Cerro Castillón-Peñaflor

Cerro Castillón-Peñaflor is a rural and archaeological site located southeast of Villanueva de los Infantes, in Campo de Montiel, on a red sandstone spur overlooking the Jabalón river valley. The enclave reaches an altitude of 883 m and is located about 3 km from the town center, on a narrow and elevated hill that acts as a natural viewpoint over the agricultural environment and gentle reliefs of the region. The place is of interest for its landscape value and for the presence of a site with two main phases: a Chalcolithic occupation, documented by excavations carried out in the 1980s, and another Medieval-Christian, linked to the fortified village or castle of Peñaflor between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. Marks and petroglyphs have also been described on the surface of the hill, which adds interest to the historical reading of the site. Its relevance lies in the combination of relief, geology and historical memory in an area very close to a monumental town like Villanueva de los Infantes. Access is from the CM-3127 road to Montiel, which facilitates the visit, although the main interest is contemplative and patrimonial, rather than intensive recreational.