Dolmen La Pierre Tournante (Nogent)
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The dolmen La Pierre Tournante (also known as the dolmen of Marsois or Pierre Branlante - German "the turning stone" ) is located in the forest about two kilometers west of Nogent in the Haute-Marne department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen was excavated in 1875 or 1876 by Father Bonaventura from Vitry-les-Nogent under the direction of Arthur Daguin. Three U-shaped bearing stones have been preserved from the dolmen, which form a north-south oriented chamber about 3.0 × 1.2 m and 0.9 m high. The approx. 4.3 × 3.8 m measuring capstone, which was shifted to the northeast, is 0.4 m thick and is only half above the chamber.
According to a popular legend, it turns once a century, at midnight on Christmas Eve, and the earth opens to reveal a great treasure.
There are legends about menhirs with this name in the Eure and Calvados department (Menhir Pierre Tournante (Livarot)) and the dolmen La Pierre Tournante near Tavers in the Loiret department .
Nearby is the similarly constructed Dolmen de la Pierre-Alot .
literature
- Fernand Niel: La Civilization des mégalithes, Éditions Plon, 1970
- Eric Mahieu: Megalithic Routes - Haute-Marne , Actilia Multimedia, Theix 2005, ISBN 2-915097-06-2 , p. 39
Web links
- Cimetière mixte (tumulus) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 34.3 " N , 5 ° 18 ′ 28.6" E