Estela Menir da Caparrosa

Estela Menir da Caparrosa is a standing stone, or menhir, dating from 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. It stands in the former parish of Caparrosa, about fifteen kilometres north of Tondela and about twenty kilometres west-southwest of Viseu, in the Centro Region of Portugal, close to the N228 national road.

The monolith is made of granite and measures 2,50 m in height, 1 m in width and 50 cm in thickness. It may be a statue-menhir, a form decorated or shaped to represent a human figure. A cross and the year 1804 were carved into the stone.

Its dating from 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE is based on typological comparison rather than a date obtained directly from the monument. Research on the site is documented in publications by Mário Varela Gomes and J. Pinho Monteiro from 1974-1977 and by Mario Gomes from 1993.

The monument is also known in Portuguese as menir da Caparrosa and appears in the literature as the Marco de Anta or Estela-menir de Caparrosa. Its later carved cross and the date 1804 remain visible features of the granite, although the original purpose of the standing stone is not explained in the available material.

Estela Menir da Caparrosa is a menhir (standing stone) in Caparrosa e Silvares, Portugal. A typological estimate: 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Menhir de Caparrosa", shown in the original language.