ORCA or ANTA or DOLMEN: Megalithic mound or funerary monument from the Neolithic period, intended for collective burials. It consists of a chamber and a long corridor of 6, 7, or 8 meters. There are also Ante without a corridor. The large, vertical stones are called esteios/foundation pillars, and the covering slab is called the dome or cap.
The ORCA DO OUTEIRO DO RATO is one of the megalithic monuments located on the
small plateau between the villages of Lapa do Lobo and Oliveira Conde, at an altitude of 323 meters, located on the edge of the main circuit road in a pine forest and near an area of irrigated land.
According to studies, the
funerary monument consists of a polygonal chamber and a long corridor, the chamber having undergone several excavations and mutilations over its existence.
It's part of the Fias Telha prehistoric circuit:
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