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Dolmen of Pombais

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Built with granite slabs that form an irregular polygonal chamber with a delineated rectangular entrance, facing north, this megalithic monument is from the Neolithic to Chalcolithic transition (Copper Age). Originally with 7 pillars, today the Dolmen of Pombais has only 5, gently sloping into the chamber and sustaining the covering slab. Intervention works in the recent past greatly deformed the morphology and structure of this ancient tomb, which in the last century served as storage for agricultural materials as well as a shelter for shepherds and cattle. It is a National Monument since 1910.

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  • Built with granite slabs that form an irregular polygonal chamber with a delineated rectangular entrance, facing north, this megalithic monument is from the Neolithic to Chalcolithic transition (Copper Age). Originally with 7 pillars, today the Dolmen of Pombais has only 5, gently sloping into the chamber and sustaining the covering slab. Intervention works in the recent past greatly deformed the morphology and structure of this ancient tomb, which in the last century served as storage for agricultural materials as well as a shelter for shepherds and cattle. It is a National Monument since 1910.

  • Alentejo

  • Castelo de Vide

  • Serra de S. Mamede Nature Park

  • No

  • Access from:

    - Marvão (about 11 km, 20 min) - N359-6, N359, M1033-1, N246-1, M1006-2 and M524 to Castelo de Vide; or

    - Portalegre (about 21 km, 25 min) - N359 and N246 to Castelo de Vide.

     

    In Castelo de Vide follow to M524 and then to M1006-1.

  • National Monument. Decreto de 16-06-1910, DG, n.º 136, de 23-06-1910

  • Cultural Historical

  • Rural.

  • Public