Capocorb Vell is a

talayot A talaiot, or talayot (), is a Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Menorca and Majorca forming part of the Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period. Talaiots date back to the late second millennium and early first millennium BC. There a ...

ic site located about 12 km from

Llucmajor Llucmajor (; es, Lluchmayor) is the largest municipality (in terms of surface area) of the Balearic Island of Mallorca. There are sixteen urban settlements in the municipality, including the town of Llucmajor and the coastal areas of s'Aren ...

on the island of

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bale ...

. It is one of the most highly excavated

ic sites in the Balearic islands. Another such site is

Ses Païsses Ses Païsses is a Bronze Age talayotic settlement on the southeastern outskirts of Artà in northeastern Majorca. It is one of the most important and best-preserved prehistoric sites in the Balearic Islands, although it is largely overgrown with w ...

. There are a number of talayots to the North-East of the main site, which is reminiscent of the (accidental or intentional) South-West to North-East alignment of

Son Oleza The prehistoric site of Son Oleza is a prehistoric "Beaker culture" dolmen and associated settlement site on the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is near to the village of Valldemossa on the island's north-west facing coast. The site is named after t ...

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External links

Website for Capocorb Vell
* Capocorb Vell on German Wikipedia
Capocorb Vell on Megalithic.co.uk
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