Dolmen de Roca Sareny — Dolmen de Roca Sareny, situat als peus del turó de Roca Sareny , al vessant sud. Fotografia feta per Jordi Guillemot Marcet.

Dolmen

Dolmen de Roca Sareny

Spain

DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE

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Roca Sareny, escrit també a vegades Roca Sereny, és un turó situat al vessant nord del massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt. El cim és allargassat i forma una carena rocosa de pocs metres d'amplada i de gairebé uns 300 metres de llargada que discorre de sud-oest a nord-est. Té una alçada d'uns 800 m i el punt més alt té una elevació de 804,4 m. La carena marca el límit municipal i comarcal entre Mura (Bages), al vessant oest, i Sant Llorenç Savall (Vallès Occidental), al vessant est.

És dins del límit del Parc Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac, creat el 1972. Des del 2000 també forma part de l'Inventari d'espais d'interès geològic de Catalunya inventariat com espai d'interès geològic en el conjunt de la geozona Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac, la qual forma part del parc natural majoritàriament.

El 13 d'agost de 1970 resultà afectat per l'incendi de la Muntada. Està inclòs al repte dels «100 Cims» de la Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya.

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Est. 4000–3000 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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The Dolmen de Roca Sareny stands on a spur on the south side of Roca Sareny, a hill in the municipality of Sant Llorenç Savall, Spain. It lies at an altitude of 760 m and a little over 100 metres from the hilltop. The site forms part of the wider landscape of the Serra de Sant Llorenç del Munt, whose geology is linked to sediments laid down in a vanished inland sea.

The tomb is a megalithic burial chamber built from stone blocks. Its polygonal chamber was formed by three slabs, two of conglomerate and one of sandstone, forming the head and east side, while medium-sized blocks closed the rest of the perimeter. A conglomerate block formed the roof. The funerary space measures 1.5 m long, 60 cm wide and 50 cm high, and is oriented from south-east to north-west with the head at the north-west.

The chamber is dated to the Eneolithic or Early Bronze Age, 2200 aC – 1500 aC, and is the first megalithic structure found in the vall del Ripoll. The tomb was reused on several occasions, and remains of at least six individuals were found with funerary goods, including pottery fragments, polished stone tools, a small flint blade and two perforated triangular bone buttons. Excavation and consolidation work took place in 2006 and 2007, and the monument now sits in a small artificial gravel-covered mound.

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. The Dolmen de Roca Sareny is listed in the Cultural Heritage Map of the Diputació de Barcelona, though it has no legal protection.

No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Catalan article "Roca Sareny", shown in the original language.

Roca Sareny

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Dolmen de Roca Sareny is a dolmen in Sant Llorenç Savall, Spain. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Elevation: 760 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Catalan article "Roca Sareny", shown in the original language.