Upland corrals are a feature of the landscape of the Gerês mountain range and are inseparable from the history and culture of local communities going back over generations. They are spread far and wide across the common lands and were constructed by communities to provide a support base for shepherds near to grazing areas, where the shared grazing livestock remain during the hottest months of the year (May to September). They belong to a community (parish or hamlet), and are usually part of a network of several corrals, which, following a rotation system, are occupied for a time by the shepherds (or communal herdsmen) of the community who, according to a timescale and in their turn, have the responsibility to tend the animals entrusted to their care.

Curral da Lomba do Vidoeiro is one of the corrals belonging to the community of Vilar da Veiga. It has a single, very small shelter, built entirely of stone and having a false dome structure. It is set in a beautiful spot where we can take the opportunity to rest a little and study the curious details of the shelter, such as the cross above the door, a table built with a stone slab and small stones placed as benches and a kind of granite cabinet to store the belongings of the herdsmen. Not to be missed either are the beautiful cairns (mounds of small overlapping stones, constructed and used by shepherds as a waymarking system for their orientation) spread throughout the corral, reassuring those who pass by there that they are on the right path.