Dolmen de la Gran Encina
The Dolmen de la Gran Encina (also La Encina, Dehesa de Montehermoso 11 - ( German "large oak" ), which is west of Montehermoso near Caceres in the province of Cáceres in Extremadura in Spain , is a Stone Age megalithic complex .
The dolmen has a round chamber made of closely standing monoliths with a long, wide, slightly off-center corridor. The ceiling extension has not been preserved. The dolmen was covered with a mound of earth from which the remains of three or four concentric circles of megaliths are partially contained. The round chamber, which has similarities with the dolmens Cerro de la Barca and Lácara , has been stripped of its hill that once covered it.
Nearby are the Dolmen del Tremedal and the Gran Dolmen .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 5 ′ 8.8 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 29.1 ″ W.