My latest cool find!

We were chaining several mountain villages along the Núria-Queralt course that day.  During one of the short drives, Lluís, the race director, goes:  “I don’t know whether your people will find it at all interesting, but there’s a dolmen over there...”.  

I was like, “what? A dolmen?  Are you for real?”  Before I could say anything else, Lluís turned around and headed back toward the dolmen site.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t pass by a dolmen every day.  So I wouldn’t lose my chance…  

But what exactly is a dolmen?  It’s a prehistoric megalith monument.  Simple as that.  Megalith (mega = great, lithos = stone) means that they used large stones, roughly cut and held together without any mortar (it hadn’t been invented yet).  Their purpose still amazes archeologists, as they debate whether these are funerary structures or major physical landmarks of a tribe’s territory.  

“Why do you think our guests wouldn’t value this?”, I asked.  Lluís shrugged his shoulders and said: “Many locals and tourists are unaware of this treasure”.  Indeed, there were neither big signs around nor a marked path to direct visitors to the dolmen site.  We practically had to hack our way through the shrubs, and avoid a good deal of cow pats to get there.  And there it was, under a telephone cable (who on earth?),  the Dolmen of Molers.

Dolmen of Molers and the Pedraforca mountain

The Dolmen of Molers has the shape of table, that is, two upright slabs supporting a flat capstone.  The 8-foot high monument weighs almost 9 tons and is around 3.500 years old.  Thus, it dates to the Middle Bronze Age, when this metal (an alloy consisting of copper with tin) was gradually replacing stone as the main material for tool making.  Therefore, we’re dealing here with a largely sedentary society, which members became more and more numerous, thanks to better herding and farming techniques.

This dolmen may not be the greatest.  I mean, it is clearly not Stonehenge.  However, it is the most important of all Berguedà prehistoric monuments as it proves that humans were present in the region as far back as prehistoric times. 

Lluís knows this region like the back of his hand

Without Lluís’ hint, -who happens to be skilful photographer also-, I’d probably hadn’t notice this monument.  This is why all our tours are guided by local people, that love and know their region.  It will be our pleasure to show you this and other hidden treasures in this magic Catalonia.

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