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Mealhada City Park Sculptured Megalithic Circle
Date Added: 29th Dec 2024
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Portugal (Aveiro)
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mealhada City Park Sculptured Megalithic Circle submitted by kalcoatl on 29th Dec 2024. Site in Meahada, Portugal
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Log Text: Modern henge with lintels, central fount and row of menhirs.
Circle stones are decorated with playful design, the menhirs much more basic.
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 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.
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.
Menhir de Cala Llevadó
Date Added: 25th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Access 5
Menhir de Cala Llevadó submitted by kalcoatl on 25th Jul 2017. Site in Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: If the map reference is accurate, this is a roadside stone that you wouldn't know was there. Stands at the entrance to a restaurant car park.
Menhir de Cala Pedrosa
Date Added: 22nd May 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de Cala Pedrosa submitted by kalcoatl on 22nd May 2021. Site in Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: Situated on the seafront path at Cala Pedrosa, S'Agaro, this menhir dates from the 4th-2nd millennium B.C.
It was removed from its original position on the Punta de Sa Conca in modern times and apparently used as a tethering point for boats and mounting for a street light.
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.
Menhir dels Planers de la Serafina
Date Added: 24th Jun 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Menhir dels Planers de la Serafina submitted by kalcoatl on 24th Jun 2021. Menhir approx 1.5m tall, with dolmen beyond. Signposted from main GR11 path.
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Log Text: About 10 seconds' walk off the GR11 footpath out of La Jonquera. Very overgrown.
Menhires por la Paz
Date Added: 16th Feb 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Menhires por la Paz submitted by Flickr on 18th Nov 2018. Menhires no Parque Escultorico da Torre de Hercules (Coruña) Image copyright: jl.cernadas (Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: None
Montealegre Dolmen
Date Added: 2nd Apr 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cantabria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2024. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 3
Log Text: Situated in cow pasture, I walked right around it but could see nothing to distinguish it except to confirm it as a mound (approx 5m across) with a dimple in its centre. Nothing to photograph!
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.
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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Log Text: None
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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Log Text: None
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.
Pena do Raposo Dolmen
Date Added: 9th Apr 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Pena do Raposo Dolmen submitted by kalcoatl on 9th Apr 2025. Site in Galicia Spain
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Log Text: An overgrown jumble at the gates of an industrial farm complex. Almost unrecognisable as a dolmen, with probable collapse of any head stone.
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.