Castro of Sampaio

The Castro de Sampaio (also called Castro de San Paio) is an Iron Age hillfort site above the coast. What remains are mostly foundation walls and earthworks, but the elevated position offers good views over the surrounding dunes and shoreline. A small chapel sits at the hilltop. Castros like this one dot the entire northwestern Iberian coast -- fortified settlements built by Celtic peoples well before the Romans arrived.