Hillfort
Castro de Vixil
Boizán · Vilalba · Lugo
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Fortified settlement in Vilalba, 499 m above sea level, 624 m from the Camiño do Norte.
O castro de Vixil, tamén coñecido como castro de Cunca de Vixil, é un castro situado no lugar do Castro, na parroquia de Boizán, no concello lucense de Vilalba. O castro data dos séculos -II e -I. O castro aparece no Inventario de Bens Patrimoniais da Xunta de Galicia (Catálogo da Xunta e dos PXOM). Accédese ao castro pola N-634 en dirección Baamonde ata o lugar de Alto de Vixil. Dende alí chégase ó castro xirando á dereita.
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Facts
Period Castro culture
What it is Fortified enclosure
Also known as Castro de Cunca de Vixil
Elevation here ≈ 499 m · Terrain Tiles
Nearest town Vilalba, 3.3 km away
Way of St James Camiño do Norte, 624 m away
People in the municipality 13,946 (2025) · IGE
Getting there by bus
- Vixil (O Castro)120 m awayVilalba E.A.-Alba (igrexa) · Vilalba E.A.-Merlán-IES Santiago Basanta Silva · Vilalba E.A.-Coea · Vilalba E.A.-Edra · Vilalba E.A.-Alba (igrexa) · Vilalba E.A.-Merlán-IES Santiago Basanta Silva
- Boizán II130 m awaySantiago E.I. - Guitiriz - Burela E.A. · A Coruña E.A.-Viveiro E.A. · A Coruña E.A.-Viveiro E.A. · Santiago E.I. - Guitiriz - Burela E.A. · Santiago E.I. - Viveiro E.A. - Burela E.A. · Ferrol E.A.-Lugo E.A.
- Boizán605 m awaySantiago E.I. - Guitiriz - Burela E.A. · A Coruña E.A.-Viveiro E.A. · A Coruña E.A.-Viveiro E.A. · Santiago E.I. - Guitiriz - Burela E.A. · Santiago E.I. - Viveiro E.A. - Burela E.A. · Ferrol E.A.-Lugo E.A.
Stops on the regional public transport network. A stop being there does not mean a bus runs today: the lines are sorted by how many services they run, and the timetables are on bus.gal ↗.
