4th - 7th century AD

Necropolis (Alcoitão I)

Low-imperial and Late Antiquity
necropolis
(which includes the late Roman era and the Visigoth period). The first research, in the late 19th century, identified 34 graves, structured and covered by slabs, with an east-west bearing, distributed in seven rows (the longest with seven graves), sometimes containing more than one
inhumation
. The archaeological studies couldn't identify any remains that place these individuals in a specific group, distinct from the remaining modern local population. The materials collected contain metallic ornamental objects (earrings and rings) and ceramic recipients, with similar typologies to other late-antiquity
necropolises
known in Cascais. Archaeological work, in 2001, allowed the identification of three additional
inhumation
graves - one, a limestone box with lid and, the other two, simple holes in the ground without structured lid.
Not Visitable

Typology

Necropolis

Archeological interventions

2001

Suggested reading

Encarnação, J. d' (1968) - Notas sobre alguns vestígios romanos no Concelho de Cascais. Estoril: Junta de Turismo da Costa do Sol.

Cardoso, G. (1991) - Carta arqueológica do Concelho de Cascais. Cascais: Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

Cardoso, G.; Encarnação, J. d'; Trindade, L. (2001) - Cemitério visigótico de Alcoitão. In Al-madan. Almada: Centro de Arqueologia de Almada. IIª série, nº 10, p. 192.

Encarnação, J. d' (2005) - A presença romana em Cascais: Um território da Lusitânia ocidental. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia. Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

Cardoso, G.; Miranda, J. A. ; Teixeira, C. A. (2009) - Registo fotográfico de Alcabideche e alguns apontamentos histórico-administrativos. Alcabideche: Junta de Freguesia de Alcabideche.

Address

Alcoitão, Cascais

Useful links

Cascais Culture - Archaeological Heritage - https://cultura.cascais.pt/listagens/patrimonio-arqueologico

Identification code​

LxR1105020