanized, with signs of occupation until the first century AD. Its archaeological artefacts are currently distributed in several national museums and are considered very important for the study of Prehistory, Proto-history and Romanization of the country of Portugal. Strange as it seems, this monument is not yet classified.
About the architecture
The Municipality of Cadaval requested the assistance of the District Assembly of Lisbon for further investigation of this ancient settlement. These interventions took place between 1988 and 1990 in three campaigns of archaeological excavations. It is not known any prehistoric structures but these campaigns have uncovered, on the highest point of the fort, a large tower of semicircular plant with about 15 m in length. resting against the cliff. It has a north entrance corridor and a rectangular annex to the South. This structure is based on a rock formation and takes advantage of it. Unfortunately it was partially destroyed by ancient excavations. Is acknowledge that this tower was built in the early Copper Age.
About the artefacts and the treasure
In the 1930's, when the monument was again interventioned by order of Leonel Trindade, a great part of the artefacts were sold to the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (Portuguese National Archaeological Museum) located at the Jerónimos Monastery, in Lisbon.
In 1934, the son of a miller of Pragança found a gold account, selling it to a goldsmith. In order to find out more about it he researched the site, at the top of the path leading to the fort, in shallow grounds he also found a treasure made out of jewelry. This set consists of a gold lunula, three silver lunulae, a silver torque (or massive necklace), a silver vase, and a gold edge dated from the Iron Age (fifth century BC). Nowadays, this treasure is also on display at the National Archaeological Museum.
About the access
This fortified settlement is located in a protected area and can be visited anytime for free. There is a pedestrian route that passes within the area of the site. Look for more informations on Cadaval webpage.
Links and other important information sources (majority of texts written in Portuguese):
- Portal do Arqueólogo
- Webpage from the Municipality of Cadaval with information about the Castro
- Portuguese Wikipedia page
- Free PDF document published in 2007 with some information regarding the Castro of Cadaval, taken from O Arqueólogo Português, a periodical magazine from the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (Portuguese National Archaeological Museum)
- Webpage of the Portuguese National Archaeological Museum
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