Dolmen de la Granja
The Copper Age Dolmen de la Granja of Toriñuelo (also called Dólmen de Toriñuelo ) stands on the finca (farm) of the same name, about 5 km northeast of Jerez de los Caballeros , north of Valuengo in the south of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura . In 1926 the dolmen was declared a national monument.
description
The approximately 48 m in diameter megalithic complex belongs to a group of round dolmens (such as Carmonita , Castillo , Cerro de la Barca and Azután - the latter in the west of the province of Toledo ) in western Spain. The main chamber, which is about 3.50 m in diameter and originally formed by 13 (today only 12) orthostats , was covered with a false dome (" tholos ") during its reconstruction and has a long corridor that narrows inwardly between two high stones flows into the chamber. The material of the orthostats varies.
The dolmen shows decorations (painted or engraved) on all of the chamber's orthostats. In addition to anthropomorphic and feathered motifs, bowls , snakes, suns and weapons, there are also zigzag patterns . Red and black paint were used in the decoration; this is not known from any other dolmen in Extremadura.
stele
A stele ( Estela de la Granja del Toriñuelo ) , which was discovered in 1914 by José Ramón Mélida (1856–1933), shows clear similarities to a statue menhir and would therefore be dated around 1000 to 1500 years later than the dolmen itself. It is now in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España in Madrid .
Others
A written documentation by Martín Almagro from 1963 mentions the nearby Dolmen de Pisarrilla , which was destroyed.
Web links
- Dolmen de la Granja - description and pictures (Spanish)
- Dolmen de la Granja - description and pictures (Spanish)
- Dolmen de la Granja - description and pictures (Spanish)
Coordinates: 38 ° 19 ′ 55.2 " N , 6 ° 42 ′ 50.5" W.