Laxe do Crego
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Vigo
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Area dos cans - Isla de Ons
36937 Bueu Pontevedra
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This is a rock which can be reached at low tide. It gets its name from the fact that, in Medieval times, a man-shaped tomb was excavated here, and later, a priest was buried in it. Although there is no documentary evidence of a monastery, nor are there ruins of one, there must have been a community of hermit monks - as was the case on other Galician islands, even much smaller ones - as is shown by the place name and the man-shaped sarcophagus known as Laxe do Crego (the Priest's Rock). This tomb was sealed with a very large, heavy slab, but according to the histories of the island, this large slab was dislodged by a storm in the middle of the 20th Century
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Figures of protection
National Park
Protected area Natura 2000 Network - Site of Community Importance (SCI)
Landscape interest of the surroundings
Elevated
Description of the environment
Maritime
Chronology
Edad Media
Responsible body
Parque Nacional Marítimo Terrestre das Illas Atlánticas de Galicia
Property
Public
Revaluation
Excellent
Degree of alteration
High
Causes of destruction/alteration
Mareas
State of conservation
Good