Anta da Estria
The Anta da Estria is located between Belas and Queluz (only accessible from the A9) at a motorway service station on the A9 (CREL) northwest of Lisbon in the Estremadura in Portugal . Anta is the Portuguese name for around 5000 megalithic structures or dolmens , which were built during the Neolithic in the west of the Iberian Peninsula by the successors of the cardial or imprint culture .
The between 3000 and 2000 BC Chr. Built Anta with the remains of six sidestones (one missing) in a polygonal cross-chamber is one of the "Antas de Belas". The capstones of the chamber and corridor and almost all the bearing stones of the corridor are missing or have been chipped off. The first excavations were carried out by Carlos Ribeiro (1813–1882) in the middle of the 19th century. Anta, which was also examined by Georg (1870–1957) and Vera Leisner (1885–1972), preserved the remains of her protective mound.
In 1910 the Anta was registered and protected as a Monumento Nacional together with the neighboring Anta do Senhor da Serra and Anta do Monte Abraão under the name Antas de Belas .
The finds include a báculo , ceramics, a lunula , limestone and slate plate idols and a votive pick .
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Martins: Antas de Belas. Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, accessed January 2, 2018 (Portuguese).
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Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′ 10.8 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 2.7 ″ W.