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Dolmen de Tranquinell
Date Added: 20th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
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Log Text: Situated in the middle of a neglected corner plot on a housing estate. Hard to tell what is what thanks to undergrowth and a profusion of other rocks nearby. Found the site covered in building debris (plaster and broken glass)
Can Cabanyes de Montagut
Date Added: 20th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Can Cabanyes de Montagut submitted by Creative Commons on 30th Oct 2014. Menhir Can Cabanyes de Montagut. Creative Commons: photo by Sala-Serrahima.
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Log Text: Close to town centre, about 100m below the hilltop church. Not as good condition as other photos I have seen from the past 20-30 years.
Dolmen de Montbarbat
Trip No.2 Entry No.2 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Montbarbat submitted by kalcoatl on 21st May 2018. Dolmen de Montbarbat, Lloret de Mar, Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: If arriving by car, follow signs for Poblat de Montbarbat, park near the Municipal Water Deposit and follow the signed footpath towards same. At the entrance to the Poblat, follow the footpath to its left which brings you around the back of the urbanization, and meets with this hilltop dolmen. Retrace steps and visit the Poblat for even more stunning views across the countryside.
Like the Poblat, the Dolmen site stands on the border between Lloret de Mar and Maçanet de la Selva. The Dolmen falls slightly on the Maçanet side and is sadly uncared for, but not showing signs of recent vandalism.
Poblat de Montbarbat
Trip No.2 Entry No.1 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Poblat de Montbarbat submitted by kalcoatl on 21st May 2018. Poblat Montbarbat, Lloret de Mar, Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: Well-signposted by road from before the entrance to the Montbarbat urbanization. Park at water deposit car park and 0.5km walk up to the Poblat (village/settlement).
Some remains en route before you reach the hilltop where a large community clearly once lived. Many dwellings down to ground level but with some walls up to 1m or so. Plenty to explore.
Not exploited by the local town hall, and sadly no attempts at preservation or protection, with one exception: a large rusty sign telling you not to spoil the site. Ambience only spoilt by that and a fenced-in watchtower-style radio antenna on the Maçanet side of a concrete post marking the border with Lloret de Mar, where most of the settlement remains lie.
Splendid views from the coast at Lloret de Mar, Blanes and Malgrat de Mar right along the N-II corridor via Maçanet & Girona, taking in many hills and towers, and modern towns either side. It was a bit hard to tell on a hazy day, but the views probably extend to the Pyrenees.
Menhir d'en Llach
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir d'en Llach submitted by Creative Commons on 31st Oct 2014. Menhir d'en Llach Creative Commons: photo by Sala-Serrahima.
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Log Text: Alongside forest road, easily accessible by off-road vehicle, or 10 minutes walk from GIP-6821.
Cista de Cadiretes
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cista de Cadiretes submitted by kalcoatl on 26th May 2018. Pile of rocks, beside Cista de Cadiretes, near Tossa de Mar, Catalunya
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Log Text: Approx 15 mins walk from the GIP-6821 along forest tracks. Close to the Puig de Cadiretes, vantage point for outstanding views (among the trees, 10m from the final signpost to the peak on opposite side of the path). Cairn is overshadowed by large "rockpile".
Paradolmen d'en Garcia
Trip No.1 Entry No.3 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Paradolmen d'en Garcia submitted by Flickr on 3rd Nov 2015. Tossa de Mar, paradolmen d´en García Site in Cataluña Spain
Image copyright: dolmenhir (Manuel Lara), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Easy to find along forest trail (accessible by off-road vehicle), approx 20 minutes walk from the GIP-6821 main road. Massive rockpile alongside overshadows the dolmen.
Menhir Caigut
Trip No.1 Entry No.6 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 1 Access 3
Menhir Caigut submitted by kalcoatl on 26th May 2018. Site of the Menhir Caigut, near Tossa de Mar, Catalunya. If not removed, the menhir is possibly the horizontal stone leaving the left of the picture!
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Log Text: Site approx 30 minutes walk from the GIP-6821 main road (but mostly uphill back), accessible by off-road vehicle along forest trails (the local 4x4 tours visit an excellent viewpoint overlooking the coast 30m away).
The name translates to "Fallen stone" so it is no surprise to not find it vertical.
A hand-painted sign visible from the path says "sa porta el pedra", literally "the stone door", but equally likely to be badly spelt: "s'ha porta el pedra" meaning "the stone has been taken". The sign points upwards (or ahead) but I could not locate anything else resembling a menhir there. To the left of said sign is a menhir-shaped rock on its side, roughly coinciding with the GPS coordinates.
Menhir de Montllor 1
Trip No.1 Entry No.4 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Menhir de Montllor 1 submitted by Flickr on 5th Nov 2015. Tossa de Mar, menhir de Montllor Site in Cataluña Spain
Image copyright: dolmenhir (Manuel Lara), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Approx 30 minutes walk from GIP-6821 main road, or accessible with off-road vehicle along forest trails. Stone stands alongside pathway, approx 100m before the Menhir Caigut. Between the two is an excellent vantage point for views of the coast and Tossa de Mar.
Menhir de Montllor 2
Trip No.1 Entry No.5 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th May 2018
Log Text: Menhir de Montllor 1 (see log entry) is beside the roadside, but this one was nowhere to be found according to the GPS coordinates.
Paradolmen del Senglar
Trip No.1 Entry No.7 Date Added: 26th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th May 2018. My rating: Access 4
Paradolmen del Senglar submitted by kalcoatl on 26th May 2018. Natural rocks at the site of the Paradolmen del Senglar, near Tossa de Mar, Catalunya
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Log Text: Very overgrown and difficult to isolate among massive piles of weathered rocks. According to the book "Dolmens, Coves i Menhirs" by Pau Roig Ros and Xavier Niell Ciurana (Revista del Baix Empordà, 2017), this paradolmen is 20m from the path, partly below some erratic blocks of granite, with the entrance oriented to the south (175º), and 2.45m wide, 1.22m high.
Paradolmen Pedra Sobre Altra
Trip No.1 Entry No.8 Date Added: 22nd May 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Paradolmen Pedra Sobre Altra submitted by kalcoatl on 26th May 2018. Paradolmen Pedra Sobre Alta somewhere beneath this, near Tossa de Mar, Catalunya. Ladder and chains fixed to give access to the top.
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Log Text: 5 minutes walk from the GIP-6821 main road. Forms part of a 1-2km signposted circular walk (including Menhir d'en Llach and/or Paradolmen del Senglar).
"Pedra Sobre Alta" translates to "Stone on top of another" and you can see why from the photos. Owing to lack of time and overgrowth of bushes and trees I was not able to find the corridor entrance to the dolmen itself.
Menhir d'es Morteràs (Murtràs)
Date Added: 30th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3
Menhir d'es Morteràs (Murtràs) submitted by kalcoatl on 30th Sep 2020. Site in Cataluña Spain. 1 hour uphill walk from the town of Tossa de Mar. Fallen stone alongside the pathway.
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Log Text: Fallen stone, approx 2m in length, 60cm wide, lays beside the track/pathway. Accessible by off-road vehicle, or a 1 hour uphill walk from the town of Tossa de Mar.
Cista de la Mare de Déu de Gràcia
Date Added: 30th Sep 2020
Site Type: Cist
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cista de la Mare de Déu de Gràcia submitted by kalcoatl on 30th Sep 2020. Site in Cataluña Spain. Circle of trees and tree stumps situated on a ridge. Situated approximately 100m along a less-worn path between two vehicle-accessible tracks, starting around 1/2 hour's walk from the edge of Tossa de Mar and rejoining the tracks a steep 500m later at the ruins of the Mare de Deu de Gracia chapel.
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Paradolmen de Ses Rates
Date Added: 30th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Paradolmen de Ses Rates submitted by kalcoatl on 30th Sep 2020. Site in Catalunya, Spain. 10m along a well-worn path off the beaten track, easy to miss with no signposting. Quite overgrown on three sides, the open side of the paradolmen looks towards the West.
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Paradolmen del Reig
Date Added: 30th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Paradolmen del Reig submitted by kalcoatl on 30th Sep 2020. Site in Cataluña Spain. Alongside a well-worn track, signposted. A short scramble off the path is required to reach the paradolmen.
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Dolmen de la Font del Roure
Date Added: 7th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 7th Oct 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen de la Font del Roure submitted by kalcoatl on 7th Nov 2020. Site in Cataluña Spain, beside the GR11 footpath, between Requesen and Espolla
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Log Text: Site in Cataluña Spain, signposted from the GR11 footpath, between Requesen and Espolla.
Dolmen de Mas Girarols 1
Date Added: 7th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 7th Oct 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen de Mas Girarols 1 submitted by FXF on 9th May 2008. The site was restored in 1997.
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Log Text: Site in Cataluña Spain, a half-kilometre walk uphill from the GR11 footpath (signposted from the asphalted road by Mas Girarols farm) north east of Espolla, very close to companion site.
Pathway very overgrown with bushes, long trousers (or gaiters) recommended!
Dolmen de Mas Girarols 2
Date Added: 7th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 7th Oct 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen de Mas Girarols 2 submitted by FXF on 9th May 2008. Unrestored dolmen
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Log Text: Site in Cataluña Spain, a half-kilometre walk uphill from the GR11 footpath (signposted from the asphalted road by Mas Girarols farm) north east of Espolla, a little further on from companion site I.
Pathway very overgrown with bushes, long trousers (or gaiters) recommended!
La Pallera paradolmen
Date Added: 7th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Pallera paradolmen submitted by irundarra on 26th May 2014. Site in Girona (CATALUÑA)
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Log Text: Site in Cataluña Spain, close to the GR11 footpath, halfway between Llança and Port de la Selva. Car parking nearby, on road halfway between Port de la Selva and Vilajuiga, 2km from St Pere de Rodes monastery.