Monte dos Almendres Menhir
N 38° 33.844 W 008° 02.900
29S E 582910 N 4268831
The Monte dos Almendres menhir, is long and oval shaped, and is characteristic of the menhirs in the Evora area. It has a shepherd's crook engraved in shallow relief on the upper part of the side which now faces west.
Waymark Code: WM1JDZ
Location: Portugal
Date Posted: 05/19/2007
Views: 94
The shepherd's crook is the most frequent subject on menhirs in the Alentejo region (and is also often apparent on menhirs in Brittany); it is a subject that clearly evokes the Neolithic economy in which herding had a central role; it also reflects the foundations of the Neolithic ideology, in which the domination of nature, the domestication of animals and plants, was one of the dominating themes.
The location of the monument is clearly related to the Almendres site, as it corresponds to an elemental astronomic direction: the menhir as seen from the site indicates the positions in which the sun rises, on the longest day of the year, the day of the Summer Solstice.
Type: Menhir
Number: 1.00
Purpose:
the menhir as seen from the site indicates the positions in which the sun rises, on the longest day of the year, the day of the Summer Solstice.
Parking: Not Listed
Size: Not listed
Source: Not listed
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