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Carvão
Casal dos Moinhos
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Manjão
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Pião
Pontão do Seladinho
Ponte do Sótão

Portela
Portela de Góis

Póvoa de Cerdeira
Póvoa de Góis
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Regateira
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Samoura
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Carvão

The little hamlet of Carvão takes its name from the charcoal burning that used to take place in several villages in this area. The wood from trees, and even dug-up tree roots, would be placed over smaller branches in a big mound, carefully ensuring that there were no large gaps. The mound would then be covered with earth, leaving a hole at the top. A fire would be lit, and when the centre of the mound was well alight, the hole would be covered. The heat from the central fire would convert the wood into carbon (carvão). After several days, the mound would be dug open, and the charcoal removed. The charcoal was used on braziers for cooking, and also to smelt the gold and tin that was mined in the area.
Today Carvão consists of a handful of attractive old and new houses, along a little lane on the side of the hill above the  Góis to Vila Nova do Ceira road.

 
     
 
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