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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menir dos AlmendresCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Évora Nearest Village: Guadalupe
Latitude: 38.564060N Longitude: 8.04836W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 12th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Driving towards Evora from Pavia, and after the town of Arraiolos, we see a large brown sign stating something like Recinto do megalithica, which I think is directions to a local megalithic cromlech. However, we see no further signs in the locality, and realise that perhaps the sign is for a megalithic tour drive. We find no other megalithic sites in the vicinity (this was before I figured out how this all works), and it ends up taking us out of the way to Almendres. However, the late afternoon light is fantastic, we still have an hour or so to spare, the others are fairly keen that we should go see it, and it would help me with my tomorrows megalithic tour route if we did visit this now.
After the village of Guadelupe there is an interpretation centre and shop, then it is several miles of dirt road, before a parking place and fenced footpath up to the beautifully shaped menhir, which is about 4 metres tall. It has a carving of a "crook" near to the top, and is apparently a marker for summer solstice sunrise from the cromlech. Pity about the grain silos.
rrmoser visited on 9th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Great site.
Jansold visited on 6th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Ana visited on 16th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Bak_teria visited on 16th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
ModernExplorers visited on 1st May 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Tall (2.5m) menhir a mile from the henge, a short 5 minute walk from the road
Kuba visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
DrewParsons Magalhaes have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.43 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.57
See also Cromeleque dos Almendres, one of the most ancient and important megalithic stone circles in the world. This monument is classified as IIP - Imóvel de Interesse Público (Estate of Public Interest) since December, 21st of 1974.
About the access
The location is very easy to find, once you get out of Évora by the national road 114 there are signposts pointing your way to the Almendres location. You must get to Guadalupe and there are signs pointing your way everywhere. Once you get to Cromeleque street you follow it until you reach the dirt road that gives you access to the Almendres site. When you get to the Imani Country House Hotel junction follow the left road. In all you will drive about 1.8Km in this dirt road and then you reach the site. There's a place where you can park your car. From here there's no choice but do the 300m walk to get to the menhir.
Links and information sources (all texts written in portuguese)
- DGPC
- Portal do Arqueólogo
Aditional information:
- You are entering in private property but the access is possible.
- The entrance to the zone of the monuments may be blocked by fences that were essentially made to demarcate the land and not allow the escape of livestock. Usually there are spaces in the fences within these demarcated areas where the access is possible. When entering in demarcated land never forget to close the access gate of the location, you need to be very aware with this rule because cattle can escape.
- There are no signs prohibiting us from entering so the access can be open but be careful when you explore every time you see this red plaques that alert you for the Hunting Zones. Remind yourself that usually hunters can only hunt at selected hunting days (Thursdays, Sundays and on public holidays).
- If you see someone always ask permission to see the site.
- Always be sympathetic towards the locals.
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