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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anta Herdade do Barrocal 1 Alternative Name: Anta Do BarrocalCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Évora Nearest Village: Tourega
Latitude: 38.508007N Longitude: 8.005624W
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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 13th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 From Evora it was time for my day hunting stones. Thankfully I had done much previous research, otherwise I would have found it extremely difficult. I struggled to get out of the walled city of Evora, round all the one way systems etc, but eventually after finding a place to stop, where I figured out how to use the satnav, and there was no looking back!
The next problem was how to locate the sites, as nothing is on any maps, and very little is signposted. However, with use of my previously prepared Google map of sites, and better phone coverage out here than most places at home, I was able to locate the road to these dolmens, where I realised that many of the roads are actually dirt and gravel tracks, and many seem to start from the main roads through gated entrances.
About threequarters of a km along the dirt track to Barrocal, and I see the old windmill and a place I can park, and then I see the dolmen just in the field to the right. There is a path to it, and it is well sited on the top of a hillock, a nicely complete dolmen with remains of its entrance passageway. It is not very picturesque today, grey skies threatening to rain, and the ground covered in scrub.
43559959 visited on 4th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 1
rrmoser visited on 7th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Great site!
Bak_teria visited on 7th Mar 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.25 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3.75
Take the N380 south from Evora and turn left (east) at the crossroad which leads to Tourega in the opposite direction. This is a small, rough but drivable lane. Drive for a kilometre up this lane to reach the site sign with the dolmens either side of the road.
Restored in the 1970's these are two very nice dolmens. I visited the sites in April 2010.
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