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Submitted by davidav on Wednesday, 07 December 2022 Page Views: 967

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: São Bento (Vila Real)
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 1.773 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Vila Real Type: Castro or Chafurdão
Nearest Town: Vila Real Nearest Village: Fortunho
Latitude: 41.375410N Longitude: 7.68379W
Condition:

5	Perfect
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
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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3 Access:

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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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**São Bento (Vila Real)** submitted by davidav : Site in Vila Real Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)

A prehistoric once fortified religious sanctuary, now christianised, and on a distinctive crag overlooking the Corgo valley. The summit, which was cobbled and had a statue of Jesus placed on it, once bore concentric circles engraved in the rock. There are small sections of the castle wall still standing here and there. Sao Bento was also occupied by the Romans and there is a grotto near the base of the east-facing slope above which was a painted dedication to Isis, in Greek. (Not visible when there recently) There are still places with cup marks and engraved 'serpents' on its slopes which have survived quarrying and removal of the castle stones.

The serpents are on the slabs above and behind the grotto, with more cup marks and serpentiforms to the north. The grotto is about 20 metres up the slope on a bearing of about 276 degrees from the south end of the chapel. The co-ordinates above were taken from the grotto.

Easy access and worth a visit just for the view from the top, although I classed the ambience as ordinary simply because it's easy to imagine what the site might once have been, even up until relatively recently.
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