Somehow 526 standing stones were just discovered in Spain

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/18/megalithic-complex-standing-stones-discovered-spain

2 2 4 years ago

I covered this in my archaeological newsletter — here's the TL;DR

A megalithic complex of standing stones (526 of them), dolmens, mounds, cists, and enclosures was found in the province of Huelva, Spain while surveying for an avocado plantation. It takes up about 1,500 acres and each stone is between one and three meters tall. The site probably dates to the 5th or 6th millennium BCE. According to José Antonio Linares, “This is the biggest and most diverse collection of standing stones grouped together in the Iberian peninsula.” And according to Primitiva Bueno, “Finding alignments and dolmens on one site is not very common. Here you find everything all together – alignments, cromlechs and dolmens – and that is very striking.” The standing stones were grouped in to 26 alignments and two circles, with a clear view of sunrise during the solstices and equinoxes. Excavations are scheduled to run until 2026, so I’m sure there’s more to come.

If you want to check out the rest of the news from the issue: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/p/-ancient-beat-25-gladiato...

slater• 4 years ago

"Somehow"?

Somehow 526 standing stones were just discovered in Spain

Related Stories