We are in San Vitor Necropolis, the biggest known structure of anthropomorphic cave tombs in the noth-west of Spain, dated between the 9th and 10th centuries and it probably survived up until the 18th century.
A total of fifty-six tombs spread accross the rocky outcrop and the centre of the construction was the chapel at the top of the rock.
Legend has it that the people buried here were from Casa de Vil or Ivil, a little village situated nowadays in the parish of Pradomao. Historic documents connect both settlements to the Quiroga family, long sought after by Montederramo Monastery, which wanted them to dominate the Mao and Sil river banks, as certified by a lawsuit in 1563. To get to San Vitor (probably San Cibrao in its final name) people had to go through Horcas territory for which they were charged. When people refused to pay, it signalled the end of the burials in this place. The recollection of these facts through stories and legends suggests the conflict for the property of this important settlement, situated at the foot of the main route between the mountains and the river and dominating the valley of the rivers Mao and Sil.