Dolmen La Pierre Procureuse
The dolmen La Pierre Procureuse is located in a forest in the south of Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière and in the extreme south of the Orne department in Normandy in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ) consists of three stones, one of which is the approximately 5.0 m long, 3.0 m wide and 0.5 m thick ceiling plate of the dolmen, which is on one of the two bearing stones and on the floor rests.
It is associated with the legend common in megalithic sites , which says that the stone rises at midnight at Christmas and reveals a treasure, but falls down immediately when entering.
The dolmen was classified as a monument historique in 1930 and its surroundings in 1938 .
literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie. Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
Web links
- Dolmen dit La Pierre Procureuse in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ E