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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menires de Milrei e do Padrão Alternative Name: Menir de Padrao, Menir de Aspradantes
Country: Portugal Distrito: Faro Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Faro Nearest Village: Silves
Latitude: 37.062694N Longitude: 8.888452W
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 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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4 Access:

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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4 Accuracy:

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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**Menires de Milrei e do Padrão** submitted by paulcall : This menhir is the only one in the area of south-western Portugal which is, to my knowledge, upright, having been re-erected. It is also known as Menir de Padrao This stone is found south of Raposeira, by heading out of the village and turning right onto the first road, and driving about 500m. (Vote or comment on this photo)

A wonderfully shaped smooth menhir about 2 metres tall which is marked faintly with phallic symbolism. It has been re-erected, but cracking can be seen from the time it was originally pushed over in the middle ages. It is now concreted in situ. The line running across the stone about 40cm from the top is presumeably the phallic marking but it is very difficult to see, and even harder to photograph.

This menhir is the only one in the area of south-western Portugal which is upright, having been re-erected. Distrito de Faro, Raposeira.

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This is on the west side of the road near a house. Only about 4 metres from the carriageway. It is around 2 metres high and looks like a giant incisor tooth. Follow the road down from the brown Monumentos Megalithica sign towards the coast for about 200 metres and this is on the right-hand side of the road.
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