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Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace

Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE)·Castro Culture·🇪🇸 Galicia, A Coruna, Spain

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About Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace

Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace in Galicia, A Coruna, Spain is a Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) ancient village attributed to Castro Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 5 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 42.6979N -9.0445E controls access to Galicia, A Coruna resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.

Why it mattersKey ancient-village for Galicia, A Coruna, illustrating Castro Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

Open questions

Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Nature of burial rites and population
  2. 02Landscape function

Theories

  1. 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
  2. 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

History

How it came to be

Built
c. 400 BCE
Period
Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE)
Culture
Castro Culture
Purpose
Settlement with domestic structures and ancillary ritual space
Excavation
Partially excavated
  1. c. 400 BCE

    Initial construction of Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace main structure

  2. c. 1006 CE

    Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace

  3. 19th–20th century

    Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection

On the ground

Structures & features

42.6979° N · 9.0445° W · 26 m · 3 mapped features

  • Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace — Main Ancient-Village Feature

    rock art

    Primary rock art at Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits

    42.6998° N · 9.0465° W
  • Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure

    hydraulic

    Ancillary hydraulic at Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits

    42.6977° N · 9.0434° W
  • Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel

    necropolis

    Outlier necropolis panel linked to Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape

    42.6988° N · 9.0428° W

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