Maus de Salas dolmen

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Casiña da Moura

The dolmens of Maus de Salas near Muiños date from the 4th and 3rd millennium BC. (3500 to 2700 BC) and are the southernmost in Galicia in Spain . They are somewhat isolated in the Parque Natural Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés, near the border with Portugal , where dolmens are known as Antas . The Casiña da Moura was moved close to the dam wall during the construction of the dam. In the Serra do Leboreiro, on the border with Portugal, there were once more than 130 large stone graves with an average density of 0.4 systems per square kilometer.

Casiña da Moura

41 ° 55 ′ 40 "N, 7 ° 56 ′ 31" W.

Casiña da Moura is a dolmen with a corridor and a polygonal chamber, consisting of seven orthostats or supporting stones, which support a large ceiling slab at a height of 2.6 m and leave a rectangular access to which the corridor connected, the stones of which have not been preserved. The complex was excavated by Florentino López Cuevillas in the 1920s.

Casola do Foxo

41 ° 55 ′ 6 ″ N, 7 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ W.

Casola do Foxo is a simple dolmen with a polygonal chamber made up of orthostats that support a large ceiling slab at a height of 2.4 m. The access is not the original one, it was roofed by shepherds to protect it from the weather. This dolmen is probably not in its original position either.

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