Andy B
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|  Posted 19-08-2015 at 11:57
Article from Spanish News site La Region:
Denuncian en la Fiscalía la destrucción de una mámoa
Los restos arqueológicos de más de 6.000 años en Cea fueron sustituidos por un merendero
El Grupo Ecoloxista Outeiro de Carballiño ha denunciado ante la Fiscalía de Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo la destrucción de un túmulo neolítico catalogado por la Xunta de Galicia en el Concello de San Cristovo de Cea. Dicho yacimiento arqueológico, de incalculable valor, según apuntan los arqueólogos de la asociación, está situado en la aldea de Ardesende, y estaba formado por una tumba de hace más de 6.000 años, conocida tradicionalmente como mámoa, que conservaba, en el momento de su inclusión en el Catálogo de Bienes Culturales de la Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural de la Xunta de Galicia, las losas de granito que formaban la cámara sepulcral.
http://www.laregion.es/articulo/o-carballinho/denuncian-fiscalia-destruccion-mamoa/20150817075553562144.html
Link to approximate translation
The Ecological Group Carballiño Hill complained to the Office of Environment and Urbanism about destruction of a neolithic tomb classified by the Galician Government in the County of San Cristobal de Cea.
A priceless, monument, located in the village of Ardesende, and was formed by a tomb more than 6,000 years, traditionally known as the mound, he kept at the time of inclusion in the Catalogue of Cultural Assets of the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage of the Xunta de Galicia, granite slabs that formed the burial chamber.
"So inconceivable appeared completely destroyed and in its place today may be placed a concrete slab on which it has built a picnic table, "says Hill. The group believes that "these acts have caused irreparable harm to the mound for what was a prehistoric cemetery of the first inhabitants of dinner, which was an example of the first monumental architecture of funeral character of the story."
We don't have any megalithic sites listed in this area, the closest sites we have are Castros
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?lat=42.49338&lon=-7.94618
With thanks to lephophorawilliamsii on Twitter, who wrote:
@megportal The dolmen was in Cea, Ourense (Galicia) Northwest Spain. 6.000 years old.
In local galician language it is called #mamoa
[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2015-08-19 12:01 ]
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