The Castro de la Corona de Corporales, in Truchas, León, is a Site of Cultural Interest with the category of Archaeological Zone. It is located to the northeast of the town of Corporales and to the east of the Arroyo del Manzanal, in the upper part of the Eria valley, in the access area to La Cabrera. This site is also known as Las Coronas or Castro de Pedredo, and is located on a hill. The first news about this fort is related to several archaeological prospecting campaigns carried out in 1977, in order to study the Roman gold mining in the region. Some structures are recognized in this location, among which the moat that surrounds the site stands out -the only defensive element detected so far-, a work excavated in the slate rock that at its maximum points reaches up to 15 meters wide and a depth around 13 meters. Towards the northeast it acquires its greatest depth, since it is precisely in this sector where an elbow entrance is detected that communicated with the pit itself. The town reveals an organization based on units or small nuclei of grouped constructions that configure occupation units made up of dwellings, patios, warehouses and workshops.

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Neolithic fortified settlement
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Iron Age

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