La Hechicera

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The dolmen.
The dolmen.
Wider view.
Wider view.

La chabola de la Hechicera ("the witch's hut") is a dolmen group located in Elvillar, Álava, in the Basque Country in Spain. Three vertical big stones support a big horizontal flat stone. I

It was discovered in 1935 by Álvaro de Gortázar in a good enough state of preservation. José Miguel de Barandiarán explored it partially in 1936, finding two stone percutors, a polished axe of ophite, fragments of pottery and human remains. The findings are preserved in a museum in nearby Laguardia, Álava.

Probably it was a funerary construction to hold the remains of people in this settlement.

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