NEW FINDS IN THE EXCAVATIONS THIS SUMMER AT THE FOOT OF THE PEÑON.
It was initially thought that the medieval town that had once thrived on the Peñon had five watchtowers.
The excavations of the volunteers working there this summer have discovered that there were actually twelve watchtowers.
Most of the volunteers participating this summer in the archaeological dig, many of them college students, have come to work on the site through appeals in social networks.
The sixth year of this campaign, led by archaeologist José Luis Menéndez, has focused on removing the tank of a hotel built there in Franco’s time. The tank had been built over the medieval church. So far part of the wall of the church has been recovered. The volunteers will now proceed to remove the pillars of the hotel with the aim of locating the altar.
During the dig, coins that could correspond to the reigns of James I and James II, have been discovered, as well as tombs and ruins centuries old in that area of the slope of the Rock.
Another of the findings that created a lot of interest was a graffiti design of a medieval boat on the western section of the wall.
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