Some megalithic monuments in Douro valley, Portugal
Driving along the Douro valley in Portugal, I searched for
megaliths. It was very warm (higher than 35 C) and the non
air-conditioned car did not really help to give me a relaxed
environment;-) Also the state of the monuments might not have helped
me to find them... Below are the monuments I found (13). And also
the monuments I did not find (8), even after browsing the area
around the coordinates gotten through Fabio Silva and several fora,
such as: Portugal
Megalithico, Portal
do Arqueólogo, The
megalithic Portal and Megalithic maps and Câmara municipal de
Baião [2009].
- Found (the pin number can be found when clicking the
monument names):
- Dólmen
do Rapido (pin 11 to 16): 41.578460N,
8.762248W*
- Dólmen
da Portelagem (pin 2 to 7):
41.567806N, 8.76733W*
- Mamoa
de Chão do Loureiro (pin 1 to 2): 41.129943N, 8.072301W+
- Anta
de Santa Marta (pin 2 to 14): 41.206878N, 8.253863W*
- Sepulturas
rupestres da Portela (pin 1): 41.206285N, 8.254733W
- Menir
de Luzim (pin 17): 41.144931N, 8.255314W
- Gravuras
de Lomar (pin 16): 41.145259N, 8.255441W
- Outeiro
de Gregos 2 (pin 13 to 14): 41.187253N, 8.041175W
- Outeiro
de Gregos 3 (pin 8 and 12): 41.186448N, 8.041485W
- Outeiro
de Ante 1 (pin 21 to 23): 41.192041N, 8.035418W*
- Outeiro
de Ante 2 (pin 24 and 25): 41.192171N,
8.034805W+
- Outeiro
de Ante 3 (pin 18 to 19): 41.191156N,
8.035309W
- Meninas
do Crasto 3 (pin 26 and 27): 41.200987N, 8.021161W
- Could not find (there are though some pictures which might
be remnant of something, but not sure):
* These sites have
some pictures that show the azimuth of the 'passage'. Not many
sites have been checked. It was too warm for me to concentrate,
so this visit should be seen as a scouting visit!
+ could be added to The
megalithic Portal and Megalithic maps.
References
- Câmara municipal de Baião. 2009. Sentir serras: Aboboreira,
Castelo, Marão (Publigraff).
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank the following people for their help
and constructive feedback: Fabio Silva, António Valera and
all other unmentioned people. Any remaining errors in
methodology or results are my responsibility of course!!! If
you want to provide constructive feedback, let me know.
Major content related
changes: October 4th, 2015