page_title: Four Doors cave site, Telde
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Four Doors cave site, Telde / Description
caption_attribution_description: This is a photo of an archaeological zone indexed in the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-55-0000080.
context_page_description: The Four Doors site, also known as MountBermeja, is a complex of caves in the south of the municipality of Telde, Gran Canaria.
  The Cuatro Puertas site is named after its most spectacular cave, the most emblematic of Gran Canaria due to its uniqueness and location. The site includes many other caves, some linked with each other. A small village nearby also bears that name, as well as a ravine.
  The site is listed as Spanish Heritage as a Property of cultural interest.
context_section_description: Beside its most spectacular cave that gave its name to the whole complex, the site includes several groups of caves, an uncommon ceremonial place, granaries, paths and alleys. The whole was dug in tuff with stone picks by the pre-Hispanic Canarians.
  Other caves include the cueva de los Papeles ("the Papers' cave"), cueva de los Pilares ("the Pillars' cave"), cueva de la Audiencia ("the Audience cave") and the cantera de Molinos (quarry for grindstones). Most caves consist of a main central space with smaller rooms opening onto it. The caves were most likely shut off with dry stone walls. The main room may have been partitioned with light structures (for example of animal skins) or with stone alignments.
  The site covers practically the whole of Bermeja mount, although only the upper part can be visited.
  The chronicles of the conquest hardly mention it, even though it is only 4 km away from the Conquest tower that stands in Gando's sandy bay (nowadays this tower is used as the museum of Military Aviation).
caption: Part of the site of caves
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