Dolmen de Sant Amanç
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Overview
About this site
What the sources say
Le dolmen de Sant Amanç est un site archéologique mégalithique qui se situe dans la commune de Calders, dans la province de Barcelone en Catalogne (Espagne).
Il est inscrit à l'Inventaire du patrimoine architectural de Catalogne depuis 1994.
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Where it sits in time
The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.
The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
The full article
Dolmen de Sant Amanç: the whole story
In briefSources for this section
- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
The Dolmen de Sant Amanç is a megalithic archaeological site in the municipality of Calders, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is a Neolithic cist grave covered with stone slabs and has been listed in the Inventari del patrimoni arquitectònic de Catalunya since 1994.
The tomb was made from four slabs forming an inner chamber measuring 1,70 m long, 0,55 m wide and 0,80 m high. Excavation or investigation at the site produced three fragments of undecorated smooth pottery, a fragment of skull, a mandible and several adult teeth.
The monument is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. It was discovered by Joan Surroca in 1960, and Ricard Batista subsequently published the site. The surviving record focuses on the structure and the human remains and pottery found with it.
Spain has many megalithic tombs, and its dolmens extend from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west. The Dolmen de Sant Amanç belongs to a tradition of stone-built burials, although no particular legend or later history is given for this site.
No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Dolmen de Sant Amanç", shown in the original language.
Summary in EnglishSources for this section
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Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
Dolmen de Sant Amanç is a dolmen in Calders, Spain. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Dolmen de Sant Amanç", shown in the original language.
DescriptionSources for this section
- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
C'est un sépulture néolithique à fosse de type ciste recouvert de dalles de pierre.
Le tombeau était composé de quatre dalles formant un espace intérieur mesurant 1,70 m de long sur 0,55 m de large et 0,80 m de haut. Trois fragments de poterie lisse, sans décoration, un fragment de crâne, une mandibule et plusieurs dents d'adulte ont été trouvés.
Le site a été découvert par Joan Surroca en 1960 et publié par Ricard Batista.
How this page was madeSources for this section
- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wikipedia (French): Dolmen de Sant AmançCC BY-SA 4.0
The summary at the top of this page was written by MiniMax-M3 (2026-11-08) from the cited Wikipedia article “Dolmen de Sant Amanç”, translated from French. 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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The reconstruction is ours, not a survey: it shows what a monument of this type looks like, at the size the record gives for this one.
Lore
Evidence & Lore
What the sources actually support — and, kept apart, what has been claimed.
What the evidence supports
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
Where it stands
Spain
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 41°47′34″ N, 2°00′43″ EFor a GPS or map app: 41.79278, 2.01194
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
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- Menhir (standing stone)Tomba del Moro2800–1800 BCE
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Dolmen del Gavatx4000–3000 BCE
Sources
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Lore, kept apart
Legends and claims
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- Tradition
Spain has many megalithic tombs, and its dolmens extend from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west.
Spain has many megalithic tombs, and its dolmens extend from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west. The Dolmen de Sant Amanç belongs to a tradition of stone-built burials, although no particular legend or later history is given for this site.
Source
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