🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Cromlech of Xerez
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic
Squared (7 x 7 m) Alentejo cromlech of 55 small monoliths around 4 m phallic central menhir with cupules — moved for Alqueva dam.
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🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic
Squared (7 x 7 m) Alentejo cromlech of 55 small monoliths around 4 m phallic central menhir with cupules — moved for Alqueva dam.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age (c.3000–1700 BCE) · Vila Nova de São Pedro / Bell Beaker (Estremadura)
Atlantic Copper Age hilltop proto-town (3000–1700 BCE) with walls, bastions, barbican and Bell Beaker metallurgy.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (c.3000–2000 BCE) · Vila Nova de São Pedro (Iberian Chalcolithic / Bell Beaker)
Iberian Chalcolithic type-site (3000–2000 BCE) — three-walled fortified settlement with bastions and copper workshop on Tagus plain.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.3500–2800 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Almendres tradition)
Reguengos twin antas in shared mound — Anta 1 with 16 m corridor, 4 m polygonal chamber and schist plaques (3500 BCE).
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Évora tradition)
U-shaped Alentejo cromlech (34 menhirs, 10 x 12 m) near Almendres — open eastern entrance intermediate to squared Xerez.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early–Middle Neolithic (c.3800–3200 BCE) · Northern Portuguese Megalithic (Beira Alta)
Anta de Pendilhe (called Orca de Pendilhe, Neolithic c.3800–3200 BCE) is a classic Beira Alta polygonal dolmen on the Dão plateau near Vila Nova de Paiva, with seven granite uprights 3.5 m tall…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Cromlech da Portela de Mogos in Évora, Alentejo, Portugal is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Anta da Pedra da Orca in Guarda, Centro, Portugal is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Anta de Santa Marta in Porto District, Portugal is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Alentejo Megalithic / Évora group
Iberia's largest dolmen near Évora — seven 8 m pillars with 12 m corridor, 4000-3500 BCE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Modern (reuse) · Alentejo Megalithic → Baroque Christian
17th-century chapel built inside a Neolithic anta with seven granite uprights whitewashed as walls, near Évora.
