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| Location | Barro, Torres Vedras, Lisbon District, Portugal |
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| Coordinates | 39°04′03″N 9°15′45″W / 39.06750°N 9.26250°W |
| Type | Tholos or Beehive tomb |
| History | |
| Periods | Chalcolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Eugene Jalhay and Félix Alves Pereira, 1909; Leisner and Leisner, 1965 |
| Public access | Yes. Steep dirt-tracked road or 400 m on foot. |
The Tholos do Barro (also known as the Tholos da Pena) was a Chalcolithic or Copper-Age domed tomb of block masonry. Its ruins are located on Monte da Pena, near the village of Barro, Torres Vedras municipality, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. The tholos was classified as a National Monument in September 1940.[1][2][3]
- ^ Sousa, Ana Catarina (2016). "Megalitismo e metalurgia. Os tholoi do centro e sul de portugal". Estudos & memórias 9: UNIARQ/ FL-UL. Terra e Água. Escolher sementes, invocar a Deusa. Estudos em Homenagem a Victor S. Gonçalves.
- ^ "Monumento funerário eneolítico do Barro". Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Monumento funerário eneolítico / Tholos do Barro / Tholos da Pena". Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico: SIPA. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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