Dolmen de Trullars

The Dolmen de Trullars is in the municipality of Monistrol de Calders, in the comarca of Moianès in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is listed in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It lies on the Pla de Trullars, at the southern end of Moianès, in a dominant position over its surroundings, at an altitude of 711 m.

It is a megalith with a simple burial chamber, of fairly large dimensions. The chamber measures 3.22 × 1.73 m and differs from more complex megalithic structures. It is a rectangular box of large orthostats set into the ground, topped by another slab that serves as the lid of the burial chamber. Around the chamber there was a circular mound of earth and stones about 11 m in diameter. This type of tomb dates from the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age, between 2000 and 1500 BC.

The first scientific approach dates to 1920, with excavations by the walking centre of Vic. Before the fires of summer 2003 ravaged the site, it was surrounded by pines and undergrowth. The surroundings were then cleared to bring the dolmen to light. Excavations begun in early 2003 aimed to include it in a tourist and cultural route. Restoration was only completed in 2006, and the route itself, which includes a walking circuit passing vine-growers' huts, in 2008.

The excavations affected what remained of the surrounding mound and the inside of the chamber. Details indicate that access to the interior was through a slab removed at the time of burial.

The finds include 45 fragments of small-format handmade pottery, four fragments of smooth black pottery, four rim fragments of undetermined beakers with a smooth surface, and one fragment of reddish pottery decorated with incised groups of four parallel lines. Human remains consist of 34 tooth fragments and seven adult teeth, along with a fragment of lower jaw with six tooth sockets.

Spain has a great many megalithic tombs, from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west. The finest are at Antequera, where the Dolmen of Menga, dated to about 3750 to 3650 BCE, is among the largest ancient megalithic structures in Europe.

Dolmen de Trullars is a dolmen in Monistrol de Calders, Spain. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Elevation: 711 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Dolmen de Trullars", shown in the original language.