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Dolmen of a Chousa Nova

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Dolmen of a Chousa Nova

Nature · Silleda, Deza, Pontevedra

The dolmen of A Chousa Nova, in the parish of Abades, was found intact during works on the high-speed rail line between Ourense and Santiago, and carbon-14 tests date it to around 4350 BC, among the oldest dolmens in Galicia. Its chamber, made of five granite slabs, preserved the grave goods intact: a necklace of thirty-five amber and variscite beads laid over what appeared to be a human chest, an adze by the head, a chisel near the hand and a whetstone under the feet, a symbol of luxury. After the excavation, the route of the high-speed line was diverted into a tunnel, above which the monument was rebuilt in its exact original location, the slabs having been kept for almost two years in a warehouse in Silleda. It stands in a region dotted with Neolithic mámoas and Iron Age castros.

Photo: Nemigo (Public domain)

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