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<< Text Pages >> Tumulo de Santa Rita - Chambered Tomb in Portugal in Faro

Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 02 March 2014  Page Views: 2794

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulo de Santa Rita
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 3.076 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Faro Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Vila Real de San Antonio  Nearest Village: Cacela
Latitude: 37.179839N  Longitude: 7.565863W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 3 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
 4

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 171m W 272° Túmulo Megalítico Santa Rita 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: Tumulo de Santa Rita by MaxTheMedic on Sunday, 08 April 2018
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Condition 3
Ambience 3
Access 3
Accuracy 4

A classic Bronze Age burial chamber which appears to be under (infrequent & sporadic) excavation, evidenced by the tarpaulins, pallets and spoil heaps next to it. It is open to the sky, although there are several large stones (some >1 x 1.5m) adjacent to the tomb which may have been either roofing stones or 'guardian' stones at the entranceway.
The entrance passage is typically narrow and about 4.5m long. It appears to face south or southeast, tho lack of compass and tape-measure renders all measurements and directions guesswork only.
A slight dog-leg marks the junction of passage and tomb and reveals an interesting feature; the doorway into the tomb proper is constructed of white coloured stones for uprights and lintel, whilst the rest of the tomb's construction is built in red iron stone.
The burial chamber is remarkably well constructed, with a symmetry to the megaliths as their flat surfaces are arced round to form a chamber approx 4 x 2m, the largest stones creating the back wall of the tomb.
Outside of the main burial chamber, about 1.5m distant from it, is another smaller wall of upright stones which appears to enclose it within a horseshoe shape and seems to join the main structure again at either side of the passage/tomb doorway.
To the rear of the grave is a well defined tail of earthworks running maybe 20 - 25m westward and tapering slightly as it goes.
Access isn't difficult. The GPS coordinates given are very good. Even when you think you've run out of road, you haven't. Pass a small domed shrine to St Rita and ford a dry stream. Continue to the converted windmill at the top of the small hill and bear right to a gravelled parking space. The passage grave is downhill in front of you approx 400m distant.
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