Cromlech from Fontainhas

The Cromlech of Fontainhas ( Portuguese called Cromeleque das Fontainhas or "Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas") is a U-shaped semicircle near Mora, near Pavia in the Évora district in the Alentejo in Portugal .

The U-shaped cromlech consists of six barrel-shaped menhirs (called “Pedras talhas”) made of polished granite . When it was discovered, three smaller menhirs of different sizes were erected. The largest stone, about 4 meters long, had broken. Two more megaliths were found in 2005 and two footprints between the menhirs indicate two more menhirs. Today all the standing stones that have been preserved have been erected at their former location.

The cromlech dates from the early 4th or the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. It belongs to the large stone landscape of the Évora district and was classified as a monument of public interest in 1990.

See also

• Menhirs in Portugal
• Cromlech from Monte das Figueiras

literature

• Ana Paula dos Santos: Monumentos megalithicos do Alto Alentejo. Lisbon 1994, ISBN 972-9184-16-X .

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Coordinates: 38 ° 55 '47.6 "  N , 8 ° 7' 15.6"  W.