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Pena Molexa

Narón, Ferrol, A Coruña

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Pena Molexa

Curiosity · Narón, Ferrol, A Coruña

A large granite rock standing alone in a meadow in the parish of O Val, around which the oral tradition of Ferrolterra weaves legends of mouras (fairy-like spirits) and pre-Christian cults; today it is one of the draws of the municipality's legend-based tourism. It is an unusual megalithic monument: a stone disc about five metres in diameter, carved into a circular shape and resting -not buried- on a group of large blocks by means of a wedge-and-lever system. Its original function remains uncertain, though it is usually linked to the ancient rite of the Barque of the Sun and Moon, popular among European peoples before Romanisation. To date no archaeological work has been carried out on the monument, only ethnological studies and visual observations.

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