Archaeological site · Pajaroncillo
Pajaroncillo burial-mound fields
Pajaroncillo's burial-mound field is an Iron Age necropolis among Serranía pine forests. Almagro Gorbea published its excavation report in 1973, describing stone heaps and cists. Federico Campos, a Cuenca Museum collaborator, first reported it, and the National Archaeological Museum holds a model of mound 82.
- Municipality
- Pajaroncillo
- Necropolis
- Burial mounds
- Iron Age
- Pajaroncillo
A necropolis among pine forests
The mounds lie within Pajaroncillo, beside the upper Cabriel, among pine forests. They are stone heaps and cists, Iron Age graves. Federico Campos, a Cuenca Museum collaborator, raised the alert; Martín Almagro Gorbea excavated them and published the report in 1973. The National Archaeological Museum has a model of mound 82 in the Las Hoyas del Castillo field.
When
The inhabitants were southern Celtiberians, arriving from the 6th century BC or perhaps earlier. Part of the burial-mound field could even be 8th-century BC; this is a hypothesis, without settled dates.
The living next door
A few steps away is the Hoyas del Castillo settlement, excavated between 1984 and 1990, with three Iberian cremation burials.
Plan your visit
Before you travel
This is an archaeological site: do not move stones, disturb soil or collect anything. Ask the town hall how to get there.
Combine with
In the same municipality, the El Cañizar grave.
Frequently asked questions
When does it date from?
The Iron Age. Cañete Town Council's history proposes that part of the field could date back to the 8th century BC; this is a hypothesis, not a settled chronology.
What is nearby?
The Hoyas del Castillo settlement, excavated in 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Pajaroncillo burial-mound fields with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
This place through time
Which eras you can read here
A single place can keep traces of several periods. These layers connect what you see with the atlas's stories.
Where it is
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Almagro Gorbea, Martín: «Los campos de túmulos de Pajaroncillo (Cuenca): aportación al estudio de los túmulos de la Península Ibérica» (1973) source consulted
- Museo Arqueológico Nacional: «Túmulo de Pajaroncillo (Cuenca), inventario 2005/111/PC/3» source consulted
- Dirección General de Turismo, Comercio y Artesanía de Castilla-La Mancha: «Pajaroncillo» source consulted
- Municipality (INE code)
- Almagro Gorbea, Martín: «Los campos de túmulos de Pajaroncillo (Cuenca): aportación al estudio de los túmulos de la Península Ibérica» (1973) source consulted
- Museo Arqueológico Nacional: «Túmulo de Pajaroncillo (Cuenca), inventario 2005/111/PC/3» source consulted
- Dirección General de Turismo, Comercio y Artesanía de Castilla-La Mancha: «Pajaroncillo» source consulted
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