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Prehistoric Portugal
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🪨 Exploring Portugal, one ancient site at a time! 🪨
Megaliths, rock art, ancient caves, fossil sites & more
website: https://prehistoricportugal.com/
videos: https://www.youtube.com/@prehistoricportugal
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prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #standingStoneSunday here's one of Portugal's few stone circles. Vale Maria do Meio was only found about thirty years ago and it's a fabulous site with a rich history! Learn more in my video visit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtS...
#Neolithic #megaliths #megalithic #cromlech
A photograph of menhirs (standing stones) in Portugal's Alentejo: the cromlech of Vale Maria do Meio
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
"Temos [muitos sítios pré-históricos]. Temos tudo — menos visão. E enquanto essa faltar, continuaremos a ser o país que esquece as suas pedras."
Um excelente artigo de opinião de Paulo Freitas, que levanta muitas ideias que vale a pena considerar.
alentejoilustrado.pt/paulo-freita...
Uma fotografia do Cromeleque dos Almendres, mas as pedras são "esquecidas" - estão preta e branca, como fantasmas
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
The Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos is a beautiful stone circle standing in a cork oak forest in Portugal's Alentejo. It's only 12km from the famous Almendres cromlech but this one is famously unknown!

Take a virtual visit by video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5H3...

#StandingStoneSunday
A photograph of standing stones (menhirs) in a cork oak tree forest: the Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
The Cromeleque do Vale d'El Rei, is almost completely unknown. This small horseshoe of menhirs is on private property and closed to the public. If you want to visit, you have to watch my video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFNV...

#StandingStoneSunday #StandingStones
Hidden Megaliths of Portugal: Vale d’El Rei Cromlech
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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September 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's the first cromlech in Portugal to be discovered! You can't visit it, but you can read about it and see photos here:
prehistoricportugal.com/2025/09/crom...
A photograph of a horseshoe-shaped arrangement of standing stones
September 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #StandingStoneSunday here's a photo of the absolutely gorgeous Cromlech of Portela de Mogos nestled in a cork oak forest in the Alentejo.

More about it here:
prehistoricportugal.com/2025/09/crom...
A photograph showing standing stones, menhirs, in the middle of a cork oak forest
September 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Venha visitar o Neolítico! Explore o Museu Interativo do Megalitismo na cidade de Mora. Vídeo em português (desculpem o meu sotaque estrangeiro!).
#Portugal #pre-historia #megalitico #neolitico #museu #Mora #Alentejo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLh...
Como viviam os nossos antepassados? Visita ao Museu do Megalitismo em Mora
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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tessmachling.bsky.social
Yeah, this winds me up... nobody else would be able to get away with this.

The latest Stonehenge fairy tale: a thread. 1/2

The Indy (note direct quotes regarding Wales, bluestones etc): www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

#Archaeology 🏺
How an ancient cow’s tooth could help solve the mystery of Stonehenge
New evidence confirms link between Stonehenge and two quarries in Wales believed to be sources of Wiltshire landmark’s legendary standing bluestones
www.independent.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Come take a tour through the past! A trip to the #Megalithic Museum in the Alentejo is a springboard into an exploration of life (and death) in the #Neolithic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgG_...
Explore Neolithic Portugal: The Museum That Brings Prehistory to Life
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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August 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a small but fascinating cromlech: Fontaínhas Cromlech. It's one of only a handful of cromlechs still standing in Portugal (all in the central Algarve).
Learn more here:
prehistoricportugal.com/2024/06/crom...
A photograph of six standing stones in a field: the Fontaínhas Cromlech of Mora, Portugal A photograph of six standing stones in a field: the Fontaínhas Cromlech of Mora, Portugal A photograph of six standing stones in a field: the Fontaínhas Cromlech of Mora, Portugal
August 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Venha visitar um dos cromeleques menos conhecidos de #Portugal: o Cromeleque das Fontaínhas! Um dos poucos círculos de pedras no #Alentejo, vale muito a pena a visita!
🗣️🇵🇹
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKO6...
Alentejo Pré-Histórico: O Enigmático Cromeleque das Fontainhas
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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richardjansell.bsky.social
Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thc British travellers to Spain and Portugal, and I'm really happy it's now free to download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun... (hard copies also available!) #skystorians #c18th
No Country for Travellers?
No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of British travel to Spain and Portugal between 1760 and 1820, across a region that is conventionally overlooked in studies of British travel to...
uclpress.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #TombTuesday, here's the impressive Anta da Melriça just outside Castelo de Vide. It stands well over 3m tall and its capstone is easily 3m across.
Learn more here: prehistoricportugal.com/2025/04/anta...
A photograph of the dolmen, the Anta da Melriça, standing in a field
August 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #StandingStoneSunday here is the Menhir of Alto da Cruz, a cup-mark festooned #standingstone (about 50 cupules!) in Portugal's Alentejo region. Does this stone show a link between prehistory and Roman times? Find out more (and visit its cruciform neighbours): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9w...
Photograph of a standing stone in the Alentejo countryside
August 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
For #StandingStoneSunday, here's Iberia's only known cross-shaped alignment of standing stones: the Megalithic Cruciform of Alto da Cruz

More here: prehistoricportugal.com/2025/08/meni...
August 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Come visit a unique but very obscure megalithic site in Portugal's Alentejo: a cross-shaped alignment of menhirs! The Cruciforme Megalítico do Alto da Cruz!

#megalith #standingstones #menhirs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9w...
Portugal’s Megalithic Cross: The Mysterious Menhirs of Alto da Cruz
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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August 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Come visit a Neolithic megalith and journey back in time to see what it was like when it was built!
#prehistory #prehistoric #Neolithic #megalith #megalithic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rQE...
A Neolithic Megalith in a Holiday Town: Visiting the Anta do Vale da Laje
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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July 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
An experiment with using AI to help visualize ancient buildings reveals some interesting weaknesses and problems with machine learning!
#prehistory #AncientHistory #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozro...
Prehistoric Problems with Artificial Intelligence
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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July 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
The Gruta do Escoural is Portugal’s only known site of Paleolithic cave art, and it was later used as a Neolithic necropolis.

🎥 I got special permission to film inside. Come with me and explore this incredible ancient place.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygew...
Portugal’s only Prehistoric Cave Art: Inside the Gruta do Escoural
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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June 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
This Summer Solstice, come visit a beautiful prehistoric site on a sunny hilltop along Portugal's Rio Tejo: the Anta da Foz do Rio Frio
#neolithic #dolmen #Megaliths #megalith #prehistory #prehistoric

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqt...
Visiting a Neolithic Dolmen along Portugal's Tagus River: the Anta da Foz do Rio Frio
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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June 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Neste Dia de Portugal, um breve resumo da pré-história de nosso país (em português, com certeza!).

#Portugal #prehistoria

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00S...
Portugal antes de Portus Cale
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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June 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Across Portugal, a few prehistoric megalithic tombs were transformed into chapels. They still serve as places of worship today.

🕊️ A peaceful Sunday reminder that some ground has always been holy.

🎥Come visit them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1R...

#Megaliths #AncientArchitecture #SacredSites
A photograph of a Christian church, with a prehistoric dolmen on the side serving as a chapel Inside a dolmen-chapel, with a shrine to Santa Maria Madalena A dolmen-chapel - a prehistoric tomb that's been turned into a Christian chapel A dolmen-chapel that's been painted blue and white
June 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
Hidden among high-rises and motorways near Lisbon lies a hidden ancient megalith. The Anta de Monte Abraão is the first stop in my 3-part series on the Antas de Belas: prehistoric dolmens tucked into Portugal’s urban sprawl.

#megalith #megaliths #dolmen #Portugal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE0T...
Discover the Anta of Monte Abraão: A Prehistoric Monument in Lisbon, Portugal
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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May 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
At 7.5m tall, the Menir da Meada is the tallest menhir in all of Iberia. And it's been dated to 5,000BC, possibly the oldest one dated.
Come visit it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxvh...

#StandingStone #StandingStoneSunday
May 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
prehistoricpt.bsky.social
In Portugal's Upper Alentejo countryside lies the Megalithic Park of Coureleiros: a cluster of several Neolithic dolmens, some nearly lost to time. Come explore what’s left of these ancient tombs …and what they still have to tell us!

#megalith #standingstones

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrE3...
Walking Among Ancient Tombs: the Megalithic Park of Coureleiros, Portugal
YouTube video by Prehistoric Portugal
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May 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM