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  Dolmen de la Pastora Location in Andalusia, Spain | |
| Alternative name | Cueva de la Pastora |
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| Location | Andalusia,Spain |
| Coordinates | 37°24′47″N6°03′52″W / 37.41319°N 6.06444°W /37.41319; -6.06444 |
| Type | Tomb |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 3000 BC |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1860 |
TheDolmen de la Pastora (also known asCueva de la Pastora[1]) is a prehistoricpassage grave atValencina de la Concepción nearSeville,Spain. It has been dated to theChalcolithic 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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