Alternative name | Cueva de la Pastora |
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Location | Seville |
Coordinates | 37°24′47″N 6°03′52″W / 37.41319°N 6.06444°W |
Type | Dolmen |
History | |
Periods | Bronze Age |
The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora [1]) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has been dated to the Chalcolithic Age. [1]
The dolmen is under "La Pastora" mound at Valencina de la Concepción. [2] It is a 43-metre long gallery, made with drystone walls and roofed with slabs of limestone and granite. [2] The passage terminates in a circular funeral chamber with a diameter of 2.5 metres, roofed with a single granite capstone. [2] The passage is orientated towards the sunset, unlike other similar tombs in the region which tend to face towards sunrise. [2]
Excavations in the slope of the tumulus in 1860 yielded 27 copper arrow heads of the "javelin type". [3]
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