Petroglyphs of La Xorenga

The La Xorenga cave station is the largest group of engravings found in Asturias. It consists of a series of small bowls and anthropomorphs engraved on a series of intermittent slate outcrops, the different petroglyphic groupings being arranged over a distance of approximately 500 metres.

Basically, there are three groups located on the same number of crests which contain almost all of the engravings.

Set 1. Located at the crossroads of the road from Gestoselo to Llandecarballo with the road from Padraira. At least fifty-three small bowls, several small channels and three anthropomorphs have been recognised.

Set 2. Located at the beginning of the road to Llandecarballo that emerges from the Nogueirou track. There are more than fifty small bowls distributed over its entire surface, connected in many cases by numerous channels. There are also four anthropomorphs, three of which are very well preserved, the other being more difficult to identify.

Set 3. On the rock there is a group of at least forty bowls, channels and an anthropomorphic figure.