Castro da Sancha
Built on top of a hill, 665 meters above sea level and with an excellent command over the surrounding landscape, this Iron Age fortified town stands out for its trapezoidal plan given by the three lines of granite walls, making it the residential area delimited by the first line of wall torn by three access entrances. A considerable number of fragments of smooth and decorated pottery were collected at the site, which attests to the three periods of occupation found in this town: the Iron Age, Romanization and medieval times. In addition to these elements, several numismas, fibulae, granite millstones, spearheads, a dagger, an ax and three Roman epigraphs were also exhumed.
- Difficult external parking
- Archeological sites
- Visitable (no guide)
- True
Characteristics
Monuments near Castro da Sancha
Casa da Pereira
Although the certainties are not absolute, everything suggests that Fernão de Magalhães was born in this house, and there is even a reference to Sabrosa in the…
Fonte do Largo Doutor Sá Fernandes
Late-Baroque fountain with two semi-circular spouts. Features of the village and coat colour chart with date of construction.