Lettered Rock

Category: Civil Architecture > Marker

District: Coimbra > Góis > Alvares > Casal de Cima

Location

, Situated in Portela do Vento, in the parish of Alvares, municipality of Góis.

Description

, Horizontal schist platform with rock engravings.

, Sculpted with a polished stone ax using the abrasion technique.

Engravings

, Representations of bow and arrow, reticulated motifs.

, Arrowheads, halberds and anthropomorphic figures.

Classification

, Monument classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1997.

Archaeological Significance

, Dates from the Bronze Age, inserted in a set of rock art vestiges in Portugal.

, Technical similarities with other engravings from the same period, such as Pedra Escrita de Ridevides, Poço da Moura and petroglyphs of Puerto del Gamo, in Spain.

Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedra_Letreira

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt