Pedra das Cabras

The Stone of the Goats (Galician: Pedra das Cabras) is a petroglyph located in a pine forest near the village of Figueirido (civil parish of Palmeira [ es], municipality of Ribeira), in the Barbanza Region of Galicia.

Description

The zoomorphic motifs are scratched into the side of a large solitary rock and depict two animals, possibly deer. Each animal has six legs, which might have been a deliberate choice to represent movement in the figures.^[1] The engravings have been tentatively dated to the Neolithic.

Image gallery

Petroglyph detail
Petroglyph setting

Notes

^ Patrimonio Galego.

References

"Pedra das Cabras". Patrimonio Galego (in Galician). 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

42°34′37.1″N 08°59′05.0″W / 42.576972°N 8.984722°W / 42.576972; -8.984722

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