Dolmen of Carapito I

Dolmen of Carapito I is a megalithic monument located in the civil parish of Carapito, in the municipality of Aguiar da Beira in the Guarda District of Portugal [1]. The dolmen was constructed during the Megalithic period, around 2900 BC [1]. The first explorations of the site were completed by J. Coelho, who collected ceramic fragments [1]. Excavations by Vera Leisner and Leonel Ribeiro were undertaken in 1966 [1]. Located near Guarda, the dolmen is located in a rural landscape, isolated on the western margin of the Ribeira do Carapito [1]. Carapito I is the type of megalithic dolmen characterised by I. Moita as a simple structure with a ten-sided polygonal chamber without a corridor [1].