A well-protected dolmen
A Mina da Parxubeira is a true benchmark of archaeology for the important finds made inside. It was excavated over three campaigns between 1977 and 1984 by Professor Antón Rodríguez Casal, finding a rich funerary trousseau made up of flint sheets, an arrowhead and numerous fragments of bell-shaped pottery.
However, the most spectacular find took place in 1983. For the first time in Galicia, a set of betil idols, anthropomorphic, was found, placed in their original position, standing in front of the entrance corridor to the dolmen. This particular arrangement makes us think of a protective function of the monument, as if they were a kind of guardians of the tomb. The same type of figures were also located in the excavations of the dolmen of Dombate (Cabana de Bergantiños).
The dolmen has a polygonal chamber and a corridor facing the rising sun. It still retains much of its original structure, except for the vertical slabs of the chamber on the south side and its Covering Stone which have disappeared.
A Mina, which is part of the megalithic necropolis of Porto Coido, has a rich folklore associated with it. Specifically, it is said that the stones were carried by a moura while spinning with a spinning wheel and breastfeeding a child on her lap. It was also said that there was a treasure inside and another tradition said that it was forbidden to step inside it, although you could walk around the dolmen.
