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Mamoa 5 do Mezio
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
Mamoa 5 do Mezio submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. Mamoa 5 do Mezio, Portugal.
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Anta da Barrosa
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
Anta da Barrosa submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. Anta da Barrosa
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Anta de Santa Marta
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Porto)
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2014
Anta de Santa Marta submitted by Alta-Falisa on 26th Mar 2014. Megaliths are more than just stones.
This dolmen, sitting on the top a bare hilltop, with a few trees as sentinels and broom all around, is one of the most striking megaliths in the North of Portugal. Photo : March 2014.
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Anta de Vilarinho da Castanheira
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Bragança)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2014
Anta de Vilarinho da Castanheira submitted by Alta-Falisa on 28th Mar 2014. Anta de Vilarinho da Castanheira.
On the site, this dolmen is still called Pala da Moura (Visor of the Moorish). Such traditional names (Pala da Moura, or Casa do Mouro, etc.) were or are still in use for many megaliths all over Portugal. If quite acceptable locally in a folkloric context, today they lead to confusion.
Photo taken in March 2014.
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Rotunda das Antas
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Portugal (Viseu)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2014
Rotunda das Antas submitted by Alta-Falisa on 28th Mar 2014. Antas, Rotunda (round-about).
A landmark.
Photo taken March 2014.
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Ales stenar
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2014
Ales stenar submitted by Alta-Falisa on 29th Mar 2014. Ales Stenar.
As you discover it, inch by inch, while walking up the path...
Photo taken in May 2012.
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Arboretum van Groenendal
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2014
Arboretum van Groenendal submitted by Alta-Falisa on 17th Feb 2014. The menhir was created by Richard Viandier (1858-1949), probably around 1920, in honour of Alexandre Dubois (1843-1908), General Director of the Waters and Forests Department and creator of the Arboretum.
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Menir da Meada
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Portalegre)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2014
Menir da Meada submitted by Alta-Falisa on 20th Feb 2014. A striking menhir near Castelo de Vide, a nice town in Alentejo Alto.
Reachable by car (no hard surface). Should be better known. Photo : April 2009.
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D1 Steenbergen
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Feb 2014
D1 Steenbergen submitted by Alta-Falisa on 22nd Feb 2014. D1 is one of the largest "Hunebed" (chamber tomb) in the Netherlands, Province Drenthe. SEP.2012
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Monument aux Forestiers
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Belgium (Bruxelles - Brussel)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2014
Monument aux Forestiers submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Feb 2014. On a winter afternoon, February 2014.
The Sonian Forest (Forêt de Soignes, Zoniënwoud), lying at the South-Eastern outskirts of Brussels, is a popular destination any time of the year.
To be very precise, this monument lies about 25m inside the region of Brussels...
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Oppagne Dolmen
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Belgium (Luxembourg)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2014
Oppagne Dolmen submitted by Alta-Falisa on 1st Mar 2014. The standing stones to be seen in the background have been found in various places close by, and put together here, next to the chamber tomb of the foreground.
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Oppagne Menhirs
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Belgium (Luxembourg)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2014
Oppagne Menhirs submitted by Alta-Falisa on 1st Mar 2014. These 5 standing stones (in fact, 4 are standing and one is lying on the ground...) were found nearby in the region and re-erected here, in front of an "indigenous" chamber tomb.
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Saint-Uzec menhir
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2014
Saint-Uzec menhir submitted by Alta-Falisa on 1st Mar 2014. In top shape, April 2013.
Signposted. Hard surface road all the way, small car park just next to it. A very elaborately decorated and Christianized menhir.
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Casiña da Moura
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Casiña da Moura submitted by Alta-Falisa on 22nd Mar 2014. Casiña da Moura.
The car doesn't add much to the photo ; it is meant to show how close you can come by car.
The best time for a nice photo would be early morning, when the sun is on the other side.
March 2014.
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Log Text: Casiña da Moura has been re-erected here, somewhat arbitrarily, when the dam was built. The choice isn't very happy. In this scarcely populated region, there would have been plenty of suitable isolated spots on the other side of the dam -- and at respectful distance from Casola do Foxo (see separate entry).
Llanrwst Gorsedd Circle
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Llanrwst Gorsedd Circle submitted by Alta-Falisa on 30th Mar 2014. Coming as a surprise, ... the modern stones circle of Llanrwst.
(Pronouncing the name properly is another matter !)
Photo taken in May 2013.
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Log Text: Very pleasant to discover, by chance, a crisp new (a mere 60+ yo have I read today...) stones circle, in an agreeable village.
Soar Stone
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Soar Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 2nd Jul 2002. Fadog Frech SH319864
Visited Tuesday 15th June 1999
Access: Next to a church building just off the A5025 Valley to Cemaes road; clearly visible from the road. Parking a little way to the south in a layby. Near Black Lion pub. Access by a gate.
The stone: I estimated 10 feet tall, covered with lichen.
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Log Text: While Soar Stone deserves the same attention as any other menhir, its location along A.5025 isn't flattering.
Menir de Penedono
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Viseu)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menir de Penedono submitted by Magalhaes on 7th May 2006. Site in Central Portugal
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Log Text: Coordinates 40.973060 -7.39215 are correct as given by Megalhaes.
It stands on the left-hand side of the road from Penedono to Antas, at 2000 m from the castle of Penedono, right at the T-junction with the road towards Ferronha.
Being small (1,90 m high) and thin, Menir de Penedono may be overlooked, but it is otherwise quite visible from the road.
Access to the very foot of the stone : 15 m to walk on wasteland.
Casola do Foxo
Date Added: 29th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Casola do Foxo submitted by Alta-Falisa on 22nd Mar 2014. Casola do Foxo in Galicia Spain
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Log Text: A superb monument set in an exceptional site, in a thinly populated region. It is indeed far from everything, but really worth a visit, being accessible by car on asphalted roads all the way.
Dólmens de Lapinhas
Date Added: 29th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Viseu)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Access 2
Dólmens de Lapinhas submitted by Alta-Falisa on 27th Mar 2014. Dólmen 1 de Lapinhas, the only one you can see from the road. This photo was taken with a 800 mm lens. March 2014.
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Log Text: Little known (so far !) and uneasy to access (see road description posted with main photo), that is precisely a good reason to visit these two dolmens.
One more reason is that the region around Penedono is very rich in ancient monuments, spread over a distance of about 50 km, therefore easily requiring one full day. Add to them all the possible ones still uncharted here.
The Posto de Turismo of Penedono wouldn't know much beyond the sites already listed here.
Mamoa 3 do Rápido
Date Added: 25th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mamoa 3 do Rápido submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. Mamoa III do Rápido consists of one excavated dolmen.
As the dolmen still lies in its original pit, the view is not striking, but the architecture of the monument is rather sophisticated. The chamber has no more capstone ; the corridor leading to it has kept two of them. If not outstanding for photographic purposes, this monument is nevertheless a well-preserved and elaborate construction.
Road description : as you will most probably also visit the Dólmen da Portelagem, I start the ro...
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Log Text: Very wisely, the excavations have preserved a maximum of the original cairn, thus allowing visitors to imagine how the tomb was built.