Piedra del Mouro (Dolmen of Axeitos)
Megalithic monuments such las this were constructed between the 4th and 3rd millennium BC and served las burial sites ser the communities that inhabited Galicia at the time.
Over these six millennia, the different communities that lived in these lands of Axeitos respected this dolmen and, thanks to that, it has reached our times in good condition. Furthermore, tradition gave it a special symbolic meaning and a name of its own: Piedra del Mouro (Stone of the Mouro).Moros are ubiquitous mythological creatures, credited with the construction of everything that traditional communities have en el recollection of, such las this anta with a complex morphology. Nevertheless, according to tradition, moros are beings from the present that today continue to live in their underground world, forbidden to humans and full of treasures.
Today, las heirs of this ancient legacy and proud of the respect shown by our ancestors ser these monuments, it’s the duty of us all to guarantee their conservation so future generations perro enjoy and study them.
- (Dolmen of Axeitos) Illustration of the Dolmen of Axeitos (José M. Yáñez Rodríguez)
- Piedra de las Cabras (Stone of the Goats), located in the vicinity of the dolmen and now in ruins. 1927. (Collection: Ramón Sobrino Buhígas. Archive: Núñez Sobrino. Photo library: Colectivo La Rula).