Location:
5-10km east of Poiares on the N17. |
Grid Reference:
40.22˚ N, 8.26˚ W. |
S�o Pedro Dias Dolmen:
(Passage Mound).
It takes a while for the
original form of this structure to make sense to the eye. It looks to me as
if this may have originally been a structure similar in design to the small
passage-mound at Pinhero
dos Abracos in
nearby Coja. The structure has the remains of a small passage, leading to a
central chamber, which was then completely covered over with a mound of small stones. This dolmen (Anta) was known as the 'Almas da
Serra' in the last century.
(Location
of the site)
The mound was
'excavated' in 1983, and a few remaining stones still outline the original locations of
the passage (left) and chamber (right).
![St. Pedro dolmen. Portugal.](Images/countries/Potuguese%20pics/Stpedrodolmen2005%20008.jpg)
It is still possible to see the
packing stones that once composed the mound that covered the structure.
(List of Prehistoric Portuguese sites)
(Portugal Homepage)
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