Come visit the Menir da Meada: the tallest standing stone in Iberia, and (possibly) the oldest in the world!
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For #tombtuesday here's a stunner of a dolmen: the Anta do Barrocal, in Évora district. Read more here:
https://prehistoricportugal.com/2025/04/anta-do-barrocal/
#megalith #megalithic #Portugal #dolmen
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a photo of the impressive Anta da Melriça, a dolmen in Portugal's Castelo de Vide municipality that stands over 3m tall!
Video visit here: https://youtu.be/A8EjQfM6k7c?si=fF1U69fup_lp3aDb
#megalith #dolmen #prehistory
Come take a visit to an enormous dolmen in Portugal! The Anta da Melriça is a beautiful megalithic structure that is over 3m tall!
#megalith #megalithic #dolmen #Portugal #prehistoric
For #tombtuesday, come take a virtual visit to a neolithic dolmen that was used for centuries. The Anta do Sobral is a gorgeous dolmen in the megalith-rich municipality of Castelo de Vide.
#megalith #dolmen #prehistoric #Portugal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y05v3qrTEk&list=PLUCCK-I4kg1w9_p9gaUUKyhte5Uk4z5PC&index=1
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a gorgeous Neolithic dolmen just outside Castelo de Vide, on the Eastern edge of Portugal: the Anta do Sobral.
More info, photos & video here: https://prehistoricportugal.com/2025/03/anta-do-sobral/
At #Carnac some years back. Magical place.
A visit to the Tholos do Barro, outside Torres Vedras, Portugal. There are ~60 tholoi in Portugal, but not (yet!) well studied. This one is in good shape and in a gorgeous location!
#megalith #Portugal #megalithic #prehistoric #prehistory
The King's Stone, Rollright.
For the legend, see https://strum.co.uk/scratch/roll1a.htm
#photography #KingsStone #Rollright #megalith #ElderTree #legend
For #TombTuesday here's a "visit" to a shattered Portuguese dolmen. The history of the Anta da Pedra dos Mouros may not be a happy one, but there is much to learn from its story!
#Prehistory #Portugal #megalith
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a lovely little menhir from Caramujeira (Algarve, Portugal) that's being housed in a museum in Silves. It sports some gorgeous serpentiform carvings!
#Portugal #menhir #menir #Algarve #megalith
More about the museum here:
https://prehistoricportugal.com/2024/05/silves-municipal-archaeology-museum/
Come with me on an exploration of the shattered dolmen, the Anta da Pedra dos Mouros. It touches on the history of archaeology, mythology, land ownership, and the ravages of modern construction.
#dolmen #megalith #prehistory #prehistoric #Portugal
The pech are Scottish goblins who have great strength despite their small size. An old, sick pech on his deathbed was able to shatter a metal cup by squeezing it. Along with the giants, the pech were said to be the builders of Scotland's ancient stone megaliths.
For #FossilFriday, here's the ultimate combination: a #megalith covered in #fossils - or, more precisely, ichnofossils. The Anta of Estria was built with stone slabs that have ichnofossils on one side, and all were placed facing inside. Why? We can only wonder...
For #FossilFriday, here's the ultimate combination: a #megalith covered in #fossils - or, more precisely, ichnofossils. The Anta of Estria was built with stone slabs that have ichnofossils on one side, and all were placed facing inside. Why? We can only wonder...
Come discover the Anta da Estria - a megalithic dolmen on the outskirts of Lisbon that has a very distinctive and unusual feature!
#megalith #dolmen #Prehistoric #Portugal
There's a neolithic dolmen in the outskirts of Lisbon. The Anta da Estria is surrounded by modernity: motorways have been built all around it, leaving it on an "island" between high speed roads!
read more here: https://prehistoricportugal.com/2025/02/anta-da-estria/
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