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Gasometers on Gijon's western headland.

This is taken from Campa Torres on the point of the headland, looking inland. This was Site of a pre-Roman fortified settlement, later romanized and named Noega.

The local Astur tribe were known in Roman times as the Cilurnigos. Curiously there was a Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall called Cilurnum. That fort was manned from the late second century until its demise by the Ala II Asturum, a 500 strong cavalry force raised in Asturias.

The place name Cilurnum is frequently attributed to the local landscape, according to which it is thought to mean 'cauldron pool'. I wonder whether it migt have been named after the Cilurnigos, whose name also derives from the same root, meaning cauldron. From remains found at Campa Torres they were know to have been significant metal workers.