Dolmen de San Adrián

The monument lies at the place called La Horca, in the valley of the Almucera stream, on a small rise very close to the hermitage of the same name. It is signposted and protected, and is managed by the Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León.

Because of its size it is considered a dolmen and is officially called one, but its structure, which has no entrance passage, makes it more a megalithic cist, and it has traditionally been interpreted as such.

Known from time immemorial, the monument was first excavated in the 1930s by Father Morán, who found eight orthostats, four of them fragmented. A second excavation in 1984 found three more foundation pits for as many slabs, which completed the perimeter of the chamber.

After study of the pieces and the grave goods, the dolmen was reconstructed. The orthostats were rearranged according to their original foundations into a closed oval, gaps were filled with smaller materials, and the earth tumulus that covered it was rebuilt. In the south-eastern flank a smaller orthostat was placed to give access to the dolmen through the lowered tumulus.