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Ethnographic heritage

Barrafusos Stone Cross Cruceiro

  • Tomiño, Vilachán Neighbourhood, 20th century. 1934.
  • Coordinates:41.987710, -8.761127
It is located in the Vilachán Neighbourhood and features a square base with chamfered upper edges. The square-section shaft is plain, topped by a a capital with straight mouldings that supports a cross with rhomboidal arms, floral terminals, and a central bud. On the lower part of the shaft, there is an inscription with the year 1934, and another illegible text that is heavily eroded.

Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: “Cruces, cruceiros e petos da parroquia de Santa María de Tomiño (Tomiño-Pontevedra)”, in Asociación Galega para a Cultura e a Ecoloxía: Actas do VII Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2017.