{{Geobox|Building | name = Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja | native_name = Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja | other_name = Great Dolmen of the Military Order of the Estate | category = [[Dolmen]] | native_category = Anta | image = | image_caption = | image_size = 235 | official_name = Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja/Anta Grande da Herdade da Comenda | etymology = Military Order/Lands conferred historically by the Catholic Church | etymology_type = Named for | nickname = | flag = | symbol = | country = {{flag|Portugal}} | state_type = Region | state = [[Alentejo]] | region_type = Subregion | region = [[Alentejo Central]] | district = [[Évora (district)|Évora]] | municipality = [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]] | location = [[Nossa Senhora do Bispo (Montemor-o-Novo)|Nossa Senhora do Bishop]] | elevation = 180 | prominence = | lat_d = 38 | lat_m = 45 | lat_s = 28.59 | lat_NS = N | long_d = 8 | long_m = 12 | long_s = 11.98 | long_EW = W | length = 15.00 | length_orientation = Northwest-Southeast | width = 4.00 | width_orientation = Southwest-Northeast | height = | depth = | volume = | area = | author_type = Architects | author = unknown | style = Megalithic | material = Granite | established = 4000 B.C. | established_type = Origin | established1 = | established1_type = Initiated | established2 = | established2_type = Completed | date = | date_type = | owner = Portuguese Republic | public = Private | visitation = | visitation_date = | access = Estrada Nacional EN2 (Montemor-o-Novo-Mora), approximately {{convert|2|km|mi}} before São Geraldo, over a small bridge, first left turn: the dolmen is located {{convert|400|m|ft}} from the EN2, along this roadway | whs_name = | whs_year = | whs_number = | whs_region = | whs_criteria = | iucn_category = | free = [[IGESPAR|Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico]] | free_type = Management | free1 = | free1_type = | free2 = | free2_type = | free3 = | free3_type = | free4 = '''[[National Monuments of Portugal|National Monument]]''' | free4_type = Status | free5 = Decree 26/236; DG, Série I, 16, 20 January 1936 | free5_type = Listing | map = | map_caption = Location of the dolmen in the municipality of [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]] | map_background = | map_locator = | map_locator_x = 35 | map_locator_y = 80 | commons = | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja''' ({{lang-pt|Anta Grande de Comenda da Igreja}}, or alternately ''Anta Grande da Herdade da Igreja'') is a [[megalithic]] funerary site in the [[freguesia|civil parish]] of [[Nossa Senhora do Bispo (Montemor-o-Novo)|Nossa Senhora do Bishop]], in the municipality of [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]], in the [[Alentejo Central|central Alentejo]] region of continental[[Portugal]]. ==History== Between the 4th millennium B.C. and the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C., the site of was occupied by semi-nomadic or sedentary settlement, associated with the communities of ancient [[Évora]].{{cite web |url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=4064 |title=Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja/Anta Grande da Herdade da Comenda (n.PT040706030007)|publisher=SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese|first=Manuel |last=Branco |first2=Castro |last2=Nunes|year=1994 |accessdate=25 June 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.igespar.pt/en/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/69719/ |title=Anta grande da Comenda da Igreja |editor=IGESPAR |accessdate=22 June 2012 |date=2011 |location=Lisbon, Portugal|publisher=IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |language=Portuguese |first=A. |last=Martins}} ==Architecture== The megalithic site, is located in an isolated area of forested brush, situated in an area of plains. Its form extends longitudinally from west to east, composed of a central polygonal chamber roughly {{convert|4|m|ft}} wide, with an oblong rectangular corridor {{convert|10|m|ft}} long. The articulated volumes are oriented horizontally, and covered independently in each section, with the main chamber covered by a granite slab, and the corridor by individual elements. The walls of the chamber are {{convert|6|m|ft}} in height, while the corridor profile is {{convert|180|cm|in}} in height. Of great dimensions, the corridor is still intact and in a state of conservation. ==References== ;Notes {{Reflist|2}} ;Sources * {{citation |last=Gonçalves |first=José Pires |title=Roteiro de alguns Megálitos da Região de Évora |location=Évora, Portugal |year=1975|language=Portuguese}} * {{citation |last=Leisner |first=Georg |contribution=Antas dos arredores de Évora |title=A Cidade de Évora |location=Évora, Portugal|year=1949 |language=Portuguese}} * {{citation |last=Leisener |first=Georg |last=Leisner |first=Vera |contribution=Die Megalitgraber der Iberischen Halbinsel I - Der Westen|title=Madrider Forschungen |volume=I |issue=1 |location=Madrid, Spain |year=1956 |language=German}}