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Pena Grande de Férvedes

Xermade, Terra Chá, Lugo

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Pena Grande de Férvedes

Monument · Xermade, Terra Chá, Lugo

Image of Xermade, not of the place itself.

The pendant of the Pena Grande de Férvedes, found in the rock shelter of the same name in Xermade, is a Palaeolithic pendant of soft stone with an oval shape, a flat, slightly convex section and a straight incision that splits one of its faces in two; it measures 43 by 34 by 11 millimetres and weighs 24 grams. Given the characteristics of its lithic industry it belongs to the end of the Magdalenian culture, with an approximate age of 10,000 years, making it one of the oldest known artistic manifestations in Galicia. The site lies in a municipality that also preserves around 160 documented burial mounds and several castros.

Photo: Elisardojm (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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