Castro de Outeiro

Castro strategically deployed on the right bank of the river Cávado, at the southern end of the plateau of Mourela, overlooking the Hill Bridge. Location of broad visibility to the West, on the serra do Gerês.
This fortified village extends for about five acres, having a defensive system composed of three surrounding walls and a deep and broad moat on the East side.
Inside, there are large artificial platforms supported by thick support walls, where if they have traces of plant construction circular. In the years 90 still worked the land that make up the castro, currently the walls of delimitation of properties built with stones from the constructions of the Castro culture. South side, flush with the innermost wall, are notorious two circular plant constructions. The fragments of MOS and iron slag are visible everywhere.
At the foot of castro were found three gold torques, currently on display at the National Archaeological Museum, of which there is a very faithful replica in Pousada dos Pisões.