Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Antequera Dolmens Site

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. Tholos de El Romeral not even 2km apart from the Dolmen de Viera and the Dolmen de Menga is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral is a megalithic burial site built circa 1800. Tholos de El Romeral is a chambered tomb covered by a mound. It consists of a corridor with drystone walls made of small stones and a ceilings made of megalithic slabs. The corridor culminates with two consecutive round beehive-like chambers. The larger chamber has a diameter of approximately 4.20 metres. The floor of the corridor and main chamber are made of packed earth. The second chamber is linked to the first by a rectangular corridor. It has a diameter of approximately 2 metres, contains a stone slab bier, and the floor of the small room is covered with stone slabs. Bones and grave goods were found within the dolmen.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. Tholos de El Romeral not even 2km apart from the Dolmen de Viera and the Dolmen de Menga is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral is a megalithic burial site built circa 1800. Tholos de El Romeral is a chambered tomb covered by a mound. It consists of a corridor with drystone walls made of small stones and a ceilings made of megalithic slabs. The corridor culminates with two consecutive round beehive-like chambers. The larger chamber has a diameter of approximately 4.20 metres. The floor of the corridor and main chamber are made of packed earth. The second chamber is linked to the first by a rectangular corridor. It has a diameter of approximately 2 metres, contains a stone slab bier, and the floor of the small room is covered with stone slabs. Bones and grave goods were found within the dolmen.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The dating of the Dolmen de Viera is unclear, but it is assumed to be between 4500 and 5500 years old. The Dolmen de Viera was discovered in 1903/05 by the brothers Antonio and José Viera and bears their name. The tumulus of the Dolmen de Viera has a diameter of about 50 metres. A corridor leads into the interior of the hill and faces east-southeast i.e. roughly at the highest point of the sun in June, whose rays then still illuminate the corridor at dawn. The corridor to the burial chamber was built from precisely hewn and joined large stone blocks. Five of the capstones are still intact and two are incomplete. The corridor is about 1.30 meters wide in the front area, and 1.60 meters wide at the burial chamber. The average height is just over 2 meters. It ends at a transverse megalithic stone, in the middle of which there is a rectangular opening measuring about 60 × 80 centimeters, which is sometimes also called a soul hole. Behind it is a square burial chamber that is only slightly larger than the corridor.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited.