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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Arca da Piosa Alternative Name: Pedra da ArcaCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 1.074 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Galicia Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Bainas Nearest Village: Serramo
Latitude: 43.045589N Longitude: 8.980594W
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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Jansold visited on 14th Aug 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
The dolmen has two capstones - one of them is covering the burial chamber, the other one the entrance corridor. The burial chamber is 3,2 m long and the corridor is 1 m long.
According to the legend Arca da Piosa is a tomb of a legendary warrior Brandomil.
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