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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anta-Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento Alternative Name: Anta-Capela de São Brissos, Anta Ermida da Nossa Senhora do LivramentoCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Santiago do Escoural Nearest Village: São Brissos
Latitude: 38.524640N Longitude: 8.12948W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 13th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Several miles along a very narrow and twisty road, and I eventually arrived at the Anta-Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento, or Anta-Capela de São Brissos, which was one I really wanted to visit, the white painted dolmen now built into a chapel, complete with blue stripe around the bottom to keep the devil at bay.
Despite the satnav trying to take me somewhere else, I found it easy enough, and it has a small car park which had another three cars in it. Before I had even got out of my car, a bloke (French I think) from one of the other cars was over asking if I had the key to the chapel, and was most insistent that I should have it, not taking the fact that I am just an English tourist as an answer!
So as I gathered, the chapel was locked up, so could not get to see inside. It's a wierd and beautiful little place, and unlike that at Pavia, this has an extension built onto the back of the dolmen. There is one large stone laying beside the chapel, and traces of its entrance passageway.
rrmoser visited on 7th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 You have to get permission to enter.
Catrinm visited on 13th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Christianised former megalithic site with prone menhirs
Ana visited on 16th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5
Bak_teria visited on 16th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
DrewParsons Magalhaes have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
Anta-Capela de Nª Srª do Livramento (dolmen-chapel of Our Lady of Livramento), is one of the 104 megalithic monuments listed for the Upper Alentejo in a recent monograph by Master Catarina Oliveira, "Lugar e Memória" (Place and Memory). It's a dolmen converted into a catholic chapel, with an aditional laying stone on the side. The monument was whitewashed with chalk in the common ways of the Alentejo culture. It is the occasional object of reverence in case of a major drought. This monument is classified as IIP - Imóvel de Interesse Público (Estate of Public Interest) since June 18th of 1957.
About the architecture
This megalithic monument was converted into a hermitage in the 17th century. The remains of the dolmen constitute the galilee of the hermitage, and on the north side was constructed a small door that must occupy the dead space of a disappeared pillar. The five pillars of the chamber and its covering hat form the atrium of the hermitage. Remains of the corridor (2 in situ pillars) are also visible at the East side of the monument but are already shattered and nailed to the ground.
About the access
The site is easily located along the narrow, broken surfaced lane running from just north of the village of Santiago do Escoural towards Valverde, on the right hand side of the road. Links and information sources (all texts written in portuguese)
- DGPC
- Portal do Arqueólogo
Other similar monuments
This is not the only example of christianized dolmens in Portugal, see also Anta-Capela of Pavia and Anta-Capela of Alcobertas.
For more details visit also Megalitos.es. Site originally submitted by Magalhaes. Aditional info by Bak_teria.
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