Dolmen del Mellizo
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The Dolmen del Mellizo (also called el Mellizo , Aceña Borrega , Anta de la Marquesa or Data III ) is located in the village of Aceña de la Borrega in the municipality of Valencia de Alcántara in the province of Cáceres , in Extremadura in Spain .
It is one of the few dolmens in Extremadura, the chamber of which is still covered by a horizontal, overhanging capstone, but the hill has been completely eroded. In contrast, the short corridor (two remains of slabs) and access to the chamber through a split threshold stone have been preserved. The 4th or 3rd millennium BC The dolmen is a megalithic complex , which is known as Anta in neighboring Portugal . The granite slab dolmen has an oval chamber and consists of eight supporting or side stones, some of which are broken. It has a diameter of about 3.0 m × 3.6 m and a height of about 2.5 m.
Although the dolmen had already been looted, it was excavated in 1985 by Primitiva Bueno Ramirez, who was able to find some remains of the grave goods such as ceramic shards, arrowheads and other objects.
There was a dolmen of the same type nearby, but it was lost. The Data I and II systems are about 300 meters away . The latter is in poor condition but has one of the largest chambers and the 2 dolmen of Cajirón .
See also
Web links
- Description (span.) And picture ( memento from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Description (Spanish), plan and pictures
- Description photos, location (Engl.)
Coordinates: 39 ° 19 '47.3 " N , 7 ° 13' 8.3" W.