Os torques do Castro de Xanceda - Anuario Brigantino
Os torques do Castro de Xanceda - Anuario Brigantino
Os torques do Castro de Xanceda - Anuario Brigantino
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LOIS LADRA<br />
cercanos, que suxiren a presenza <strong>de</strong> diversos<br />
povoa<strong>do</strong>s antigos: <strong>Os</strong> Castriños (Rebore<strong>do</strong>), O<br />
<strong>Castro</strong> (San Salva<strong>do</strong>r <strong>de</strong> Mesos), O <strong>Castro</strong><br />
(Santo Estevo <strong>de</strong> Abellá), <strong>Os</strong> Castriños<br />
(Cane<strong>do</strong>), <strong>Os</strong> <strong>Castro</strong>s (O Campo), O <strong>Castro</strong> (San<br />
Xiao <strong>de</strong> Céltigos), O <strong>Castro</strong> (Castiñeiras), O<br />
<strong>Castro</strong> (Soutelo), O <strong>Castro</strong> (A Castiñeira), O<br />
<strong>Castro</strong> (Tamarín)...<br />
O <strong>Castro</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Xanceda</strong> localízase a 43º 04’ 55’’<br />
<strong>de</strong> latitu<strong>de</strong> N e a 8º 14’ 40’’ <strong>de</strong> lonxitu<strong>de</strong> W (Folla<br />
70-IV, “<strong>Xanceda</strong>”, <strong>do</strong> M.T.N. 1:25.000, 2ª Ed.,<br />
Localización <strong>do</strong> <strong>Castro</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Xanceda</strong>.<br />
MTN 1:25.000, folla 70-IV, <strong>Xanceda</strong>. Pormenor coa situación <strong>do</strong> castro.<br />
2003), a uns 380 m.s.n.m. As suas coor<strong>de</strong>nadas UTM son, aproximadamente e para un<br />
ponto central da croa, X=561.567 Y=4.770.273. Trátase dun povoa<strong>do</strong> presumibelmente<br />
conforma<strong>do</strong> por un recinto central ou croa <strong>de</strong> planta ten<strong>de</strong>ncialmente oval, con foxo<br />
perimetral curvo e muralla-terraplén-parapeito, xunto con, can<strong>do</strong> menos, unha plataforma<br />
exterior anexa, polo la<strong>do</strong> NL, <strong>de</strong> maior superficie cá acrópole, coñecida polos lugareños<br />
coma O Re<strong>do</strong>n<strong>do</strong> ou A Re<strong>do</strong>nda. <strong>Os</strong> eixos maiores da croa, NL-SW e NW-SL, me<strong>de</strong>n<br />
aproximadamente 85 x 55 m., estan<strong>do</strong> pior <strong>de</strong>fini<strong>do</strong>s os limites <strong>do</strong> <strong>de</strong>vandito antecastro.<br />
Verbo da superficie <strong>de</strong>ste xacimento, a acrópole non acadaría a hectárea <strong>de</strong> extensión,<br />
rondan<strong>do</strong> apenas os 6.640 m 2 , en canto O Re<strong>do</strong>n<strong>do</strong> ou antecastro norleste, sensibelmente<br />
maior, estaria á volta <strong>do</strong>s 7.650 m 2 , sempre en medidas <strong>de</strong> carácter aproximativo. Polo tanto,<br />
soman<strong>do</strong> ambas superficies estariamos a priori perante un povoa<strong>do</strong> <strong>de</strong> pequenas<br />
dimensións, con pouco menos <strong>de</strong> 1,5 Ha.<br />
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<strong>Anuario</strong> <strong>Brigantino</strong> 2004, nº 27