Menhir de la Pijotada

In Spain menhirs of the western European megalithic type are relatively unusual compared with dolmens, but are common sights in the northern half of the country, where at least 500 have been reported. They are particularly common in the Basque Country, Navarre, northern Burgos and Palencia, Cantabria and the Pyrenees, usually standing alone or in small groups (cromlechs) in elevated places. Most appear to date back to the Stone Age. They are not usually associated with burials, though at the Menhir of Cuesta del Molino in Burgos burials were made at least 2,000 years after the menhir was raised. The Arlobi menhir is one of the most recent examples. The regional background, “Iberian menhirs”, is given below.

No scientific date has been published for this site. Monuments of this type in Spain are generally dated 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE; the site itself may fall inside or outside that range.

Standing stones are associated with the Beaker people of the European late Neolithic and early Bronze Age c. 2800-1800 BC.