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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anta da Herdade da Candieira Alternative Name: Anta da Candeeira, Anta da SerraCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Redondo Nearest Village: Redondo
Latitude: 38.704158N Longitude: 7.553537W
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 16th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4
The Anta da Candieira is a dolmen that features a polygonal chamber and the top cap remains in its original place. The enigmatic hole in the head pillar, usually referred by the locals as buraco da Alma (hole of the Soul), it was certainly related to other unknown later uses of this monument that have nothing to do with its original purpose. This site was made known by Gabriel Pereira, at the end of the XIX century and was classified as a Portuguese National Monument at the 23rd of June of 1910. Chronologically can be set in the Neo-Chalcolithic period.
About the architecture
This is a dolmen with polygonal chamber made of 7 pillars, all of them remain in situ. It has 3m in length and the cover slab is also in its original place. The huge head pillar has got an oval opening 26cm from the top, whose ritual functions are still unknown. This is the only monument in the Alentejo region with this feature. From the original corridor there are only 2 pillar fragments left. There are still traces of the mound, originally it had five meters in diameter although it's not very visible nowadays.
Links and information sources (all texts written in Portuguese)
- IGESPAR
- Page from the county of Redondo with info about the site.
- Portal do Arqueólogo
Aditional information:
- Follow the signs of the megalithic route, they will lead you to the exact spot of the site.
- You can buy a Portuguese wine from the Redondo region that uses the image of this Anta as its front cover. Check it out here.
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