Two large cisterns stand out, which probably served to supply a small garrison of the Roman army stationed in the vicinity. These two cisterns from Roman times, which used to store rainwater, have a capacity of 400,000 cubic meters, are rectangular in shape and are crowned by a barrel vault. Everything from the construction has been preserved except the covers. They are unique and exceptional in the Peninsula. Since its discovery it has been a benchmark in all publications and studies related to hydraulics in Roman times.

The place was frequented from the Chalcolithic era to the Bronze Age, between 2000 and 800 BC. C., becoming a permanent occupation town during the First Iron Age, dating from the 8th and 5th centuries BC. C., and housing, from the following century, an occupation of the Vacceas people. It was already depopulated somewhat before the change of era, perhaps due to the process of Roman conquest in the northern Meseta. The Roman hydraulic structures identified in the Teso de la Mora would correspond to the High Imperial Roman period. Additionally, numerous remains of populations from the Iron Age have been found.

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  • Iron Age
  • Roman

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