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Outeiro Menhir or Menhir at the Penedo Comprido Site

Category: Archaeology > Menhir

District: Évora > Reguengos de Monsaraz > Monsaraz > Barrada

Location

, 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.

Discovery and History

, 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.

Physical Description

, 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.

Archaeological Significance

, 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

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