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<< Our Photo Pages >> Anta das Pedras Grandes - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Portugal in Lisboa

Submitted by Bak_teria on Wednesday, 03 September 2014  Page Views: 3502

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anta das Pedras Grandes Alternative Name: Dólmen das Pedras Grandes
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 4.566 km away from the location you searched for.

Distrito: Lisboa Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Caneças
Latitude: 38.806714N  Longitude: 9.218647W
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
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2 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Anta das Pedras Grandes
Anta das Pedras Grandes submitted by Bak_teria : A good view of the remains of this big urban megalithic monument. This is Pedras Grandes in 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Estremadura and Tejo Valley

Anta das Pedras Grandes is located in Caneças and was presented to the scientific community by archaeologist Carlos Ribeiro in 1880. It remains classified as a national monument since 1944. It was built in final Neolithic period (between 4500 and 2000 BC). Originally it would have been a dolmen of polygonal chamber apparently composed of eight struts and a short corridor (a standing pillar on each side). The base of the foothills of the monument consist of blocks of average size (limestone and basalt) and there is possible traces of the structure of the tumulus in the land with predominantly clayey characteristics. Regarding the area surrounding the monument it was identified a cut area (wide dispersion of materials in flint - chips and cut debris).

In 2001 the town of Odivelas promoted archaeological studies to evaluate the potential of the asset of the burial chamber. Thanks to this work it was found that the camera of the monument is relatively preserved associated with a small hallway facing south-west. Also the remains of the mound and the foothills of the standing pillars of the camera were found.

In the present territory of the county of Odivelas several archaeological sites have been detected over the years including several megalithic dolmen type of funerary monuments. The dolmens in this territory were identified mainly in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Unfortunately the dolmens of Trigache and Batalha were destroyed by evolution and urbanization. The Anta das Pedras Grandes is the only one that's left in this territory.
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Anta das Pedras Grandes
Anta das Pedras Grandes submitted by Bak_teria : View of the back side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anta das Pedras Grandes
Anta das Pedras Grandes submitted by Bak_teria : Pedras Grandes dolmen at dusk. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anta das Pedras Grandes
Anta das Pedras Grandes submitted by Bak_teria : Front view from the chamber entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anta das Pedras Grandes
Anta das Pedras Grandes submitted by Bak_teria : A clean view of the three standing pillars. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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