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Multi-periodSite Name: Sepulturas antropomórficas de la Ermida de Nª Sª de SoitoCountry: Portugal Distrito: Guarda Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Guarda Nearest Village: Fernão Joanes
Latitude: 40.476420N Longitude: 7.36546W
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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Two Sepulturas antropomórficas cut side by side in the same piece of rock. One is still pretty well preserved, the other is half destroyed.
Signposted a first time in Fernão Joanes, Avenida da Boa Esperança, upon leaving the town westwards, exactly at (40.48308, -7.35523).
Signposted one last time at (40.47623, -7.36454), see bottom photo -- about 300 m before the chapel of the Hermitage de Nª Sª de Soito, then visible (if I remember right...) in front of you on a hilltop.
The rest is on foot. Aim for the big rock outcrops (photo) about 80-100 m uphill of the path; the tombs, cut in the same stone, are about 25 m to the West. You'll need to search a bit for them, hidden as they are in the broom.
The coordinates of the tombs have been measured on the spot.
March 2015.
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