The corn left a mark on the village
In Carrazedo, the canasters tell an agricultural history.
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The corn marked the economy of Carrazedo and left signs built: the canasters, also called granaries. The municipal guide gives the largest example a capacity between 14 and 18 tons of corn.
It is a dimension that helps to imagine the importance of keeping the harvest. It is the capacity referred to in the source, not the quantity currently stored. The photograph allows to observe the construction.
The municipal page of Bucos presents the Espigueiro da Casa de Fundevilla, in Carrazedo, among the elements of the heritage of the parish. The building makes visible a phase that stands between the harvest and the milling: store the cereal. It is not a mill, nor its capacity indicates how much corn a family produced in a year.
To follow the way of food, connect three places in the readings: the field where the cereal grows, the tree where it is stored and the mill where it is transformed. The sequence helps to perceive distinct functions without imagining that all the buildings presented belonged to the same exploration.
Source and context
Municipality — Village Guide of Serra da Cabreira: landscape, work and heritage
Municipality — parish of Bucos, patrimony and poultice of Casa de Fundevilla
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.