Place sítio/locality Ponta do Sol
Upland site on the Paul da Serra plateau, on the ridge linking Paul da Serra to Curral, where the Junta Agrícola set up an experimental agricultural station around 1914. Its trials largely failed because of the harsh climate, and its plantations were badly damaged by fire in 1919. It was also a rain-gauge post and an astronomical station at 1,621 m.
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- Geology — On the ridge linking Paul da Serra to Curral.
- Meteorological stations — Rain-gauge post.
- Agricultural Board — Site of the Junta's experimental field, which gave few results.
- Geodesy — Interior astronomical station at 1,621 m.
- Fire of 1919 — Junta Agrícola plantations badly damaged.
- Bica da Cana — Subject of the entry; site of an experimental farm.