Castro de Ribas

The Castro de Ribas is a fortified village and proto-history with an area exceeding romanized 2 hectares, being one of the best preserved castros of the country. The complex defensive system consists of four rows of towering walls (with traces of other two), and the first of them reaches a width of 13 meters in the highest zone. In interior wall cloth are two ashlars with engraved ornamentation, decorative motifs consisting of circles and spirals. In the area protected by the fourth line of walls are rectangular and circular dwellings, as well as a mill dug in a rock. The chronology of occupation is comprehensive, dating back to the Late Bronze age to the Roman period. Among the objects found at the site include amphibolite and bronze axes, a PIN and a band of bronze, ceramics and pottery, Indian joint of Roman import, glass fragments, tegula, imbrex, fibulae, coins and a human bust in granite.