<< Our Photo Pages >> Menir da Bulhoa - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Portugal in Évora
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menir da Bulhoa Alternative Name: Menir da AbelhoaCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Monsaraz Nearest Village: Telheiro
Latitude: 38.462250N Longitude: 7.382778W
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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Bak_teria visited on 7th Feb 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Magalhaes have visited here
This menhir is located in the homestead of Abelhoa or Bulhoa near by the town of Monsaraz. With a phallic form it was made out of granite with carved decorations representing an irradiated sun, a crosier and has got rows with different forms made out of broken, wavy, snaky lines and zigzags. Abandoned over a long time this monument layed prostrate on the ground which contributed to the erosion of its prints. Is fractured at the top and the base has been reconstructed in 1970 by the the initiative of the District Board of Évora (Junta Distrital de Évora) and the Friends of Monsaraz Group (Grupo dos Amigos de Monsaraz).
The monument was rebuilt in its granite base and rebuilt since the bottom was used for other purposes. It has the actual length of 4 metres tall (157 inches) and the axis of its elliptical section is approximately of 1 meter (39 inches). It's believed that it has been made between the beginning of the 4th and the mid 3rd millennium BC, the typical time period of the Évora monuments of the same type. It was classified as National Monument (MN – Monumento Nacional) at november 22nd,1971. Near by is also possible to visit the Anta of Belhoa.
Other valuable information
CNS: 592
Links and information sources (all texts written in Portuguese)
Webpages where the official classification and asset of this monument is referenced:
- DGPC
- Portal do Arqueólogo
Other sites:
- Portugal Notável (Website full of information about Portuguese heritage)
Site posted by MMG, aditional info submitted by Bak_teria.
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