Dolmen de Can Serra de l’Arca
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Der 1917 von Mossèn Jaume Vilaró entdeckte Dolmen von Can Serra de l’Arca II (auch Dolmen de la Costa de Can Brull genannt) liegt an der "La ruta dels dòlmens", nordöstlich von Aiguafreda in der Comarca Vallès Oriental in Katalonien in Spanien. Er ist eine rechteckige Steinkiste aus dem Chalkolithikum (2200 bis 1800 v. Chr.), die 1917 vom Centre Excursionista de Vic (CEV) und 1962 von R. Batista ausgegraben wurde.
Der hauptsächlich fundlos gebliebene, nord-süd-orientierte Dolmen wurde lange von Hirten und Köhlern als Zuflucht genutzt und durchwühlt. Die Kiste ist 2,9 m lang, 1,2 m breit und mit 1,9 m sehr hoch. Von den Megalithen sind vier Seitensteine und die Deckenplatte erhalten. Alle bestehen aus lokalem Kalkstein. Der nur in Resten erhaltene Hügel hatte etwa 8,5 m Durchmesser.
Ricard Batista fand Knochen und Zahnstücke und drei Molare von Erwachsenen sowie form- und dekorlose Keramikfragmente.
In der Nähe liegt der Dolmen de la Serra de l’Arca I (auch Dolmen Serrat dels Moros genannt) und der Dolmen de Cruïlles.
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The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
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Dolmen de Can Serra de l’Arca: the whole story
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Dolmen de Can Serra de l’Arca, also known as Dolmen de Can Serra de l’Arca II or Dolmen de la Costa de Can Brull, lies northeast of Aiguafreda in the Comarca Vallès Oriental in Katalonien, Spain, along “La ruta dels dòlmens”. It was discovered in 1917 by Mossèn Jaume Vilaró and is a rectangular stone chamber dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.
The chamber is 2,9 m long, 1,2 m wide and 1,9 m high. Four side stones and the capstone survive, all made from local limestone. The chamber is aligned north to south. The surrounding mound, of which only remains survive, was about 8,5 m in diameter.
The mainly treasureless site was excavated in 1917 by the Centre Excursionista de Vic and again in 1962 by R. Batista. Before excavation, shepherds and charcoal burners used the dolmen as a refuge and searched through it. Finds included bones, tooth fragments, three adult molars and plain ceramic fragments without form or decoration.
Spain has many megalithic tombs, and its dolmens extend from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west. Some of the finest are at Antequera in Andalusia, including the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen de Viera and the tholos of El Romeral, which together form the Antequera Dolmens Site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.
No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen von Can Serra de l’Arca", shown in the original language.
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Dolmen de Can Serra de l’Arca is a dolmen in Aiguafreda, Spain. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Elevation: 818 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen von Can Serra de l’Arca", shown in the original language.
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The summary at the top of this page was written by MiniMax-M3 (2026-11-08) from the cited Wikipedia article “Dolmen von Can Serra de l’Arca”, translated from German. The numbers in it were checked automatically against the source text. The rest of the page is the article itself, the structured records and computed distances.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Dolmens of Andalusia, Extremadura and Galicia
Spain has a great many megalithic tombs, and the Atlas's Spanish dolmens run from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west. The finest are at Antequera in Andalusia, where the Dolmen of Menga, dated to about 3750 to 3650 BCE, is among the largest ancient megalithic structures in Europe. It is 27.5 metres long, 6 metres wide and 3.5 metres high, built with thirty-two megaliths, the largest weighing about 180 tonnes. After the chamber was finished it was covered with soil and built up into the hill seen today; when it was opened in the nineteenth century archaeologists found the skeletons of several hundred people. The Dolmen of Viera stands 70 metres away, and the tholos of El Romeral lies about 4 kilometres off; the three were inscribed as the Antequera Dolmens Site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in 2016.
In the south-west, the Dolmen de Soto at Trigueros in Huelva province is a Neolithic tomb estimated to date between 3000 and 2500 BCE, one of about 200 Neolithic burial sites in the province. It was found in 1922 when its owner, Armando de Soto Morillas, wanted to build a house; the German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier found eight bodies in a fetal position with artefacts, and its engraved and painted uprights have been studied more recently.
In Galicia and Portugal a dolmen is an anta, and in Catalan-speaking areas dolmens have folk names such as cova (cave), caixa (crate or coffin), taula (table) and arca (chest). These names are tradition: they record what people made of the monuments, not what they were built for.
When visiting Menga, look at the great capstones from inside the corridor, and at the way the mound was built up over the chamber.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Dolmen of Menga, Wikipedia: Dolmen of Viera, Wikipedia: Antequera Dolmens Site, Wikipedia: Dolmen de Soto, Wikipedia: Dolmen · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dated moments in the story
- 1800 BCE
Er ist eine rechteckige Steinkiste aus dem Chalkolithikum (2200 bis 1800 v. Chr.), die 1917 vom Centre Excursionista de Vic (CEV) und 1962 von R.
Source - 1917
Der 1917 von Mossèn Jaume Vilaró entdeckte Dolmen von Can Serra de l’Arca II (auch Dolmen de la Costa de Can Brull genannt) liegt an der "La ruta dels dòlmens", nordöstlich von Aiguafreda in der Comarca Vallès Oriental in Katalonien in Spanien.
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Dates
Est. 4000–3000 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for dolmens in Spain; this site has not been dated itself. Most dolmens date from the Late Neolithic period (4000-3000 BCE); the Dolmen of Menga in Andalusia dates to about 3750-3650 BCE.Source for this date
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- Coordinates
- 41°47′10″ N, 2°16′19″ EFor a GPS or map app: 41.78599, 2.27198
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