Roman Dam of Fonte Coberta

Roman Dam of Fonte Coberta (Barragem Romana da Fonte Coberta) is an archeologic site of a Roman dam in the parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Lagos, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.

From the typological point of view, it is a wall of straight, rectangular section, consisting of homogeneous stone blocks mortared in opus caementicium.

Barragem Romana da Fonte Coberta may have served to irrigate cultivated fields, or as part of a water supply system for the town of Lacobriga, which was situated on Monte Molião, on the east bank of Ribeira of Bensafrim.

In the areas that preserve the face of this structure it is possible to identify some negatives of what appear to be horizontally arranged boards, which would probably form part of the frame work system assembled for its construction.

[1] It is classified by the Institute of Management of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage as Property of Public Interest, according to Decree-Law 26-A / 92, DR 126 of June 1, 1992.