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Mar 30 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The Montes Claros hillfort (A Laracha, #Galicia) stands out in the south of the Artabri people lands. First archaeologic insights provided recently an Iron Age chronology and a probably role as a trade hub. 👇
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...which is quite funny. If we turn back the camera, you will see the closeness of the Montes Claros hillfort with the huge logistics facility of the biggest fast fashion group in the world, Inditex. Headquarters of the company are quite close too.
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At the heart of the fort you will find a Pegada do Xentil ('the footprint of the Pagan'). It is the mark left by the horse of a pagan knight when both jumped over the hills.
As in other Atlantic areas, links with power and lordship were proposed.

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📸of the stone: Montes Claros Archaeological Project.

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