Dolmen Rocher de la Vache
The Dolmen Rocher de la Vache (also called Dolmen du Rocher de la Vache - dt. Rock of the Cow - or Dolmen de Saint-Brice 2) is located south of the D 157 road, a few meters from the Dolmen de Garde Epée , east of Saint Brice at Cognac in the Charente department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
It should not be confused with the Dolmen de la Roche-à-la-Vache south of La Normandais in the Loire-Atlantique department .
The strangely shaped dolmen is located on a small, wooded, natural stone hill. It seems that two capstones or a capstone broken in two are on top of each other and the bearing stones are scattered all around.
It has been protected as a Monument historique since 1934 .
literature
- Le Nord-Charente au Néolithique moyen et récent (3500–2900 av. J.-C.): enceintes fossoyées, sépultures mégalithiques et territoires. General Council of the Charente
Web links
- Dolmen Rocher de la Vache in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 20 ″ N , 0 ° 15 ′ 1 ″ W.