Featured: Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

The Significance of Monuments

The Significance of Monuments

Who's Online

There are currently, 434 guests and 0 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Alcalar monument 9 - Chambered Tomb in Portugal in Faro

Submitted by Klingon on Tuesday, 28 September 2010  Page Views: 4797

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alcalar monument 9
Country: Portugal Distrito: Faro Type: Chambered Tomb

Latitude: 37.199420N  Longitude: 8.58773W
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
4 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.
5 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
5

Internal Links:
External Links:

Alcalar monument 9
Alcalar monument 9 submitted by paulcall : This is a general view of monument 9, under reconstruction in 2008. It appears to have a similar entrance to that of the already reconstructed monument 7, and it points in the same ESE direction (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Algarve
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Alcalar monument 9
Alcalar monument 9 submitted by Maatje : Alcalar (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alcalar monument 9
Alcalar monument 9 submitted by durhamnature : Plan and section drawing from "O Archeologo Portugese" via archive.org Site in Algarve Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alcalar monument 9
Alcalar monument 9 submitted by paulcall : A closer view of the entrance to monument 9, under reconstruction in 2008. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alcalar monument 9
Alcalar monument 9 submitted by attlebax : Monument 9 at Alcalar Megalithic Complex, Alcalar, Algarve. Fenced off at the moment. Photo taken 05/01/2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr
IMG_7799
IMG_7797
IMG_7796
IMG_7795
IMG_7794
IMG_7793-Enhanced-NR

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 63m E 79° Alcalar Lime Kiln* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 71m SW 225° Alcalar Monument 7* Chambered Tomb
 927m NW 325° Hipogeu* Rock Cut Tomb
 5.4km S 189° Villa Romana da Abicada Ancient Village or Settlement
 9.0km SSE 157° Portimao stone circle* Modern Stone Circle etc
 9.0km SSE 148° Portimao Museum Museum
 12.5km SW 234° Menir da Cabeça do Rochedo* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 12.9km N 358° Fóia Rock Outcrop* Rock Outcrop
 13.2km E 95° Silves Archaeological Museum* Museum
 13.8km ESE 120° Convento de Sao Jose, Lagoa* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 14.1km E 92° Menir dos Gregórios Standing Stone (Menhir)
 16.9km SE 134° Vale de Centianes* Ancient Village or Settlement
 21.2km ENE 75° Necrópole de Carrasqueira* Rock Cut Tomb
 21.5km ENE 78° Menir da Vilarinha 4* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.1km ENE 74° Necrópole da Forneca* Rock Cut Tomb
 22.2km ENE 77° Menir da Vilarinha 3* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.4km ENE 76° Menir da Vilarinha 2* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.7km ENE 76° Sepultura da Pedreirinha* Rock Cut Tomb
 22.8km ENE 76° Menir da Vilarinha 1* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.8km ENE 76° Necrópole da Pedreirinha* Rock Cut Tomb
 29.0km WSW 238° Menir de Aspradantes* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 29.9km WSW 242° Menir de Milrei III* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 30.0km WSW 241° Menir de Milrei II.* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 30.2km WSW 241° Menir de Milrei.* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 30.7km WSW 240° Menires de Milrei e do Padrão* Standing Stone (Menhir)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Portimao stone circle

Alcalar Lime Kiln >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

New Book: Heavenly Art - Rock Art in Israel

New Book: Heavenly Art - Rock Art in Israel

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Alcalar monument 9" | Login/Create an Account | 1 comment
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Alcalar monument 9 by ModernExplorers on Sunday, 25 March 2018
(User Info | Send a Message)
We toured Portugal at the end of 2017, take a look at our film to see more of this beautiful site -

[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.