Allée couverte from Auvernier
The Allée couverte von Auvernier is a gallery grave that was discovered in 1976 on the border between Auvernier and Colombier near Neuchâtel NE in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and then moved several times.
It is possible that the approximately 5 m long structure of Auvernier belongs to the Aillevans type of dolmen . The burial chamber may have been surrounded by a round mound of earth or a trapezoidal dry stone wall. Around 20 skeletons were found in the complex made of rectangular slate . The gallery is now located in the Laténium in Hauterive .
Systematics of the Swiss megalithic systems
In the Jura arch , the megalithic systems can be divided into three groups:
- the Dolmen of the Schwörstadt type with a square chamber and a soul hole, located under a round mound of earth
- the dolmens of the Aesch type, identical in construction but with a rectangular chamber
- the Aillevans-type dolmens with a rectangular chamber and anteriorly or laterally protruding ante (so-called antenna dolmen ). The chamber can be surrounded by a round mound of earth or trapezoidal dry stone masonry.
Web links
- Megalithic objects on the west bank of Lake Neuchâtel
- Description of the Allée couverte of Auvernier (Engl.)
Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '27.6 " N , 6 ° 58' 20.1" E ; CH1903: 564535 / 206396