Take a look at the album below to see some of the finds and features found so far in ‘A Cabeciña’ site in Mougás, Oia. These photos were taken in summer 2014 and during the dig carried out by Deputación de Pontevedra from January to March 2015. Just a taster of what has yet to be revealed this summer…
Castro da Cabeciña / ‘A Cabeciña’ Hill fort
Limpeza da vexetación na murralla en 2014 / Clearing vegetation on the defensive wall
A muralla está escalonada / The defensive structure is stepped
Sondeo 3 en marzo / Test pit 3 in march 2015
Reveláronse tres periodos de ocupación no sondeo 3 / Three periods of occupation were revealed in test pit 3
Posible canal de desagüe / Possibly a channel for drainage runs along the stone building
O muro presenta un enlucido / The plaster on the wall has been preserved
Machado de bronce atopado en 2015 / Bronze axe found in 2015
Xerra tipo Toralla atopada na escavación / ‘Toralla’ style jug found on the site dig in 2015
Cerámica decorada da Idade do Ferro II / Decorated pottery from the Late Iron Age
Asa de xerra tipo Toralla / ‘Toralla’ style jug handle
Cerámica decorada da Idade do Ferro II / Decorated pottery from the Late Iron Age
Petroglifos no xacemento da Cabeciña / Prehistoric rock art on A Cabeciña site
Outra perspectiva dos petroglifos / The rock art from a different perspective
Roca cunha forma moi peculiar que semella foi desprazada / Rock with a unusual shape that seems to have been moved
Pía con coviñas nunha das terrazas do castro / A large basin with cup marks in one of the terraces inside the hill fort
Ista roca podería ser a orixe do nome de A Cabeciña / This boulder at the entrance of the site could be behind its name: A Cabeciña or “Little head”
O castro da Cabeciña dende lonxe / A Cabeciña hill fort
