Malaga Dolmen Itinerary
The traveller can sing three dolmens on the
outskirts of Antequera. these remains of megalithic construction
are from the catolithic or Copper Age and have survived to our
day in a maginificent conserved state. The oldest of the three
dolmens is that of Menga, dating from 2500 BC.
the burial chamber is made up of seven large monoliths on each
side, covered at the head of the chamber, weighing about 180 tonnes.
Next to this dolmen is that Viera, from a little later (2000 BC).
Its corridor is completely conserved, but only four of the seven
slabs originally making up the roof are left.
Following the N-331 you arrive at the site of the dolmen of el
Romeral, which is dated from around 1800 BC. It is a "tholos"-type
dolmen with a corridor.