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<< Our Photo Pages >> Anta do Senhor da Serra - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Portugal in Lisboa

Submitted by globato on Monday, 09 February 2015  Page Views: 7525

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anta do Senhor da Serra Alternative Name: Anta da Pedra dos Mouros
Country: Portugal Distrito: Lisboa Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Lisboa  Nearest Village: Belas
Latitude: 38.773058N  Longitude: 9.266724W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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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Anta do Senhor da Serra
Anta do Senhor da Serra submitted by Bak_teria : Destroyed in 2010. Photo copyright: Alexandre Monteiro (Vote or comment on this photo)
This Dolmen was found in 1856 by Carlos Ribeiro and explored in 1876. The burial chamber was already in bad condition, having only three upright support stones, one of them is big enough to have been the table stone, but this hypothesis has been discarded since there are two anthropomorphic figures engraved on the stone.

The two figures represent a man and a woman and are probably devoted to fertility rituals. Nowadays there are only two stones left, a small broken one and the important engraved stone placed in a diagonal position.

The capstone has now (as of 2010) been shattered into dozens of fragments

Note: The shocking image of this dolmen's capstone shattered into dozens of fragments - see the comments for more details
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Anta do Senhor da Serra
Anta do Senhor da Serra submitted by globato : Site in Estremadura and Tejo Valley Portugal: Dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anta do Senhor da Serra
Anta do Senhor da Serra submitted by globato : Engravings (Explained) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Anta do Senhor da Serra
Anta do Senhor da Serra submitted by globato : Engravings (Original) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Destroyed Monument by Bak_teria on Wednesday, 28 January 2015
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Unfortunately this monument was found destroyed in 2010. :(

More information here (in Portuguese).
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    Re: Destroyed Monument by Andy B on Monday, 09 February 2015
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    More from Bak_teria: The information was sourced from Archport, a mailing list commonly used by Portuguese archaelogists.

    Back in 2010 there was some kind of rehabilitation idea or project but I think the county of Sintra forgot about it. It's always the same, no one cares about a broken dolmen. Despite it could be classified as cultural heritage It doesn't bring much money to the community. That's the only reason that I can think of to understand the oblivion.

    http://ml.ci.uc.pt/mhonarchive/archport/msg09260.html

    http://ml.ci.uc.pt/mhonarchive/archport/jpgVHreHrkiZ9.jpg

    Translating the words in his email message, he says:
    "Dear archportians, I just wanted you to know how is the actual state of the dolmen of Pedra dos Mouros that I had the opportunity to visit with permission of the owner.

    It is indeed regrettable that the most imposing tomb of the Lisbon region with about 5 meters high and classified as a National Monument since 1910 is now broken in half. But the law of gravity and the neglect of humanity are fatal. This is not a question of blaming someone, but we must bare in mind the inclination that the lone pillar was subjected over time, also the type of limestone, the shots made during the construction of the CREL road and the new node to the newly opened highway or even the recent small earthquakes, all of them contributed to its partial fracture and the final blow was the big fall that broke the stone in 6 fragments. Sure, someone could have intervened before, but we must also consider that there are so many property fires every day... Finally concluding in a more positive tone, the dolmen is not totally lost, just shattered and can be risen up out of the ruins if there is will and diligence of the citizens and of the proper authorities."
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      Re: Destroyed Monument by Anonymous on Thursday, 19 February 2015
      You used Google translate for that didn´t you? Its Ok, but try to think how you would speak when reading the reply., What Google translate does is translate every word by the dictionary definition, it makes no attempt to put that word into a sentence and makes no allowance for colloquialisms. I was confidently told by a local restaurant online that I could drink the ruins of a tumbling castle through a reed if I visited their establishment! A Cana is a reed, but it is also the local word for a tall straight tumbler. It is a measure of beer.You ask for a cana or a copa. I never did work out the tumbling castle! Lol
      As for your wrecked dolmens. there are hundreds of them around here, none as wrecked as that one. I know of one that is 7ft tal! Its on prvate land, but you can see it from the road. I also know of Monoliths and something I saw recently whicj I swear is an unrecorded stone circle. Yes the stones look like broken off stumps of teeth in the gum, but then, dont some of ours?
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Re: Anta do Senhor da Serra by Bak_teria on Wednesday, 03 September 2014
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I tried to get to the site but the access is closed. You can reach it no more.
Since 2010 a lot of houses were built and they are blocking the passage. The only way to reach it is by climbing a big wall. There are two big chained and locked gates that could access the site.
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