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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pedra da Arca (Malpica) Alternative Name: Dolmen de Cerqueda, Oratorio, ObradoiroCountry: Spain Region: Galicia Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carballo Nearest Village: Malpica
Latitude: 43.296543N Longitude: 8.81769W
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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rrmoser visited on 23rd Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Not signed from the main road (now 418) but is .5 Kilometers past the camping site mentioned on the main web listing. Tremendous ambience.
The "Pedra da Arca" dolmen is another of the many such monuments that can be found in the Galician area of Spain.
This nice Dolmen is set 110m over sea level and is formed by 7 orthostats. The capstone is broken. The tomb entrance corridor faces East.
Close observation of the different stones will reward the visitor with some surviving petroglyphs.
To find the "Pedra da Arca" just follow the road from Carballo to Malpica (first Lc414, then Lc420). Some Km before Malpica you will find it signposted to the left of the road. As an alternate method, look for the signpost for "Camping Sisargas", turn left on the junction and don't enter the camping but follow the path some hundred more meters to find the Dolmen to your right.
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