<< Our Photo Pages >> Monte Novo - Ancient Village or Settlement in Portugal in Setúbal
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Multi-periodSite Name: Monte Novo Alternative Name: Monte Novo 1Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 1.239 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Setúbal Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sines Nearest Village: Sines
Latitude: 37.950115N Longitude: 8.835872W
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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Bak_teria visited on 6th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 1 Access: 4
Monte Novo is a megalithic enclosure of oval plant, dated from the Late Neolithic and reused in the Chalcolithic as a fortified settlement, probably due to its defensive character. This monument is not yet classified.
About the megalithic enclosure
Sheltered from the northern quadrant winds and widely south facing the bay of São Torpes, the site of Monte Novo features over the coast and the coastal plain a great visibility, extended to the foothills of Serra do Cercal. This location was carefully searched for in the two phases of prehistoric human occupation of the site.
During the Late Neolithic, the population that inhabited the extensive settlement of Vale Pincel II have built in Monte Novo a megalithic enclosure and also sacralized the rocky outcrops of Sines.
About the settlement
The same venue was to be reoccupied during the Chalcolithic period, with housing functions. This second occupation is well documented by abundant ceramic and lithic artifacts, many of them related to agricultural activities and it corresponds to a reuse of the megalithic enclosure as a defensive structure.
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Note: Near by is also possible to visit the settlement of Palmeirinha and the Quitéria necropolis.
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