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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lapa de GargantánsCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 2.234 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Galicia Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Pontevedra Nearest Village: Santa LucÃa de Moraña
Latitude: 42.569768N Longitude: 8.583167W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Galicia
A 2 metre tall menhir.
Source : Wikipedia Commons.
Author : http://gl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lameiro.
Date : 2003.
A rare example of standing stones in Galicia, a type of monument also very rare in North Portugal.
Please note the small cup-marks.
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