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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menires de Rochoso - Standing Stones in Portugal in Guarda

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 29 May 2006  Page Views: 4308

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menires de Rochoso
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 9.367 km away from the location you searched for.

Distrito: Guarda Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Guarda
Latitude: 40.516230N  Longitude: 7.08955W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Menires de Rochoso
Menires de Rochoso submitted by Alta-Falisa : The street is very narrow and doesn't allow a decent photo. As to the weather, my powers are limited... March 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Central Portugal

Update March 2015.
The two slender stones are definitely not in their original place, and not really convincing as menhirs. Presented as "menires" on panels erected at each entrance of the village, as well as twice in their vicinity, we shall stick to that traditional name. Stones are commonly used as marker stones and fences.
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Menires de Rochoso
Menires de Rochoso submitted by Alta-Falisa : One of the two so-called "Menires" ; the other is behind the corner of the wall. March 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menires de Rochoso
Menires de Rochoso submitted by Alta-Falisa : The two (so-called) Menires and the (genuine) Sepultura Antropomórfica are well known, but no cromeleque. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 1.6km S 180° Sepultura antropomórfica de Rochoso* Rock Cut Tomb
 7.3km NNW 339° Castro do Jarmelo Castro or Chafurdão
 14.5km WNW 282° Nossa Senhora da Póvoa de Mileu Ancient Village or Settlement
 15.3km NW 323° Anta de Pêra do Moço* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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 18.2km S 181° Museu do Sabugal* Museum
 19.3km WNW 285° Castro de Tintinolho Castro or Chafurdão
 19.6km NE 53° Piedra Caballero en Castelo Bom* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
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 30.5km SW 228° Villa Romana da Fórnea Ancient Village or Settlement
 32.7km NNE 31° Necrópole de sepulturas escavadas na rocha em Malpartida* Rock Cut Tomb
 33.1km SW 234° Castro de Orjais e ruínas dunha construción ao carón da capela de Nossa Senhora Castro or Chafurdão
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 40.9km NW 309° Dolmen de Carapito 1* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 41.1km WNW 295° Dólmen de Matança* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 41.1km NW 309° Dolmen de Carapito 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 41.2km NW 309° Dolmen de Carapito 3* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: Menires do Rochoso by Alta-Falisa on Sunday, 29 March 2015
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The two long thin stones are labelled menires, and are advertised so at the entrance of Rochoso. But they do not really look like menhirs, and archaeologists contest it.
Well, let's stick to the traditional name, anyway.
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