Dolmen Peyre Levade

Dolmen La Pierre Levée

The Dolmen Peyre Levade (also called Puy de Bon Temps, Peyrelevade de la Prunerède, Piera Levado (Puits de Bontemps)) is a Neolithic megalithic complex in the forest, northeast of Limeyrat and the A89 in the Dordogne department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The stones of the dolmen are disorganized. Many have fallen over or broken, but the approximately 3.0 by 2.0 meter capstone is still in place , held in place by wooden beams.

Next to the dolmen there is a small round cloakroom , a cantilever vaulted structure made of dry stone with a heavily moss-covered roof.

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

• Dolmen Peyre Levade
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literature

• Marc Devignes : Bilan du mégalithisme aquitain In La France des dolmens et des sépultures collectives (4500 - 2000 avant J.-C.). Éditions Errance, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-87772-157-4 .

Web links

Commons : Dolmen Peyre Levade  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry no.PA00082615 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description Engl. and picture

Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′ 6 "  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 9.7"  E