[2] Like the Dolmen de Menga, it is built with an orthostatic technique: large stones standing upright.

[2] It consists of a long corridor[2][3] formed by twenty-seven stones, leading to a rectangular chamber.

[2] Like most Iberian tombs, it is oriented slightly south of east (96°),[2] situated precisely so that at the summer solstices the sunlight at daybreak illuminates the burial chamber.

[citation needed] The Dolmen de Viera was built in the Copper Age, 3510-3020 BCE approx.

[2] The site is owned by the Council of Culture of the Andalusian Autonomous Government, who manage it as part of the Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera.