Guadalperal dolmen
The Dolmen of Guadalperal is located east of Peraleda de la Mata on Campo Arañuelo in the east of Extremadura in Spain , where some interesting megalithic structures of the Iberian Peninsula are located. The dolmen is located on the grounds of the eponymous finca on the bank of the dammed Tejo and was only visible at low tide for a long time . It was discovered by Hugo Obermaier (1877–1946) between 1925 and 1927 . Obermaier came to Extremadura to check Georg and Vera Leisner's information and to save the facilities.
The dolmen, made of granite and gravel , was originally covered by a mound of earth that has since been completely eroded. About 140 stones are still standing. The chamber has an oval shape with a diameter of about 5.0 meters, as is typical of the type of the Anta, which is particularly widespread in neighboring Portugal . The corridor is about 1.4 m wide and about 21.0 m long.
A coin and several ceramic fragments indicate looting by the Romans, or during Roman times. Flint knives and copper finds date the complex to the Copper Age (3000 to 2000 BC)
Since 1963 the dolmen has always been at least partially covered by the water of the Valdecañas reservoir . Due to the prolonged drought, the plant was completely dry again for the first time in summer 2019.
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- ↑ Megalithic structure: "Spanish Stonehenge" emerges from the floods. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 8.7 " N , 5 ° 24 ′ 16.1" W.