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, municipality of Ribeira), in the Barbanza Region of Galicia.

Stone of the Goats

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.

  • Rock carving of two animals on a smooth boulder overgrown with lichen
    Petroglyph detail
  • Large stone in a pine forest
    Petroglyph setting

Notes
  1. Patrimonio Galego.

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

42°34′37.1″N 08°59′05.0″W

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