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archaeological remains have been found in the chamber either, since it was reused as a cattle shelter for many years and, for this reason, all the sediment inside this building was removed. However, thanks to excavations carried out in other navetas, we know that these buildings were used to place the deceased members of a family or a small community. The bodies were accompanied with a set of objects or
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It has been discussed whether this type of navetas, which are called "intermediate navetas", would be half-way between megalithic tombs and long layout navetas, the latter being more recent. In 1960's archaeologist María Luisa Serra
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A long corridor leads to an oval chamber, whose sides have an irregular aspect and which were built by projecting the blocks inward, forming a concave formation. The roof consists of a set of horizontal stone slabs. The building's dimensions are: external length 11,10 m; external width 10,70 m;
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