Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof

Why it mattersKey Beira Neolithic Cunha Baixa painted pottery group megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 3000 BCE

Period

Neolithic (3000 BCE) Beira Alta Cunha Baixa complex (type-site Beira dolmen)

Culture

Beira Neolithic Cunha Baixa painted pottery group

Purpose

Beira dolmen with 10 orthostats (4 m high) and painted orthostat 1 m with sun-motif — type of Beira megalith with enclosure 13 m atrium and painted cap

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1883

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 3000 BCE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof

2. 1890 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof

• Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Principal Standing Stone

  standing stone

  standing stone at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — subsidiary complex

  40.5687° N · 7.7280° W

• Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Northern Chamber

  chamber

  chamber at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — primary structure

  40.5651° N · 7.7306° W

• Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Southern Cairn

  cairn

  cairn at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — subsidiary complex

  40.5677° N · 7.7302° W