Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof
Neolithic (3000 BCE) Beira Alta Cunha Baixa complex (type-site Beira dolmen)·Beira Neolithic Cunha Baixa painted pottery group·🇵🇹 Centro, Viseu, Mangualde, Cunha Baixa, Beira High plateau, Mondego valley, Portugal
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About Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof
Cunha Baixa excav Leisure 1960s sun motif. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic (3000 BCE) Beira Alta Cunha Baixa complex (type-site Beira dolmen); Culture: Beira Neolithic Cunha Baixa painted pottery group; Field status: excavated; Materials: granite orthostats 4 m, painted orthostat sun; Condition: preserved — atrium circle roofed.
Why it mattersKey Beira Neolithic Cunha Baixa painted pottery group megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- 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
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof
On the ground
Structures & features
40.5670° N · 7.7290° W · 430 m · 3 mapped features
- Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — subsidiary complex40.5687° N · 7.7280° W
- Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — primary structure40.5651° N · 7.7306° W
- Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — Southern Cairncairncairn at Cunha Baixa — Beira Dolmen Passagem with Monolithic Atrium Roof — subsidiary complex40.5677° N · 7.7302° W