The Dolmen of Menga (Spanish: Dolmen de Menga) is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from 3750–3650 BCE approximately...
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only 70 metres (230 ft) from the Dolmen de Menga and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of another structure known as Tholos de El Romeral. It was discovered between...
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region, the others being Dolmen de Menga and Dolmen de Viera, both situated to the south west. In 2016, the dolmens of Menga, Viera, and El Romeral were...
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The Antequera Dolmens Site is a cultural heritage ensemble comprising three cultural monuments (the Dolmen of Menga, Dolmen of Viera and Tholos of El...
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geometric forms such as simple lines or circles. Antequera Dolmens Site Dolmen of Menga Dolmen de Viera GARCÊS, S., COLLADO GIRALDO, H., GARCÍA ARRANZ, J...
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traditional village of Wainyapu has some 1,400 dolmens. The word dolmen entered archaeology when Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne used it to describe megalithic...
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de Cauche. On the northern outskirts of the city there are two Bronze Age burial mounds (barrows or dolmens), the Dólmen de Menga and the Dólmen de Viera...
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The dolmen de Bagneux is a megalith located in Saumur, France. It is the largest dolmen in France, and one of the largest in Europe. The dolmen in Bagneux...
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the foot of the northwest face of the Peña de los Enamorados, is closely linked with the Dolmen of Menga whose central axis points directly to it. The...
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Poulnabrone dolmen (Irish: Poll na Brón, lit. 'Hole of the Quernstone') is a large dolmen (or cromlech, a type of single-chamber portal tomb) located...
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The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Treasure of Guadalperal and as the Spanish Stonehenge for its resemblance to the English Stonehenge, is a...
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density of dolmens, like the Dolmen de Tella), Catalonia (like Cova d'en Daina or Creu d'en Cobertella), Andalusia (like the Cueva de Menga) and Extremadura...
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Province of Málaga (redirect from Provincia de Málaga)
Álora, El Torcal de Antequera, the Moorish-Mudéjar district of Frigiliana, the Dolmen of Menga, the Tholos de El Romeral, the Dolmen de Viera and the Caves...
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Brownshill Dolmen (Irish: Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh) is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland. Its...
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The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has...
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Dolmen de Axeitos is a prehistoric megalithic dolmen just to the northwest of the village Axeitos [gl], in the parish of Oleiros [gl], in the municipality...
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Concentrations of megaliths, dolmens (Adyghe: исп-унэ) and stone labyrinths dating between the end of the 4th millennium and the beginning of the 2nd...
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The Meehambee Dolmen is a megalithic portal tomb dating from about 3500 BC located in County Roscommon, Ireland. Two local schoolchildren unearthed two...
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village Balwan (Bovan), north of Aleksinac in Serbia. Cova d'en Daina Cueva de Menga Naveta d'Es Tudons The Taula of Menorca Björketorp Runestone, a menhir...
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Carnac stones (redirect from Alignements de Carnac)
Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones)...
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The dolmens of Jersey are Neolithic sites, including dolmens, in Jersey. They range over a wide period, from around 4800 BC to 2250 BC, these dates covering...
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El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in the province of Málaga of...
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Tholos 7 Tholos 7 Prehistoric Iberia Tholos de El Romeral Dolmen of Menga Dolmen de Viera Antequera Dolmens Site Martins, A. (2011). IGESPAR (ed.). "Archaeological...
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Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro (Portuguese: Anta Grande do Zambujeiro) is a megalithic monument located in Nossa Senhora da Tourega, near Valverde, in the...
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The Menhir de Champ-Dolent (French: [meniʁ də ʃɑ̃ dɔlɑ̃]; Breton: Maen-hir dolenn) is a menhir, or upright standing stone, located in a field outside the...
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The dolmen Losa de la Mora or of Rodellar is a well-preserved dolmen located in Rodellar, in the municipality of Bierge, in the Sierra de Guara (Huesca...
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The Dolmen of Pedra Branca is a burial tomb, used in the late Neolithic and, subsequently, in the late Chalcolithic periods. It is situated in the Vale...
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Dolmens Site Chabola de la Hechicera Cova d'en Daina Dolmen de Axeitos Dolmen of Guadalperal Dolmen of Menga Dolmen de la Pastora Dolmen del prado de...
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The dolmen del prado de Lácara ('Dolmen of the Meadow of Lácara') is a megalithic monument known as a passage tomb. It is located northwest of the Spanish...
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Barnenez (redirect from Cairn de Barnenez)
this phase. The 11 chambers of the Barnenez cairn are of the type known as Dolmen à couloir in French archaeological terminology. The term translates roughly...
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