Túmulo 5 de Forno dos Mouros (Ortigueira, A Coru a). Primeiros resultados

This text shows the results of the archaeological excavation of the burial mound identified as the n.5 of the Fomo dos Mouros group, in the range of Coriscada (Ortigueira, A Coru a). Despite being one of the most significant mounds of the area, it has been very poorly preserved. The final objective of this project was the gathering of archaeological and historical information about the monument and the preservafion and enhancement of the site in order to make it understandable for the public, as part of a broader plan of cultural and touristic presentation at the regional level. The mound is a large site, showing indicators of lost monumental structures (a megalithic chamber), but it was substantially transformed in the last centuries. Its main singularity is the presence of an earlier burial mound that was later covered and preserved by the construction of the currently visible barrow. The further construction of a major mound over it allowed an exceptional preservation of the burial chamber and gave way to a rather complex stratigraphie sequence that reflects a series of long and richr building processes. [gl] Preséntanse os resultados das diversas campa as de escavación dun dos túmulos mais se eiros da comarca de Ortigueira e que pola contra, presentaba un estado de conservación pésimo: o túmulo 5 do conxunto de Formo dos Mouros, na serra de Coriscada. O obxectivo final destas intervencións foi, ademáis de recuperar información sobre este monumento, preservar e acondicionar as súas estructuras para que fose comprensible a xente en xeral, así como intégralo nun plan de posta en valor coma recurso cultural e turístico da comarca. Trátase dun xacemento de gran tama o, cos restos de estructuras monumentais aínda que moi alterado uestes últimos séculos. A singularidade deste xacemento é a presencia das estructuras dun primeiro túmulo soterrado baixo as masa tumular do segundo, o que permitiu documentar un primeiro monumento que, polas datacións radiocarbónicas, corresponde ós inicio do megalitismo, coas estructuras centrais en un estado de conservación excepcional, así como a complexidade do proceso constructivo que levou ó xacemento o seu aspecto final.