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<< Our Photo Pages >> Areita Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Portugal in Viseu

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 09 April 2006  Page Views: 8081

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Areita Dolmen Alternative Name: Dólmen de Areita
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 8.876 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Viseu Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Penedono  Nearest Village: Paredes Da Beira
Latitude: 41.046480N  Longitude: 7.4714W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Magalhaes : Site in North Portugal Dolmen de Areita (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in North Portugal

Large Allee Couverte on the side of a small hill.
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Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Alta-Falisa : Dólmen de Areita in its late afternoon splendour. March 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by ShamrockStone : Burial chamber (dolmen) in Viseu Portugal. Areita Dolmen, June 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View into the chamber. April 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : The mound and chamber. April 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : The passage and chamber behind it. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Magalhaes : Site in North Portugal Dolmen de Areita

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Alta-Falisa : 'Dólmen de Areita' is one of the tallest -- and most striking -- dólmen in Portugal. Here is a view of the chamber. The top slab is about 4 meters above ground level. March 2015.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Alta-Falisa : An equine species painted on the sky : the top of a few uprights and a part of the capstone. 24 March 2015.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Overall view of the site and mound. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Side view. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by Magalhaes : Site in North Portugal Dolmen de Areita

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Not sure what these two edging stones are - they face directly onto one of the orthostats. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View of the huge orthostats inside the chamber. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Another example of a quartz seam in an orthostat. April 2010.

Areita Dolmen
Areita Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign. (1 comment)

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Re: Areita Dolmen by Anonymous on Friday, 09 August 2013
On Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/s3rE1
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Re: Areita Dolmen by Anonymous on Sunday, 09 May 2010
The topic of Dolmens is fascinating me and my research is suggesting that they were the secure places where the orginal ***** were kept in the early Dolhauses (Mazes), these being the corn Dollies that represented various shares (doles) of the harvest.

Ring of stones formed (threshold) in a high place where the wind empowered the winnowing process, thrashing took place in Halos (Greek for thrashing floor) Grain taken away, straw left to be allocated through winter when dolies were exchanged.
Hopefully when te last starw was seen the grass was growing elsewhere.

Dolmens are stout, secure and somewhat weather proof.
Feedback welcome graham@gyrdan.demon.co.uk

Graham
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Re: Areita Dolmen by DrewParsons on Sunday, 09 May 2010
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I visited this site in April 2010. It is a large dolmen with an eastwards orientated passage and an substantial mound. There is a thin but distict quartz line across the face of one of the orthostats inside the chamber.

The coordinates published for this site show it on the wrong side of the road. The correct ones are: 41.04648N and 7.47140W taken with a hand held GPS at the site in April 2010.

The dolmen is on the west side of the EN 505 road 2 kilometres south of the village of Paredes da Beira, and the nearest town is Peso da Régua
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Re: Areita Dolmen by Magalhaes on Sunday, 07 May 2006
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Nearest town: Penedono
Nearest village: Paredes da Beira

About half-way from Anta da Fonte Coberta (N) and Carapito (S) (* note), on the road from Riodades (and possibly from Sernancelhe?) to S. João da Pesqueira, very near Paredes da Beira, on the West side of the roadwith a sign. Can also be accessed from Penela, where other monuments are.

My GPS reading today was N 41.04649 W 7.47134 (averaging, WGS84).

* - Note: Currently the bridge to the North is closed and replaced by a ferry that doesn't operate all day (7/5/2006).
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