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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Candeán Alternative Name: Casa dos Mouros, Dolmen da MadroaCountry: Spain Region: Galicia Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Vigo
Latitude: 42.244470N Longitude: 8.67377W
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Restored dolmen, on the slopes of the Monte de Candeán, East of Vigo.
The site has been plundered in a distant past. The mámoa (mound) has gone since long. In the 1980's, the Consello de Vigo has bought the plot, otherwise promised to urban development ; the monument is now secure. The uprights have been raised again and the capstone leaned against one of them.
Signposted for pedestrians at (42.24407, -8.67336), then a 50 m walk uphill.
Please note that the alternative name : Casa dos Mouros, as well as its derivatives, are very (very very) common in Spain and Portugal, to the point of being misleading and engendering confusion.
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