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Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux)
Date Added: 13th Apr 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium (Hainaut)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux) submitted by Alta-Falisa on 13th Apr 2014. Now standing right at the limit between two Provinces, Hainaut and Namur.
April 2014.
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Log Text: Easy access on an (a bit bumpy) earth road, an ancestral road linking two old towns mind you ! Already visible from the N.99 Chimay-Couvin road (at km 30,7), about 150 m towards the South.
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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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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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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Mamoa 6 do Mezio
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
Mamoa 6 do Mezio submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. Mamoa 6 do Mezio, North Portugal.
Between AUG.2011 (visit of irishbogman) and MAR.2014, the Mamoa is, luckily, still in the same shape.
Except the small tree, all the invasive vegetation has been cleared to preserve the monument. The Authorities take great care of this patrimonium.
Generally speaking, the local population also is well aware of the historical importance of these monuments and can tell, even several km away, where is what.
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La Peña de los Enamorados
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
La Peña de los Enamorados submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. "Según la leyenda..." :
["According to the legend...."] :
The mountain draws its name from a legend which has that two young lovers from rival clans threw themselves from the rock while being pursued by the girl's father and his men.
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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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Menir de São Paio de Antas
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Menir de São Paio de Antas submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Menir de Antas, Portugal.
Although the mound on which the menhir stands is surrounded by houses served by a local road, the whole area is residential and quiet. The houses are just 25 m away. The growing vegetation provides an ever changing backdrop to the menhir.
Photo taken in March 2014.
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Anta do Mezio
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Anta do Mezio submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Easy to find along the road N.202 going from Soajo (go and see a curious pillory - signposted "Pelourinho"- in the historic part of the village) to Arcos de Valdevez (a nice larger town).
The Information Center of Mezio, providing info about the Parque Nacional de Peneda-Gérês [PNPG] in general, is just off the right of this photo.
Mamoas 5 and 6 are a 300 m walk away (see separate entries).
Photo taken in March 2014.
(Be indulgent : the photo has been heavily edited to soften the ha...
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Dólmen da Portelagem
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Dólmen da Portelagem submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Despite the (quite bearable) background noise of the nearby motorway, standing face to face in front of such a dolmen, amid trees, is rather moving.
March 2014.
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Menir de São Bartolomeu do Mar
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Menir de São Bartolomeu do Mar submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. On the West of the N.13, behind the church. Signposted.
Unfortunately, plastic greenhouses, on the right off this photo, are not the best backdrop one would wish for a menhir.
Photo taken in March 2014 at 16.45 GMT.
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Brunehault
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2014
Brunehault submitted by Alta-Falisa on 23rd Mar 2014. Pierre Brunehault, in October 2012.
Signposted along road N.507 (Rue de Tournai), but the signpost is oriented for people coming from the North.
In the middle of fields (on the photo, you can see a heap of beetroots...), therefore in a very calm area.
Over the years, many people have engraved inscriptions in the stone.
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Anta da Aboboreira
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Porto)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2014
Anta da Aboboreira submitted by Alta-Falisa on 21st Mar 2014. From Baião, take the road to Marco de Canaveses. After about 2 km going uphill, you'll see the signposts "Estações arqueológicas" (which is the last indication you'll see) and "Centro Hípico", both to the right. I give the distances from here.
After 100 m, take to the left : "Centre Hípico". The Centro Hípico will be on your left after 900 m. The asphalted road ends one hundred meters further and here starts the earth road, all right for a normal car.
After 1600 m, in a long cu...
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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.
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.
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).
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.