Anta do Tapadao da Relva

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Anta do Tapadão da Relva (Portugal)
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Location of the Anta do Tapadão da Relva in Portugal.

The Anta do Tapadão da Relva is a megalithic complex about 9 km west of Castelo de Vide , in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) São João Baptista in the district ( Portuguese Concelho ) Castelo de Vide , Portalegre district in the northeast Alentejo .

Anta , Mámoa , Dolmen , Orca and Lapa are the common names in Portugal for the approximately 5000 megalithic structures that were built during the Neolithic in the west of the Iberian Peninsula by the successors of the Cardial or Imprint culture .

Monument preservation

The Anta was first published in 1975 and cataloged again in 1986 as part of a prospecting . The first restoration and conservation work was carried out in 2003 , after the complex had been classified as IIP - Imóvel de Interest Público and placed under protection in 1997 . A further archaeological investigation of the site is still pending.

Finding

The elongated polygonal burial chamber is formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) , four of which are still preserved in situ . The capstone is still preserved, albeit badly damaged, and rests on the supporting stones 4, 5 and 7. The approximately 4 m long corridor opens to the east. Four stones from the north side and two from the south side are still preserved. A stone of the corridor cover is still on the chamber entrance, another cover stone of the corridor has fallen. The observations made so far suggest that the grave was once overgrown ( Mámoa ). Based on its design features, the Anta is dated to the period from the end of the Neolithic to the Copper Age (3500–2000 BC).

Finds

No information is available about any finds in the course of prospecting.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rosário Gordalina: Anta do Tapadão da Relva . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1991, accessed on December 26, 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ^ Maria da Conceição Monteiro Rodrigues: Carta Arqueológica do Concelho de Castelo de Vide . Lisbon 1975, p. 277 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Anta do Tapadão da Relva . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on December 26, 2019 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Decree n.º 67/97 (= Ministério da Cultura [Ed.]: Diário da República, I Série . Band  I , n.º 301). December 31, 1997, p. 6896 (Portuguese, dre.pt [PDF; accessed December 26, 2019]).
  5. ↑ a b A. Martins: Anta do Tapadão da Relva . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed December 26, 2019 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Anta do Tapadão da Relva . Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on December 16, 2019 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).

Coordinates: 39 ° 23 '34.9 "  N , 7 ° 33' 18.1"  W.