Bocal

Bocal is a hamlet in União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés, Mafra, Lisbon District. Bocal is situated nearby to the hamlet Vale do Inferno, as well as near Choutaria.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Limestone pavement and Anta de Carcavelos.

Limestone pavement

Nature reserve

A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK and Ireland, where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks. Limestone pavement is situated 3 km west of Bocal.

Anta de Carcavelos

Archaeological site

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The Anta de Carcavelos, located close to the village of Carcavelos near the town of Lousa in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal, is a stone age dolmen or megalithic monument from the Chalcolithic period.

Anta do Alto da Toupeira

Archaeological site

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The Anta do Alto da Toupeira, also called the Anta da Toupeira or the Anta de Salemas, is a Neolithic dolmen, or megalithic tomb, situated in the parish of Lousa in the municipality of Loures, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Anta do Alto da Toupeira is situated 2½ km east of Bocal.