Vidigueira Dolmen

Category: Archaeology > Dolmen

District: Évora > Redondo > Redondo > Quinta da Vidigueira

Location

, Situated southwest of Freixo, in the municipality of Redondo, district of Évora, Alentejo, Portugal.

Construction Period

, Probable date between the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, around the end of the fourth millennium BC to the first half of the third millennium BC.

Classification

, Classified as a National Monument since 1910.

Structure

, Composed of a polygonal chamber with seven granite pillars, each approximately 2.2 meters high.

, The entrance corridor is about four meters long, with four original pillars still visible.

, The burial chamber has a diameter of about three meters.

, Remains of an earth and stone tomb approximately eight meters in diameter.

Artifacts Found

, Discoveries of pottery, flint blades, and arrowheads.

, Four arrowheads in the corridor, made of flint and white quartz.

, Schist necklace beads.

, Pottery from the Roman occupation in Portugal.

Discovery and Study

, First identified by Gabriel Pereira in 1879.

, Referenced in 1883 by Possidónio da Silva.

, Drawn and documented by German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner in 1945.

, Formal excavations carried out in 2008 by Rui Mataloto with archaeology students.

Historical Significance

, Represents a typical example of the megalithic monuments of the Alentejo region.

, It is one of about 50 dolmens identified in the municipality of Redondo, with 30 located near Freixo.

Sources: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anta_da_Vidigueira

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