Megalithic Necropolis - Tumulus Monte Areo

Monte Areo is the main geographical feature of the Cabo Peñas region. It is a small mountain range that rises to the west of Gijón. It is less than 300 metres high.

Although the burial mounds on Mount Areo have been known since the 19th century, the importance of this archaeological site could not be assessed until 1990, when an archaeological survey located more than 30 burial mounds. These are distributed around two sectors: Los Llanos and Les Huelgues de San Pablo. Three barrows and two structures of problematic interpretation have been studied.

The burial mounds are made of alternating layers of earth and stone. There are also two square-shaped burial chambers, a trapezoidal dolmen and a short, single-span corridor. This last structure is of particular importance, as corridor dolmens are rare in the Cantabrian area.