Una necrópolis megalítica en el Pico Jano

It has long been reported on the existence of megalithic tombs in the mountains of Dobarganes and Enterrías (Vega de Liébana, Cantabria), located by Gonzalo Gómez, who had published some of them in the Regional press. Following a series of talks with neighbors of the area about buried treasures, the popular saying was collected: Among the Coors and Palmedian is the treasure of the Moor Galán. Both place-names still refer to specific places today, and are included in the 1: 25,000 map of the National Geographic Institute, although the latter is transcribed as Valmedian. On the basis of this information, the site was visited by Gonzalo Gómez, acknowledging the existence of two megalithic complexes, undoubtedly belonging to the same necropolis, one in the Corros and the other in Palmedián. These sets consist of at least five monuments in a poor state of preservation; Because, as might be expected, the popular tradition of "the treasure of the Moor Galan" has incited the repeated violation of the tombs. To the strenuous pursuit of treasures, we must add the continued exploitation of the area, in an extensive regime, which has led the shepherds to build corrales or "parideras" using build material form the nearby tombs. We must bear in mind that we are talking about an area of ​​mountain pastures, invaded in part by low scrub, composed mainly of heather and fern. A recent cleansing made the tombs visible, hitherto concealed by vegetation. To the Palmedian group belongs a tomb with a diameter superior to 25 m. where some peristaltic slabs are clearly seen to lie opposite the pendant, which gives an idea of ​​its functionality to contain the tumulus mass. There is also a circular crown of stones, which might be thought as a cromlech, in the middle of which there are some slabs that would dictate the rest of the camera properly said. For this reason, the above-mentioned circle would correspond more to another peristalite, although in this case the mass of the tomb is totally devastated, what is easily explainable by the proximity of a corral to this monument. The existence of clearly differentiated peristals is something new in Cantabria, except for the discovery, in the monument of Larraiz (San Vicente de la Barquera), of two slabs in the terminal area of ​​the mass of the tomb that seem to indicate the existence of the same type of structure, which is even more significant because it is an earthy grave with very few stones. The southernmost tomb in the group of Palmedian preserves three slabs of the enclosure camera in its original position. However, the tumulus is one of the worst preserved. We could think that in some of the remotions by treasure hunters appeared material that encouraged them to continue the search. The Corros set consists of four half-sized tombs and a smaller, almost circular tomb. The four majors define, in plan, a rhomboid with similar sides two to two, which has led some people to formulate exotic theories about their alignment with the sunrise in the est equivalent, and consequently their relationship with astronomical cults.