Dolmen de la Gutina
The Dolmen de la Gutina (also called Sepulcre de corredor de la Gutina) is in good condition and is located in Gutina on the road to Vilartolí Espolla in the municipality of Sant Climent Sescebes in the province of Girona in Catalonia in Spain . The dolmen was built between 3500 and 3200 BC. Built in BC.
The dolmen , first documented in 1316, was visited by a French researcher in 1866. In 1879 it was described by Antoni Balmanya i Ros. In 1912 M. Cazurro described the dolmen with a floor plan and photo. He and Pericot thought the dolmen was a gallery tomb. As a result, a number of reports were written and excavations were carried out. In 1975 the corridor was consolidated during the restoration by J. Tarrus and J. Chinchilla. In and 1987 the burial mound was examined. The remains found, including a bell-shaped bowl and a geometric microlith made of a honey-colored flint , were given to the Archaeological Museum of Sant Pere de Galligants (Girona).
The dolmen has a corridor made of dry stone and a semicircular chamber made of granite slabs . The interior of the chamber is 2.75 m long, 2.5 m wide and a maximum of 2.0 m high. The access is in the southeast. There are remains of the burial mound from 11.0 to 12.0 m in diameter and its border.
In the village are the Dolmen de Fontanilles , Dolmen de les Closes , Dolmen de Tires Llargues , Dolmen del Prat Tancat and Salt d'en Peió and the Menhirs de la Murtra and de Vilartolí.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 23 '47.1 " N , 2 ° 58' 49.5" E