Object description

Dolmen de Axeitos is a prehistoric megalithic dolmen just to the northwest of the village Axeitos [gl], in the parish of Oleiros [gl], in the municipality of Ribeira, on the Barbanza Peninsula in the estuary of the Ría de Arousa in the Province of A Coruña, Galicia, in northern Spain. It is dated to 3600-4000 BC. Because of its historical and archaeological value, on March 11, 1978 it became a registered Bien de Interés Cultural landmark.