Menhir of Outeiro

The Menhir of Outeiro, also known as the Penedo Comprido, is a megalith located midway between the villages of Outeiro and Barrada near the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the district of Évora, in the Alentejo region of Portugal [1]. The stone was discovered on its side in 1969 by Henrique Leonor Pina and José Pires Gonçalves and, on the initiative of Gonçalves, was raised again around 1970 [1]. The menhir was classified as a Portuguese National Monument in 1971 [1]. The granite monolith is 5.6 meters high with an average diameter of one meter, and weighs an estimated 8 tonnes [1]. It is the second largest in Portugal [1]. Based on its similarity to other megalithic finds in the Évora district, the menhir is believed to date from the Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic [1].