LAUREL DEVESA
Os Ancares-O Courel Protected Natural Area (LIC ES1120001).
The Loureiro pasture is located at the confluence of the parishes of Salcedo, Parada dos Montes and Lamaigrexa. With an irregular and rugged relief, it is located between 450 and 600 m. altitude, on the banks of the Loureiro river (a tributary of the Lor river).
We are facing a forest formation characteristic of the Atlantic climate, it is oriented to the north and surrounded by a shady and humid environment that makes it populated mainly by deciduous trees and a multitude of herbaceous and shrub species. In addition to the natural and landscape interest that these characteristics grant it, it enjoys other resources linked to the cultural and ethnographic character, since this meadow provided fuel to the Loureiro Blacksmith's, of which there are still vestiges (the Ferrería house, chapel, old mill, parts of the dam, etc.).
DRYERS OF THE MAZO
Located on the borders of the municipalities of A Pobra do Brollón and O Courel and located in the Mazo grove, we find what are known as Sequeiros or Cabanas do Mazo, they form a significant concentration of 12 sequeiros and 6 cabins, small buildings with two floors, built with stone and wood.
The Sequeiros were used to dry chestnuts, the fire was made on the ground floor and the chestnuts were spread out on the upper floor to dry. In the case of the huts, the goats were kept on the ground floor and the grass that would be given to them to eat was kept on the upper floor.
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