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The county of Pinhel is situated to the north of the city of Guarda and the mountainous range of Serra da Estrela and next to the border with Spain.
Part of the region´s defences since Roman times, the town of Pinhel was a center of a network of fortresses and king Dinis transformed it into an impressive citadel in the early 14th century.
Pinhel is nowadays noted for its wines, usually red and acidulated and with a low alcohol content.
It was an act which, considering the general state of public feeling in the country at the time, might have had the gravest consequences, and Sir Robert was subsequently forced to do penance and afford redress.
To be more precise, he was to purchase and bring into Pinhel a hundred head of cattle, intended some for slaughter and some for draught.
Butler would have set out forthwith to return to Pinhel, knowing how urgent was the need of the division and with what impatience the choleric General Craufurd would be awaiting him.
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