Pilón de las Huertas

Pilón de las Huertas is a rural spot in San Martín de Trevejo, in the Sierra de Gata (Cáceres), linked to a traditional fountain and the start of a cobblestone path that leads to the chestnut grove. It is located in an environment of transition between the historical center and the spaces of orchard and low mountain, very typical of this serragatina villa seated to the feet of the Jálama. Its location, in a landscape of water and cultivation, explains its interest as a point of passage and as a testimony of the historical relationship between the town and its natural resources. The most attractive thing about the place is precisely this combination of functional simplicity and landscape value: the pylon, the fountain and the old road allow us to understand how the accesses to the cultivation areas and the use of water were organized. For the visitor, it is interesting for its traditional atmosphere, for being the beginning of a route to the chestnut grove and for offering a clear reading of the rural territory of San Martín de Trevejo, where water has conditioned the way of life and the layout of the routes. Its relevance is more ethnographic and scenic than monumental. It is part of the set of resources that help to interpret the town, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest with category of Historic Site, and fits in the image of San Martín de Trevejo as a town closely linked to popular architecture, irrigation and historic roads. There is no associated local legend in the sources consulted.