Dated: IV / III millennia BC
Declared as National Monument in December 5, 1961, it is a prehistoric grave, a kind of "classical" monument, with polygonal chamber and a long corridor.
The use of its structures for building a chapel in the Middle Ages, emphasizes the mystical and religious sense that the monument already had. This is one of the rare cases of a Christianized dolmen in Portugal.
Since the beginning of the last century, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Hill lies in ruins, but the space has already been associated with great festivities, where seven surrounding parishes would meet, whom would arrive there in procession, on Easter Monday.
Location: Penedono
Declared as National Monument in December 5, 1961, it is a prehistoric grave, a kind of "classical" monument, with polygonal chamber and a long corridor.
The use of its structures for building a chapel in the Middle Ages, emphasizes the mystical and religious sense that the monument already had. This is one of the rare cases of a Christianized dolmen in Portugal.
Since the beginning of the last century, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Hill lies in ruins, but the space has already been associated with great festivities, where seven surrounding parishes would meet, whom would arrive there in procession, on Easter Monday.
Location: Penedono
