Creu d'en Cobertella
The dolmen Creu d'en Cobertella, east of the Torre del Sasstre (hill), near Roses on the Costa Brava in Catalonia in Spain , was placed under protection and restored in 1964 and is the largest dolmen in Catalonia. It was known in the Middle Ages under the name Petra Coaperta or Petra Cooperta . Creu means cross in Catalan . The Serra de l'Albera has the largest concentration of megalithic monuments in Catalonia (110 dolmens, 19 menhirs, 7 stone boxes and a Neolithic settlement).
It was archaeologically examined in 1943 and 1957. The stones of the megalithic complex consist of gneiss with quartz inclusions . The anta-like dolmen consists of a trapezoidal chamber with six inwardly inclined supporting stones and an oversized capstone (5.6 × 4.1 m), which merges into the rectified, likewise trapezoidal corridor. The chamber is bounded by two angled side stones, the right of which has been replaced. The corridor consisted of nine supporting stones, two of which and the only capstone in front of the chamber, which overlooks the entrance like a canopy, have been preserved.
The dolmen is oriented approximately northwest-southeast, with access in the south. The chamber is very spacious at 3.8 × 3.2 m and 2.5 m high. The burial mound that went out must have had a diameter of 12 to 13 m. Today it is surrounded by a one meter high platform made of dry stone. The monument, in which human bones and shattered pottery from different eras were found, is dated around 3000 BC. Dated.
Nearby is the dolmen Casa Cremada and the menhirs de la Casa Cremada .
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- Description, sketches and pictures (Spanish)
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Coordinates: 42 ° 15 '25.3 " N , 3 ° 11' 49.7" E