Sepulturas Antropomórficas de Leira dos Padrões
Set of anthropomorphic graves excavated in a granite outcrop, located near agricultural land south of the chapel of St. Alexius. The area of the head and shoulders well laid out and the funnel to the feet. Most of the graves, fourteen of the fifteen found, lies in high State of erosion.
It is an isolated necropolis, where only one of the graves is whole and without cover, also with prominent shoulders curve, the arched headboard and the feet are not protruding.
In the surrounding area to the graves can be found numerous potsherds of Roman construction. Next to the graves spent the 17th this path via romana which continued to be used until the present day.
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Monuments near Sepulturas Antropomórficas de Leira dos Padrões
Ara
Ara anepígrafa in medium-to fine-grain granite, gathered near a dwelling, in the village of Penedones, during restoration. It shows traces of inscription, or…
Necrópole de Portela do Antigo
At the Portela of the former, located north of the village of Penedones, there are three shallow granite outcrops, where they identify sets of anthropomorphic …
Povoado de Leiras dos Padrões
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