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Menir de Aspradantes
Date Added: 11th Dec 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Menir de Aspradantes submitted by j_iglar on 11th Dec 2022. Menir de Aspradantes is a solitary menhir on a ridge overlooking green fields. (I particularly enjoyed the juxtaposition of the menhir overlooking the modern turbines on distant ridges!)
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Log Text: This is a lovely individual stone, standing about 1.5m tall. It's on a ridge, with great views around the countryside. You have to climb up to the ridge, which is a bit strenuous but not dangerous or too difficult. If you follow Google maps, it takes you to the dirt road below, on which parking a car can be difficult: it's a narrow road on a hillside with limited spaces to pull off. Find a spot, scan the hill for a reasonable gradient and go for a walk. Along the ridge the walking is easy and you can enjoy the views of the hills and farms and wind turbines while you look for the menhir.
There's more detailed information on the Portuguese Wikipedia entry: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menir_de_Aspradantes
Conjunto Megalítico de Barreira
Date Added: 24th Jul 2025
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Portugal (Lisboa)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Conjunto Megalítico de Barreira submitted by Bak_teria on 3rd Sep 2014. More and more stones. They are everywhere.
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Log Text: This is a gorgeous site. Quite possibly NOT a human-made cromlech (stone circle), but still a lovely spot under trees with huge mossy stones festooned with ivy.
Archaeologists are divided on its origins, and no real research has been conducted.
You can see more information on my website, Prehistoric Portugal.