Dolmen of Guadalperal
Dolmen de Guadalperal
- Date
- 1926 · confidence medium
- Place
- Peraleda de la Mata, Extremadura, Spain
- Credited to
- Hugo Obermaier
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A megalithic monument roughly 5,000 years old, formed by a circle of more than a hundred standing stones in the bed of the Tagus River, first studied by archaeologist Hugo Obermaier and visible only when the Valdecañas reservoir's water level drops.
What it led to
- The nickname "Spanish Stonehenge"
- Debate over preserving the site against the reservoir
- Photographic and 3D documentation during drought periods