Patalim dolmen
Also known asanta do Patalim · anta do Patalim 2
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Overview
About this site
What the sources say
Die Anta do Patalim (auch Anta 2 do Patalim genannt) ist eine Megalithanlage, die westlich der Autobahnauffahrt No. 5 (Arraiolos/Escoural) der Autobahn A5 (Lissabon – Évora) Richtung Montemor zwischen der EN114 und der A5 direkt an der A5 im Distrikt Évora im Alentejo in Portugal liegt. Anta oder Dolmen 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.
Von der großen Anta, die unter Korkeichen liegt, sind noch alle sieben Tragsteine erhalten, während der Deckstein und Reste des Ganges fehlen. Der Kammerdurchmesser beträgt 3,20 m.
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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
Patalim dolmen: the whole story
In briefSources for this section
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- Wikipedia (German): Anta do PatalimCC BY-SA 4.0
The Patalim dolmen is a megalithic monument in the Alentejo region of Portugal. It lies in Évora district, beside the A5 motorway between Lisbon and Évora, near the exit for Arraiolos/Escural toward Montemor, between the EN114 and the A5. Its alternative names are Anta do Patalim and Anta 2 do Patalim.
The monument is partly sheltered beneath cork oaks. All seven of its supporting stones survive, together with remains of the entrance passage. Its chamber has a diameter of 3,20 m. The capstone is missing, and only fragments of the passage remain.
The structure is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Around Évora, megalithic tombs are known as antas, a term also used for dolmens in Portugal. Such monuments were built by communities associated with the Cardial or Impressa cultures during the Neolithic.
Research on megalithic tombs in the Évora region has found evidence that they could remain in use for generations. Finds including slate tablets, personal ornaments and copper objects extend into the Chalcolithic, so a single anta may preserve evidence from several periods of use.
Patalim dolmen is a dolmen in Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras, Portugal.
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- Wikipedia (German): Anta do PatalimCC BY-SA 4.0
Patalim dolmen is a dolmen in Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras, Portugal. Wikidata describes it as: dolmen in Nossa Senhora da Vila, 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 Patalim", shown in the original language.
How this page was madeSources for this section
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- Wikipedia (German): Anta do PatalimCC 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 Patalim”, 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
See it in 3D
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.
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°36′40″ N, 8°03′32″ WFor a GPS or map app: 38.61101, -8.05902
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.
- DolmenAnta da Moita do Gato4000–3000 BCE
- Dolmenantas do Pinheiro do Campo4000–3000 BCE
Cromeleque da Portela de Modos4000–1200 BCE
Cromeleque de Vale de Maria do Meio4000–1200 BCE- DolmenAnta da Herdade do Zambujal4000–3000 BCE
Menir dos Almendres2800–1800 BCE
antas da Valeira4000–3000 BCE- Stone circleAlmendres Cromlech6000–4000 BCE
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Sources
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- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
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Around this place
The ten nearest sites, by compass
- Anta da Moita do Gato1.4 km E
- antas do Pinheiro do Campo2.5 km SW
- Cromeleque da Portela de Modos3.5 km NE
- Cromeleque de Vale de Maria do Meio4.6 km E
- Anta da Herdade do Zambujal5.3 km NW
- Menir dos Almendres5.3 km S
- antas da Valeira5.8 km NE
- Almendres Cromlech6.0 km S
- Anta de Paredes6.0 km N
- Anta da Herdade da Serranheira6.1 km NE
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Text, licence and sources
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