Anta do Estanque
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Overview
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What the sources say
Die Anta do Estanque liegt angelehnt an eine bzw. einbezogen in eine Hauswand im Norden des Dorfes São Geraldo in der ehemaligen Gemeinde Nossa Senhora do Bispo (Kreis Montemor-o-Novo) im Distrikt Évora in Portugal.
Anta ist die portugiesische Bezeichnung für etwa 5000 Megalithanlagen, die während des Neolithikums im Westen der Iberischen Halbinsel von den Nachfolgern der Cardial- oder Impressokultur errichtet wurden. Auch andere volkstümliche Begriffe wie Arcas, Orcas oder Lapas ersetzen in Portugal in der Regel den Begriff Dolmen.
Die ganglose kleine Kammer der Anta liegt hinter dem letzten Haus auf der linken Seite am Ende der Straße. Sie war einst ein Stall und ist heute ein Schuppen.
In der Nähe liegen die Comenda da Igreja, Anta da Comenda Grande und die beiden Antas do Paço.
Die Anta do Estanque steht unter Denkmalschutz.
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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
Anta do Estanque: the whole story
In briefSources for this section
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- Wikipedia (German): Anta do EstanqueCC BY-SA 4.0
Anta do Estanque is a dolmen in northern São Geraldo, in the former municipality of Nossa Senhora do Bispo, Montemor-o-Novo district, Évora district, Portugal. The monument leans against or is incorporated into a house wall. Its small chamber, with no passage, lies behind the last house on the left at the end of the street.
The chamber was once a stable and is now a shed. Nearby are Comenda da Igreja, Anta da Comenda Grande and the two Antas do Paço. Anta do Estanque is protected as a monument.
The dolmen is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. The supplied information does not describe the structure’s dimensions, the arrangement of its stones, or any finds made at the site.
In Portugal, “anta” is the term for roughly 5000 megalithic structures erected during the Neolithic by successors of the Cardial or Impresso cultures in the western Iberian Peninsula. Popular names such as Arcas, Orcas and Lapas often take the place of the word dolmen. Megalithic tombs around Évora in the Alentejo are generally called antas.
Anta do Estanque is a dolmen in Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras, Portugal.
Summary in EnglishSources for this section
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Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Anta do EstanqueCC BY-SA 4.0
Anta do Estanque is a dolmen in Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras, Portugal. Wikidata describes it as: cultural heritage monument in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Anta do Estanque", shown in the original language.
How this page was madeSources for this section
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Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Anta do EstanqueCC 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 “Anta do Estanque”, translated from German. 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
Portuguese antas of the Alentejo
Around Évora, in the Alentejo, megalithic tombs are called antas, and some of the largest in Iberia stand here. The Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro, near Valverde in the municipality of Évora, is considered one of the biggest such structures in Iberia. Research has dated it to between 4000 and 3000 BCE, concurrent with the megalithic building of the Évora region, and it is linked to the Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja at Montemor-o-Novo. Henrique Leonor Pina excavated it in 1965, and although his methods caused some controversy, the work recovered slate tablets, necklaces, crosiers, copper objects, ceramics and carinated bowls. The Portuguese government declared it a national monument in 1971.
The finds show that the tombs were used for generations: slate tablets, personal ornaments and copper objects in the chambers reach into the Chalcolithic, so one anta can carry evidence for several centuries of burial custom. Excavated anta chambers are the main source for dating, since the stones themselves cannot be dated.
Nearby, the Almendres Cromlech is a large group of standing stones, a reminder that the Alentejo's megalithic landscape also includes open-air stone enclosures and single menhirs, not only tombs.
The Atlas's records here include small antas, some reduced to a few standing slabs, and many lack a secure excavation date. They are labelled with a typological range.
When visiting, look for the chamber and the passage that leads to it, and for the way the monument sits in its field. Check access in advance.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro, Wikipedia: Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja, Wikipedia: Almendres Cromlech, Wikipedia: Dolmen · CC BY-SA 4.0
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An interpretive reconstruction of the monument, standing on the real ground at its exact point, under the sun for that place and season. Drag to look around it.
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.
Photographs
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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 Portugal; this site has not been dated itself. Most dolmens date from the Late Neolithic period (4000-3000 BCE); megalithic tombs at Algarve in Portugal date to c. 2500 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Portugal
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 38°45′54″ N, 8°11′39″ WFor a GPS or map app: 38.76494, -8.19408
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.
Anta de Estanque4000–3000 BCE- DolmenAnta 2 da Comenda da Igreja4000–3000 BCE
Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja4500–1800 BCE- DolmenAnta da Velada (Comenda do Coelho)4000–3000 BCE
- DolmenAntas Grandes do Paço4000–3000 BCE
- DolmenAnta da Chaminé4000–3000 BCE
- Menhir (standing stone)Menires da Pedra Longa2800–1800 BCE
- DolmenAnta 1 do Monte das Fazendas4000–3000 BCE
Sources
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2 sources behind this page
- 01Wikidata Q66813764wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
Image files
- Anta do Estanque.jpgFaroleiroCC BY-SA 4.0
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Around this place
The ten nearest sites, by compass
- Anta de Estanque<0.1 km E
- Anta 2 da Comenda da Igreja0.7 km W
- Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja1.1 km SW
- Anta da Velada (Comenda do Coelho)2.0 km SW
- Antas Grandes do Paço2.2 km W
- Anta da Chaminé2.4 km SE
- Menires da Pedra Longa12 km SE
- Anta 1 do Monte das Fazendas12 km SE
- Anta da Herdade de Tourais14 km S
- Anta de Silvadas15 km E
Credit
Text, licence and sources
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