Dolmen del Trompo
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Overview
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What the sources say
El Dolmen del Trompo és una construcció feta amb grans pedres a l'època neolítica, de Castellcir, (Moianès), descrit a la bibliografia i declarat Bé cultural d'interès local.
És un megàlit del tipus de cambra simple, de mida força gran. Aquests tipus de sepulcres pertanyen a l'edat de bronze, entre el 2000 i el 1500 aC.
Situat en el vessant nord-oriental de la muntanya del Trompo, a l'extrem occidental del Bosc Mitger.
Megàlit descrit per la bibliografia que, tant els autors de la corresponent fitxa de l'Inventari del patrimoni arqueològic i paleontològic de la Generalitat de Catalunya com durant les tasques de realització del present Mapa del patrimoni cultural local no han pogut identificar. Els afloraments rocosos de la zona s'esberlen de manera natural en diversos punts formant lloses que, pel seu aspecte, poden haver donat lloc a una identificació errònia.
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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 del Trompo: the whole story
In briefSources for this section
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Dolmen del Trompo is a Neolithic megalithic structure made from large stones. It lies in Castellcir, in Moianès, on the north-eastern slope of the muntanya del Trompo, at the western edge of the Bosc Mitger.
It is a fairly large megalith of the simple-chamber type. Such tombs are described as burial monuments of the Bronze Age, although Dolmen del Trompo itself is estimated from its form to date from 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.
The monument is mentioned in published descriptions and has been declared a cultural property of local interest. Despite searches by those compiling the Inventari del patrimoni arqueològic i paleontològic de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the Mapa del patrimoni cultural local, it has not been identified in the field.
Natural rock outcrops around the area split into slab-like forms in several places. Their appearance may have led to mistaken identification of the dolmen. The surrounding landscape includes Spain’s wider tradition of megalithic tombs, which extends from Andalusia in the south to Galicia in the north-west.
No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Catalan article "Dolmen del Trompo", shown in the original language.
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- Wikipedia (Catalan): Dolmen del TrompoCC BY-SA 4.0
Dolmen del Trompo is a dolmen in Castellcir, Spain. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Elevation: 632 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Catalan article "Dolmen del Trompo", shown in the original language.
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El Dolmen del Trompo en el seu entorn, a l'Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya; cal fer un pas d'aproximació
How this page was madeSources for this section
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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 del Trompo”, translated from Catalan. 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
- 2000
Aquests tipus de sepulcres pertanyen a l'edat de bronze, entre el 2000 i el 1500 aC.
Source
See it in 3D
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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°46′02″ N, 2°02′43″ EFor a GPS or map app: 41.76724, 2.04524
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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Sources
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