Dolmen de la Quarantena
The cave dolmen de la Quarantena I + II (also called "Rec de la Quarantena" or "Riera Quarantena") are located on the northeast side of the Puig Marès, in the direction of the Quarantena stream on a rocky promontory near the Parc Megalític de Roses in Spanish Catalonia . The dolmens at Roses in the Comarca Alt Empordà are dated from 2500 to 2000 BC. Dated.
Dolmen I
The dolmen belongs to the group of paradolms that is more common in Catalonia . It lies on sloping terrain and uses a hollowed out rock outcrop for the chamber. The structure is completed by a corridor made of slabs and walls made of dry stone . The approximately 2.0 m long, irregular, elliptical chamber lies within the cave and is oriented to the south. It is about 3.3 m wide and 1.25 m high. A flat pavement made of slate was witnessed in the chamber .
Only two fissured and worked slates of slate have survived from the corridor on a lower level. The left plate is 70 cm wide, 90 cm high and 12 cm thick. The right one is 65 cm wide, 95 cm high and 12 cm thick. The floor is also paved.
- Dolmen de la Quarantena I
The space between the end of the corridor and the cave chamber was closed by dry masonry that was tilted inward. The left wall has an approximately 10 cm thick, 65 cm long and wide plate as additional support. The stone mound that surrounded the whole is quite well preserved on the right side of the corridor. The curb that delimited the perimeter has disappeared.
No bone remains were found during the archaeological excavation. This is related to the acidity of the soil. Of the grave goods that accompanied the bodies, only a few pieces of handmade pottery have been found.
Dolmen II
The cave-dolmen de la Quarantena II was discovered in 1999. It is located about 50 m south of the Dolmen de la Quarantena I , which was discovered in 1998 and with which it is located at the Cap de Creus at the transition to the 3rd millennium BC. BC forms an end-Neolithic-Chalcolithic group in the last phase of the Gangdolmen. During the excavation in 2000, fragments of handcrafted ceramics corresponding to this phase were found. It is a natural cave used as a burial chamber, formed by a break in the local gneiss. In front of it is a short corridor made of slabs and dry masonry. At the entrance to the corridor there is an anthropomorphic menhir on the right .
See also
literature
- Josep Tarrús i Galter: Poblats, dólmens i menhirs. Els grups megalítics de l'Albera, serra de Rodes i cap de Creus . Diputació de Girona, 2002.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′ 37.6 " N , 3 ° 12 ′ 11.9" E