sentences:  That it was an ancient population center is attested by the numerous traces of human settlement dating from prehistory.Along the Atienza road, before crossing the river, there are cisterns, foundations and excavations in the reddish sandstone which is typical of this part of Castile and is relatively easily worked.Between the town and the hermitage of Barconcitos, a section of an excavated road can be seen cut into the sandstone.