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But indisputably the most remarkable megalith in Spain is the 

 Cueva de Mengal, near the village of Antequera, province of Malaga 

 (Figs. 5, 6, 7). The walls of the sepulchral chamber are composed 



Fig. 5. Covered Passage of Antequera View op the Entrance. 



of twenty stones, and are crowned with five stones, while solidity is 

 assured by setting three pillars in the interior, at the junctions of the 

 roof-tables. Contrary to what we have hitherto observed, the stones 

 of the walls have been rough-hewed, and those forming the pillars even 



Fig. 6. Covered Passage of Antequera Interior View. 



seem to have been cut. The crypt is 24 metres long, and has a maximum 

 breadth of 6*15 metres, and a height varying from 2*70 metres to 3 me- 

 tres. It is one of the largest crypts known. The chamber of the dol- 

 men of Pastora, farther west, beyond Seville, is 27 metres long and 

 only 1 metre wide and 2 metres high. The excavations of Pastora 

 have yielded thirty bronze arrow-heads. 



