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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Outeiro Alternative Name: Menhir of Motrinos, Penedo CompridoCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Reguengos de Monsaraz
Latitude: 38.470400N Longitude: 7.393617W
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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The Outeiro menhir is also locally known as Penedo Comprido (Long Rock). It's a granite monument with a size of about 5.6 meters high, 1 meter in average diameter and with the weighing of about 8 tons. It was re-erected in 1969.
Its morphology was considered by some authors as outrageously phallic. The diameter of the urethra carved in the glans reaches 30 cm (11 inches). Obviously we can say it represents the ancient cult of fertility. It's one of the best examples of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula. It was classified as Portuguese National Monument in 1971.
About the chronology
The chronology can be problematic because is almost impossible to firmly correspond this monolith to a certain date since there are no physical proof that can corroborate any absolute certainty. Taking as guidelines the known examples in the Évora region it was inserted in the Chalcolithic period.
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- IGESPAR
- Portal do Arqueólogo
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