Dolmen Pierre du Vert-Galant
The dolmen Pierre du Vert-Galant (also called Pierre Ver-Valland ) is a dolmen in Croterie, about 4.0 km northwest of the center of the town of Tavers in the far west of the Loiret department , on the border with the Loir-et-Cher department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
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A large capstone, supported by several bearing stones, the upper edges of which are visible, rests on a hill in the field.
The dolmen was classified as a Monument historique in 1948 .
Nearby is the La Pierre Tournante dolmen .
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
Commons : Dolmen Pierre du Vert-Galant - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Dolmen dit La Pierre du Vert-Galant ou du Ver-Valland in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 5.4 " N , 1 ° 35 ′ 11.5" E