Located in the Alentejo, 10 km north of
Castelo de Vide, in the Portalegre
district. This menhir, the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, stands just
over 7m high with a 1.25m girth and illustrates the importance of the area
in prehistoric times.
It was re-erected in 1995 by the Portuguese
heritage.
Apparently its height is due to the fact that
it belongs to a line of menhir's which were carefully arranged so that each
one was visible from the next (The Menhir of Meada stands in a lower
elevation than the others)
(1).
The same region (Castelo
de Vide), also offers over 50 megalithic remains, and lies close to the
Extremadora region of Spain, which also offers a high concentration of
megaliths.
(Click here for map of the site)
Menhir da Meada:
