Allée couverte du Cimetière aux Anglais
The Allée couverte du Cimetière aux Anglais , classified as a monument historique since 1968, is a gallery grave in Vauréal in the Val-d'Oise department in France . Not to be confused with the Allée couverte du tombeau des Anglais in the Paimpont forest in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany .
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The 14 m long and 2.3 m wide gallery grave (French: allée couverte ) is located on the edge of the forest and on the edge of a plateau with a view of the Oise . Since the 14th century it has been called the "English cemetery" ( French cimetière aux anglais ). The name recalls the British occupation during the Hundred Years War . Amédée de Caix de Saint-Aymour (1843–1921) carried out an excavation in 1867 and found the remains of at least 75 people, as well as various flint tools .
The east-west oriented complex was built between 2500 and 1700 BC. And was built from sand and limestone slabs . Originally it consisted of three chambers, which were separated by partition walls. The plates are no longer in situ . An engraving, possibly depicting a boat, is visible next to the entrance plate. The lock stone is in the Museum of Guiry-en-Vexin .
Nearby are the Allée couverte von Dampont , another gallery tomb and the menhir Grande Pierre de Jouy .
literature
- Véronique Daver, Hautem Bali: Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise: Vauréal. Collection Le Patrimoine des Communes de France, Paris, Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, October 1999, pp. 372-374, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 .
Web links
- Allée couverte dite cimetière des Anglais in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 51 ″ N , 2 ° 1 ′ 44.5 ″ E