023 - Anta 2 e Tholos da Comenda

Chronology: Neolithic and Chalcolithic

It is a Neolithic dolmen with a Chalcolithic tholos attached.

Located in Contenda farm, São Pedro do Corval village, municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, district of Évora.
Access: In the road N256 coming from Reguengos de Monsaraz, take a track at left 1,600 before reaching the cross to Monsaraz. Course the track always north for 1.900m and, in the meddle of a vineyard, turn left for 100m. You will be at a gate. The monument is 200m SW, in the meddle of trees. The rest of the way is done by foot.
Accessible only to jeep type cars. In winter even for those might be complicated.
Coordinates: 38.255266º / 7.261660º

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Bibliography: Leisner, G.; Leisner, V. (1951) - Antas do Concelho de Reguengos de Monsaraz, Lisboa.

This is how the dolmen and the tholos looked  in the fourthies of the XX century, when excavated by the Leisner. (Photo taken from Leisner, Leisner, 1951).

This is how the dolmen and the passage of the tholos look like today.