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Petisco mill
Moinho do Petisco is located in Montedor, Carreço, on a small hill called Monte do Facho, a few metres from the Montedor Lighthouse. It is an old...
0.21 km from this iBeaken
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Fornelos Rock Engravings
Located in a small cove on the beach that gives them their name, the Fornelos rock engravings are prehistoric inscriptions – dating from...
0.23 km from this iBeaken
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Camboa do Morgado
Camboa do Morgado is an ancient stone fishing ground near the coast. It is a fishing structure consisting of stone walls surrounding small ‘pools’...
0.26 km from this iBeaken
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Montedor tower
The ‘ronca’ is the popular name for a signalling tower built in 1960 between the Montedor Lighthouse and the sea, also known simply as the Montedor...
0.27 km from this iBeaken
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Montedor Lighthouse
The Montedor Lighthouse stands on the Montedor promontory (in the parish of Carreço), about 8 km north of Viana do Castelo. Designed by engineer...
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Geossítio do Cemitério de Praias Antigas do Alacantilado de Montedor
The Ancient Beaches Cemetery at the Montedor Cliff Geosite is another notable Local Natural Monument where the exposed granite shows five...
0.32 km from this iBeaken
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Fornelos Salt Pans
Just above the rocky Fornelos Beach, there are several prehistoric salt pans, which resemble large troughs carved into the granite rock at high...
0.43 km from this iBeaken
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Sinadora Rock Engravings
In the northern part of the Montedor promontory is the Sinadora rock engraving site, discovered in 2006. These are panels of Atlantic rock art with...
0.5 km from this iBeaken
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Rock Engravings of the Sol Raiado
Also known as Rock Engravings of the Sun Stone, they are located northwest of Montedor and were first mentioned in 1969. These engravings, possibly...
0.69 km from this iBeaken
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Carreço Beach
Carreço Beach (or Porto Beach) is a strip of fine sand, protected by dunes and a rocky area by the sea. It is a sheltered and quiet beach, awarded...
0.75 km from this iBeaken