Castro de Castromaior
May 26 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
The Castro de Castromaior is one of the most important and spectacular Iron Age archaeological sites in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in the municipality of PortomarínRead more
TravelerTook my students there in 2024.
Traveler👍 Good for the kids to learn some history
TravelerI remember this from your pilgrimage 4 years ago. The Iron Age -- 1200-500 BC -- do they know what the people were doing at this site? Was it just a village?
TravelerWell,it's a hill fort so it definitely has a military cause as one of the fortified villages that emerged from the 5th century BC onwards in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula . They chose commanding hills to control the valleys, and even coastal peninsulas surrounded by the sea , enclosing their living space with stone walls and digging ditches that deterred any intruders. Castromaior is special because, situated at a moderate elevation, its inhabitants multiplied its defenses, eventually erecting six concentric lines. So it is a village but with military protection