This menhir is over two meters high and shows engravings that may suggest a fairly early anthropomorphic figure. The menhirs were megalithic monuments associated with fertility cults. Dated to the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age (III-II millennium BC).

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January 14, 2023

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We did not see the face and the decorations that you should see according to the sign

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January 21, 2024

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The Vilarinha Alignment is a set of four menhirs in São Bartolomeu de Messines. This is Menhir 1, which measures around 2 meters in height and has decorations that were possibly added at different periods. This menhir was classified as a Monument of Municipal Interest in 2016.

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