Centro Arqueolóxico do Barbanza

About the museum

The Centro Arqueolóxico do Barbanza was promoted by the Galician Archaeological Heritage Network, created in 2001 by the archaeology department of the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage of the Xunta. It opened at the end of 2002 on the Neixón headland, in Cespón, and its management and funding are today the responsibility of the culture department of the Concello de Boiro. The archaeological collection has been open to visitors since 5 December 2012.

The three-storey building occupies an isthmus beside the Neixón hillforts, two fortified Iron Age settlements, the large one and the small one, declared Assets of Cultural Interest in 2011. Excavations carried out between 2003 and 2007 provided much of the material on display.

The exhibition shows the variety of cultural manifestations of recent prehistory on the Barbanza peninsula, with megalithism, rock art and castro culture (Iron Age hillfort culture), as well as the finds from Neixón, replicas of petroglyphs and the main prehistoric remains, and the reconstruction of a castro dwelling. The centre also organises talks, screenings and archaeological, historical, environmental and ethnographic routes.

Highlights

• Finds from the excavations of the Neixón hillforts (campaigns from 2003 to 2007)
• Megalithism, rock art and castro culture of Barbanza
• Replicas of petroglyphs and prehistoric remains
• Reconstruction of a castro dwelling
• Guided visit to the Neixón hillforts, by prior booking

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición permanente del Centro Arqueolóxico do Barbanza – Route through the recent prehistory of the Barbanza peninsula (megalithism, rock art and castro culture), with finds from the Neixón hillforts and replicas of prehistoric remains.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Concello de Boiro

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission. The castro archaeological area can only be visited with a guide and by prior booking.

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Getting there & parking

The centre is on the north coast of the Ría de Arousa, about 3 km from the motorway and about 7 km from the town of Boiro, next to the Neixón hillforts.

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