Limestone pavement
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.- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone
- Also known as: “Campo de Lapiás de Negrais” and “limestone pavement”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mafra station and Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Church
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima is a church.
Igreja de Almargem do Bispo
Church
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja de Almargem do Bispo is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pero Pinheiro and Lousa.
Limestone pavement
- Categories: landform, forest, and recreation area
- Location: Freguesia de Almargem do Bispo, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.875° or 38° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
-9.2714° or 9° 16′ 17″ westInception
1991Open location code
8CCGVPFH+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 421642106OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q729136
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Limestone pavement” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lapiezet”
- Armenian: “Կառեր”
- Basque: “Karren”
- Basque: “Lapiaz”
- Basque: “Lapiaza”
- Basque: “Lenar”
- Bosnian: “Škrapa”
- Bulgarian: “Кари”
- Catalan: “lapiaz”
- Catalan: “Lapiaz”
- Catalan: “Rascler”
- Cornish: “Kons kalgh”
- Croatian: “Škrapa”
- Croatian: “Škrape”
- Czech: “Pseudoškrapy”
- Czech: “Škrapy”
- Dutch: “alvar”
- Dutch: “kar”
- Dutch: “karren”
- Dutch: “lapiaz”
- Dutch: “Lapiaz”
- Dutch: “lapiez”
- Estonian: “karr”
- Estonian: “Karr”
- Finnish: “Karrenmaasto”
- French: “Cairissa”
- French: “lapiaz”
- French: “Lapiaz”
- French: “Lapié”
- French: “Lapiez”
- Galician: “Lapiás”
- Georgian: “კარები”
- Georgian: “კარი”
- Georgian: “კარრი”
- German: “Karre”
- German: “Karrenfeld”
- German: “Schratte”
- German: “Schratten”
- Hausa: “Ginin dutse”
- Hebrew: “מרצף אבן גיר”
- Hindi: “अवकूट”
- Hungarian: “karrmező”
- Hungarian: “Karrmező”
- Italian: “Campi carreggiati”
- Italian: “Campi solcati”
- Italian: “campo solcato”
- Italian: “Campo solcato”
- Japanese: “石灰岩舗石”
- Kazakh: “Karrlar”
- Kazakh: “Каррлар”
- Kazakh: “كاررلار”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karren”
- Polish: “Lapiaz”
- Portuguese: “Karren”
- Portuguese: “lapiá”
- Portuguese: “Lapiás”
- Portuguese: “Lapiaz”
- Romanian: “Campul de lapiezuri”
- Romanian: “lapiez”
- Romanian: “Lapiez”
- Romanian: “pavaj de calcar”
- Russian: “Карры”
- Russian: “Шратты”
- Serbian: “Škrapa”
- Serbian: “Шкрапа”
- Slovak: “Škrapy”
- Slovenian: “Škarplje”
- Slovenian: “Škraplja”
- Slovenian: “Škraplje”
- Slovenian: “Škrapljišče”
- Spanish: “lapiaz”
- Spanish: “Lapiaz”
- Spanish: “Lenar”
- Turkish: “Lapya”
- Ukrainian: “Карри”
- Ukrainian: “Каррові поля”
- Ukrainian: “Шрат”
- Ukrainian: “Шрати”
- Welsh: “calchbalmant”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carrascal dos Negrais and Currais Velhos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pias and Poço do Musgo n.º 4.
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