Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo

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The Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo , also called Anta 1 de Alcogulo or Anta da Borda da Coutada do Porto dos Pinheiros , is a megalithic complex about 3.5 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 northeastern 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

From 1867–1868 the complex was examined and published by Pereira da Costa and in 1910 it was registered and protected as a Monumento Nacional . A modern archaeological follow-up investigation of the site is pending.

Although no extensive security measures have been carried out so far, the Anta is one of the better preserved megalithic systems in the region. It is privately owned and can only be viewed with the permission of the owner.

Finding

The polygonal burial chamber is wider than it is high and is formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) . It is closed with a large, protruding capstone. Five of the former seven irregularly square bearing stones are still in situ . The capstone, which rests on the supporting stones 3, 4 and 7, is also preserved in situ.

From the corridor , which is at least 4.5 meters long , six lateral bearing stones and two cap stones have been preserved. One of the collapsed stones in the corridor area may be the former keystone of the corridor.

The former hilltop ( Mámoa ) of the grave is barely noticeable in the area today.

The Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo belongs with the two neighboring Anta do Alcogulo II and Anta do Alcogulo III to a group of megalithic tombs that are spread over a radius of about 700 m. To what extent this is a grave field with recent or consecutive occupancy or whether the concentration in this richly found region was more “accidental”, must remain open due to the very rough dating of the three Antas.

Another cluster of five neighboring megalithic tombs - the Necrópole Megalítica de Coureleiros - was excavated just 1.5 km to the south.

Finds

No information is available about possible finds from the excavation between 1867 and 1868.

The dating of the complex can therefore only generally be in the period from the 4th to the 2nd millennium BC. Take place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rosário Gordalina and Domingos Bucho: Anta da Coutada de Alcogulo / Anta 1 do Alcogulo . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1991, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Francisco A. Pereira da Costa: Noções sobre o estado préhistórico da terra e do homem seguidas da descripção de alguns dolmins ou antas de Portugal . Lisbon 1868, p. 90 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Decreto de 16-06-1910. (PDF) In: DG, n.º 136, de 23-06-1910. June 23, 1910, p. 2163 , accessed June 16, 2018 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ a b c A. Martins: Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ a b c Anta da Coutada de Alcogulo / Alcogulo 1 / Porto dos Pinheiros . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo . Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).

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Coordinates: 39 ° 24 '23.7 "  N , 7 ° 31' 58.2"  W.