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A taula (meaning 'table' in
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) is a Stonehenge-esque stone monument found on the Balearic island of
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. Taulas can be up to 5 metres high and consist of a vertical pillar (a monolith or several smaller stones on top of each other) with a horizontal stone lying on it. A U-shaped wall often encloses the structure. They were built by the Talaiotic culture between 500 BC and 300 BC. Their exact cultural meaning remains unknown, but they probably had religious and/or astronomical purposes. Most of the taulas face south, which seems to suggest some astronomical meaning. Archeologist Michael Hoskin has suggested the taulas may have been part of an ancient healing cult. They are frequently found near talaiots. The first author who wrote about these structures was Juan Ramis in his book ''
Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") is a book written by the Menorcan scholar Juan Ramis y Ramis (1746–1819). It was published in Mahón in 1818 and is the first book/treatise wholly dedicated to prehistory in Spain. Backgroun ...
'' ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca"), which was published 1818, being the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to
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, Talatí de Dalt, Torrellissá Nou, Trepucó, and the site at
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* Son Rotger * Talatí de Dalt *
Torralba d'en Salort Torralba can refer to: Places Italy * Torralba, Sardinia, a ''comune'' in the Province of Sassari Spain * , a town in the municipality of Úbeda in the province of Jaén * Torralba (Cuenca), a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha * T ...
* Torralbenc Vell * Torre d'en Galmés * Torrellafuda * Torrellisà * Torretrencada *
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Dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were so ...
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Megalith A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over 35,000 in Europe alone, located widely from Sweden to the Mediterranean sea. The ...
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Menhir A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be fou ...


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Megalithic Menorca. Discovering Menorca.

Guide to Menorca: Prehistory
Megalithic monuments in Spain Archaeological sites in Spain Iron Age cultures of Europe Prehistory of the Balearic Islands Prehistoric sites in Spain Iron Age Spain