<< Our Photo Pages >> Menir da Vilarinha 4 - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Portugal in Faro
Submitted by Klingon on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Page Views: 3912
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menir da Vilarinha 4 Alternative Name: Menir dos Gregórios, Pedra dos CucosCountry: Portugal Distrito: Faro Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Latitude: 37.240670N Longitude: 8.35095W
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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j_iglar visited on 11th May 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is the easiest to get to of the Vilarinha alignment. Start at the hamlet of Gregórios and there's a sign on the tarmac road. You can see the menir from the road: it's at the top of a hill near an electricity pole.
michmax visited on 29th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Used the Megalithic Portal app to find the standing stone. I don't think we would have found it otherwise. The stone had obviously fallen at some stage and had been re-erected
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
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