Cromeleque e menir, na Herdade dos Almendres - Évora, Portugal
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N 38° 33.456 W 008° 03.689
29S E 581772 N 4268102
The Cromlech and Menhir of the Almendres megalithic complex (or Almendres Cromlech), located near Guadalupe, in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, municipality of Évora.
Waymark Code: WMKH1R
Location: Évora, Portugal
Date Posted: 04/14/2014
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The coordinateds of the waymark are for the Cromlech, the Menhir can be found in :
N 38° 33.840 W 008° 02.896
CROMLECH"The Cromlech of the Almendres megalithic complex (or Almendres Cromlech), located near Guadalupe, in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, municipality of Évora, is the largest existing group of structured menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe. This archaeological site consists of several megalithic structures: cromlechs, and menhir stones, the first belonging to the so-called "megalithic universe of Évora", with clear parallels to other cromlechs, such as in Portela Mogos in the Montemor-o-Novo.
The construction of these structures date back to the 6th millennium BC, though they were only rediscovered in 1966 by Henrique Leonor Pina, who was proceeding with field work relating to the country's geological charts. The excavation of the site unearthed a series of both megalithic and neolithic construction phases; Almendres I 6000 BC (Early Neolithic), Almendres II 5000 BC (Middle Neolithic), Almendres III 4000 BC (Late Neolithic). The relative chronology of the cromlech and menhirs is extremely complex and covers a period from the Neolithic to Chalcolithic, and it is believed that the monument had a religious/ceremonial purpose, or functioned as a primitive astronomical observatory."
From wikipedia
MENHIR"Located in the Herdade dos Almendres, nearby the Almendres Cromlech , this isolated Menhir surprises for its big dimensions with about 3,50 meters high.
The Menhir was found knocked down, but has been raised recently and according to some researches, was probably not too far from its original site."
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"The Menhir of Almendres is located in the parish of Nossa Senhora of Guadalupe, in the municipality of Évora, Évora District in Portugal. It is a megalithic monument located on a hill 1.3 km north-east of Almendres Cromlech, presenting isolated from this. Archaeologists believe that the two monuments are related
Constitutes a large menhir, with 3.5 meters high, boasting the upper third décor consists of a staff and a band of wavy lines"
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