La Butte Vachon

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Allée couverte de la Butte Vachon

The gallery grave ( French Allée couverte ) La Butte Vachon (also called Allée couverte des Déserts or Argenteuil 1 ) is one of the megalithic complexes in the Val-d'Oise department . It is located in Argenteuil , northwest of Paris and was placed under protection in 1943.

Allée couverte de la Butte Vachon

The submerged facility was discovered in 1867. It is 13 m long and consists of rows of dry masonry covered with four slabs of sandstone .

In the triangle between Rouen , Chartres and Soissons , 34 other similar systems were found. This also includes the Argenteuil 2 plant, which was only found in the underground of the Vivez company in 1946 . It contained hundreds of bone beads, stone axes, arrowheads and blades. Both plants are now in the middle of town.

literature

  • Hervé Guy, Philippe Soulier: Dolmens et menhirs du Val-d'Oise . Service départemental d'archéologie du Val-d'Oise, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 1995, ISBN 2-907459-05-8 , ( Notice d'archéologie du Val-d'Oise 4).

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 12 ″  N , 2 ° 16 ′ 56 ″  E