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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menir da Vilarinha 1 - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Portugal in Faro

Submitted by Klingon on Tuesday, 28 September 2010  Page Views: 4761

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menir da Vilarinha 1
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 4.458 km away from the location you searched for.

Distrito: Faro Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Latitude: 37.248630N  Longitude: 8.33787W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Algarve
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Menir da Vilarinha 1 submitted by GmA48 : Menir da Vilarinha 1 looking North (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menir da Vilarinha 1 submitted by obscureed : Menir da Vilarinha 1: descriptive panel's sketch. I struggled to match up the sketched features with reality, but perhaps it depends on the light. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menir da Vilarinha 1 submitted by obscureed : Menir da Vilarinha 1: descriptive panel's words. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menir da Vilarinha 1
Menir da Vilarinha 1 submitted by obscureed : Menir da Vilarinha 1: the descriptive panel suggests, frustratingly, that there is a spiral pattern in the buried part of the menhir.

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Re: Menir da Vilarinha 1 by obscureed on Saturday, 12 October 2013
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Here's a rough translation (thanks, Google!): "This is a sub-cylindrical monolith, made of the local red sandstone. It was part of an alignment that included four other menhirs. It was found in a fallen state, and the hidden face had kept engraved decorations of different periods.
Near the top, there is a kind of collar, using parallel linear motifs and circles; this is attributable to the late Neolithic or Bronze Age (4th-3rd millennia BC). Further down, there is a sinuous line of seven cupmarks.
Near the base, currently partly buried [or in the buried part], there is a large figure of a serpent, rolled into a spiral. This possibly dates to the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC). However, the menhir itself, like similar ones in the Algarve, was erected in the Early Neolithic (6th-5th millennia BC)."
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Re: Menir da Vilarinha 1 by obscureed on Saturday, 12 October 2013
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There is a descriptive panel, which has now fallen down. The text is interesting: "Monólito, com forma subcilíndrica, talhado em arenito vermelho da zona, pertencente a alinhamento que integrava outros quatro menires. Encontrava-se tombado e a face escondida conservou decoração gravada, de differente períodos.
Ali se detecta, junto do topo, especie de colar, constitutuido por motivos lineares paralelos e outros circulares, atribuíveis ao Neolítico Final ou o Calcolítico (IV-III milénios a.C.). Mais baixo surgem restos de linha serpentiforme e sete covinhas.
Junto da base, actualmente, em parte soterrada, observa-se enorme figuração de serpente, enrolada em espiral, possivelmente da Idade do Bronze (II milénio a.C.).
Todavia, o menir, tal como outros seus congéneres do Algarve, terá sido erguido durante o Neolitico Antigo (VI-V milénios a.C)."
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