Almendres Cromlech

The Cromlech of Almendres is a double, east-west oriented stone oval in shape of an eight, that of 92 barrel -like menhirs ( " Pedras Talha " called ) is. Almendres lies 148 m above sea level on a hill in the district of Évora, near the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro and is adjacent to the nearby smaller Portela de Mogos (40 stones) the most important Cromlech in southern Portugal.

It consists of various rock types that do not occur on site and owe their form of weathering. The stones were overturned when they were discovered and possibly rolled apart due to the slope. In particular, the reconstruction of the eastern oval does not seem particularly successful. There is the view that it might have once traded for two double ovals. A nowhere known for Cromlechs order.

Some of the stones wear eye motifs, circles, curved rods ( Báculos ) or zigzag lines, as well as solar and lunar images as ornaments. A block has small dish on the top. The system is ( BC 4000-2800 ) dated to the transition from the Stone to the Copper Age.

On the nearby " farm Almendres ", is of silos and olive trees surround the approximately 3.5 m high menhir of Almendres. It is made of porphyritic granodiorite and how many menhirs and most limestone cylinder ( idols ) of the country a flat and a curved side. He also carries a báculo Ornament, covers the older barely recognizable wavy lines.

Near the remains of the Dolmen of Almendres, a lie Anta.