Category: Archaeology > Menhir
District: Évora > Reguengos de Monsaraz > Monsaraz > Barrada
, Located between the villages of Outeiro and Barrada, in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, district of Évora, Alentejo.
, A few kilometers from the border with Spain.
, Discovered in 1969 by Henrique Leonor Pina and José Pires Gonçalves.
, Surveyed again in 1970 at the initiative of the discoverers.
, Classified as a National Monument in 1971.
, Made of granite, 5.6 meters high and about 1 meter in diameter.
, Weighs approximately 8 tons, being the second largest menhir in Portugal.
, It has a cavity at the top of 30 cm in diameter, possibly symbolizing a urethra, suggesting that it represents a phallus.
, Considered one of the best examples of a phallic menhir in the Iberian Peninsula.
, Estimated date from the late Neolithic or Chalcolithic, based on similarities with other megalithic artifacts in the Évora region.
Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menir_de_Outeiro
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 38.47038470034579,-7.393626835515692
Coordinates DMS: 38°28'13.4"N 07°23'37.1"W