{"id":3303,"date":"2017-02-22T12:39:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altitudeboticas.pt\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2025-05-26T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:24:01","slug":"outeiro-lesenho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terracallaeci.pt\/en\/2017\/02\/outeiro-lesenho\/","title":{"rendered":"Mound and hillfort of Outeiro Lesenho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mound of Ch\u00e3 do Lesenho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Mound of Ch\u00e3 do Lesenho is a megalithic funerary monument (chronological-cultural period: \u00b1 4000 BC\/Neolithic), composed of a chamber under an earth and stone tumulus<\/em>, which forms a small elevation (the mound). Approximately in the centre, it is possible to see four camera struts and the roof slab, displaced.<\/span>
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Mound of Ch\u00e3 do Lesenho. Photo TR\/TC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Hillfort of Outeiro Lesenho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Hillfort of Outeiro Lesenho crowns the hill of the same name, which rises to an altitude of 1078 metres and dominates a wide landscape that encompasses practically the entire municipality of Boticas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is one of the best known fortified settlements of the Iron Age in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\r\n