Dolmen La Pierre Clouée
The dolmen La Pierre Clouée (also called Koraïre ) is located about six kilometers southeast of Angerville between the villages of Andonville and Erceville in the Loiret department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen Pierre Clouée (nailed stone) is said to be the tomb of a ruler. The name comes from the strength of the monument and testifies to the fruitless efforts that have been made to destroy it.
The north-south oriented dolmen has a rectangular chamber and consists of five sandstone blocks . The two 3 m long side stones are each 1 m high and 0.45 m wide. The capstone is also about 3.0 m long and 0.9 m wide. The access to the chamber is directed to the north, which is an absolute exception, since accesses are directed generally to the south and east.
See also
literature
- Volker Pingel : Megalithic groups and their archaeological differentiation. A look back . In: Karl W. Beinhauer et al. (Hrsg.): Studies on megalithics. (State of research and ethnoarchaeological perspectives) = The megalithic phenomenon . Beier and Beran, Weissbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 , ( Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 21), pp. 37–50.
Web links
- Dolmen dit La Pierre Clouée ou Koraïre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '30.3 " N , 2 ° 1' 19.3" E