Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino

The Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino ( port. For: grave hills of Alto do Cotorino) and Alto do Catorino called, is located in the former municipality of Lixa do Alvão (now Alvão ) west of the county seat Vila Pouca de Aguiar , north of the national road N 206 in of the Região Norte in Portugal .

The steep burial mound ( Mamoa ) has a diameter of about 20.0 m. In the hill, eight bearing stones, which reach up to the hilltop, form the polygonal chamber of an anta without a capstone. A corridor does not seem to have existed. What is remarkable is the prominent location compared to the original nine megalithic systems south of the street. Today the remains of four graves can still be seen there.

literature

Thomas G. Schattner (Ed.): Archaeological guide through Portugal (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 74). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2313-1 , p. 75, no. 37.
Georg Leisner and Vera Leisner : The megalithic tombs of the Iberian Peninsula . Der Westen, 2nd delivery 1959, pp. 30f, ISBN 978-3-11-003257-4

Web links

Entry with a picture of Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino on www.portoenorte.pt
Entry of the Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino in the Portuguese archeology portal
Entry of Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino in the Portuguese SIPA list of monuments

41.497222222222 -7.7219444444444Coordinates: 41 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ W.