All the couvertes Maison du Loup
The Allées couvertes Maison du Loup (also called l'Oustal-del-Loup, Montpazier Dolmen or Allées couvertes de la Borie-Neuve) - ( German "House of the Wolf" ) are located northeast of Marsalès , in the extreme south of the Dordogne department in France . The remains of two Aquitaine Allées couvertes are about 20.0 m apart in the forest.
Gallery grave 1
Gallery tomb 1 is about 7.2 m long. Its width varies between 0.5 m and 0.9 m. It is surrounded by a hill about 15.0 m in diameter and a maximum height of 0.4 m. The orthostats are made of millstone ( French Silex meulier ). An intermediate plate reported by R. Marchadier and M. Secondat in 1935 has disappeared. The partially collapsed complex was covered by three cap stones. The largest is about 3.0 m long, 2.3 m wide and 0.4 m thick and lies diagonally against the bearing stones.
Gallery grave 2
Gallery tomb 2 is of lesser importance. The slightly trapezoidal system is about 6.5 meters long. Their width varies between 1.0 m and 0.85 m. The tumulus is also shorter at around 12.0 m.
See also
literature
- Alain Beyneix: Monuments mégalithiques en Aquitaine , Éditions Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-957-1
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Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′ 17.6 " N , 0 ° 54 ′ 4.9" E