Menir de Fontelo (Armamar, Viseu) Primeira notícia

We bring to light the discovery of a new tall menhir, currently laid on ground, away from its primitive erection site, in Vale de Naçarães, southwest Fontelo village (Armamar, Viseu) allowing some considerations. It is monolith sculpted with local granitic rock, subcylindrically shaped, but presenting pointed extremities, measuring 5.32 m long and 1.18 maximum width. The exposed surface shows three engraved cup-marks, one near top two paired mesial volume, as well at central area four large pecked concentric circles, containing inside fifth circle, smaller not centred larger ones. Other cup-marks were detected, all engravings are much eroded possibly made when menhir was already down. This kind monuments probably built 5th millennium B.C., first passage graves appear region. dimensions this monolith, erected allowed his viewing far distance thus ordaining surrounding space. authors propose that be re-erected signalised through explanatory board historical archaeological importance.