Allée couverte des Mureaux
The Allée couverte des Mureaux (also known as Allée couverte des Gros Murs ) is tucked away near the Seine in a garden on Rue des Murets No. 19 in Les Mureaux , northwest of Paris in the Yvelines department in France .
The gallery grave , discovered and excavated by the property owner in 1888, has a largely preserved tumulus . It was built in the Neolithic (3000 BC) and continued until around 2400 or 2200 BC. Used. The access is approximately 1.0 m high and 2.0 m wide and the chamber is approximately 7.0 m long and 2.0 m wide.
The anthropological laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris commissioned the excavation, during which various objects were found: flint , jewelry, vases, tools made of bones and the remains of around 60 bodies.
The complex has been classified as a Monument historique since 1928 .
The Wetzrillenstein "Polissoir des Mureaux" is about 13.0 m away .
Web links
- Terrains avec dolmen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (English)
- Description and picture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 42 ″ N , 1 ° 54 ′ 20 ″ E