Dolmen Maimon II
The dolmen Maimon II is one of the dolmens of Alcántara in the province of Cáceres in Extremadura in Spain . It is located south of Valencia de Alcántara .
The dolmens Juan Rol I , Maimon I + II and Trincones I + II were excavated and restored by Bueno Ramírez between 1997 and 1999. The Maimon II dolmen, excavated and restored in 1999, was used in the past as a fireplace and as a storage area for reading stones. It consists of a round chamber, which lies in a round hill, which is bounded by an incomplete ring of slate plates, which serve as an enclosure, and a long corridor.
The chamber consisted of 10 supporting stones and has a diameter of 2.3 m. The remaining height of the cut-off panels is about 1.0 m. The corridor has four preserved orthostats on the left and six on the right . The ceiling of the chamber is missing, but a capstone of the corridor rests at an angle directly in front of the chamber.
Five orthostats in the chamber are decorated with anthropomorphic and branched engravings, figures of the sun, bowls and a quadruped. The technique of tattooing used connects the dolmens of the Alcantarinos with those along the Tejo in Portugal . The piqueteado is complemented by incised motifs and paintings, of which only remnants have been preserved in the dolmen of Trincones. Some of the stones of the tumulus bevel bear bowls .
The dolmens in Extremadura can be traced back to the 4th millennium BC. To be dated. They were used until the Bronze Age .
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Coordinates: 39 ° 39 '37.3 " N , 6 ° 52' 39.5" W.