Megalithic Portal: Latest from Cataluña, Spain

Dolmen de Sols de Riu

kbw — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:37:49 GMT

]]>Elegant and tall, well turned out, a prince among dolmens. High enough to stand in with a main chamber and smaller space one end of which has a large horizontal stone inscribed with (most of) a circle centred with a round hole (photo on our page) with rays from the circumference on one side and a triangle on the other - sun, (shooting) star, animal?

Paradolmen de Bufadors

PereToroCervera — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:30:27 GMT

]]>Pere Toro Cervera writes: A previously unknown dolmen discovered by my great grand-father, Isaac Cervera Cané, and his brother Joaquim in 1905. The dolmen was lost, but we found it again in 2021 after reading the reports written by them. It's the 12th dolmen in Port de la Selve, one of the very large number of megalithic sites in our area. In fact, it's a "paradolmen" - in the 18th or 19th Centuries, a peasant built a hut around it made with local stones as a dry stone wall.

Dolmen de Cal Boixadera

LaSenyussana — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:27:29 GMT

]]>Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Cataluña

Dolmen del Mas de la Mata

Autun — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:42:33 GMT

]]>This dolmen, like the others in this Cataluñian valley was very difficult to find, even with an advanced GPS. All paths that were once in the area are overgrown with sharp, thorny bushes and are easily lost amongst boulders, trees, drops and slopes. It was a very difficult and sunny descent. Still, the dolmens are pleasing, and bold, red on white signs can be seen on arrival. This is useful as the bushes seem rampant. There are pairs of stacked stones left by someone who occasionally visits some of these sites. Expect a difficult scrabble if you visit, bring water and tell someone where you are heading. it is real ankle breaking terrain.

Abric de Bell-Lloc

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:42:00 GMT

Cave or Rock Shelter in Cataluña

Menhir de Sant Miquel

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:23:02 GMT

Standing Stone (Menhir) in Cataluña

Paradolmen de l‘Abric d‘en Cama

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:45:59 GMT

Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Cataluña

Paradolmen de Banyera dels Senglars

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:50:05 GMT

Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Cataluña

Dolmen de Can Reparat

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:24:51 GMT

Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Cataluña

Cista de Can Jan

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:24:10 GMT

Cist in Cataluña

Mas Baleta 3

davidmorgan — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:09:38 GMT

]]>Barrow Cemetry in Cataluña. This tomb is part of a complex of two overlapping Neolithic tombs from 2500 BCE and five Iron Age tumuli from about 700 BCE. It was excavated and restored between 2004 and 2006.

Villa Romana de la Llosa

Maatje — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:22:03 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Cataluña

Necrópolis Protohistòrica Del Coll del Moro

Maatje — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:20:06 GMT

]]>Dating from the 9th-4th centuries BCE and built by small nomadic groups from the late bronze age Urnfield Culture and later. There are four types of burial mounds - see the photo captions. As the name suggests they cremated their dead with personal belongings and put the ashes in urns. The site is well documented in 3 languages, Spanish French and English and used by people who lived in the area of the IIberian Age who had some livestock and crops. It is situated on a high hilltop overlooking the valley.

Empuries

FXF — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:17:54 GMT

]]>Shortly after 600 BCE Greeks from Phokaia established a trading settlement here on an island near the coast (now Sant Martí d’Empúries). They called it Emporion (=market). When this became too small they also settled on the mainland and called this Neapolis (= New Town). At the beginning of the 2nd Punic War (218 BCE) the Romans landed here and established a military camp, which later developed into the Roman town of Empuriae. The site has been excavated since 1908 and hosts a museum.

Dolmen Vinya Monera

Tom_Duplex — Sat, 14 May 2022 08:06:07 GMT

]]>This dolmen is situated next to the Museu Arqueològic de Cataluña in Barcelona.