Dolmen d'Ors
The Dolmen d'Ors (also called La Piare, Pierre Pouille or La Grosse Pierre) is a seaside southeast of Le Château-d'Oléron on the d'Ile Oléron , near the bridge, in the Charente-Maritime in France situated Dolmen . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The megalithic complex was first mentioned in 1867 by H. Luguet and in 1884 by Pineau.
The excavations from 1988-1990 revealed traces of a Neolithic settlement on the site and a cairn about 30.0 m long and 20.0 m wide with a maximum height of 1.5 m. The remains of the dolmen lay in the southeast corner.
The cairn contained a narrow passage made of dry stone , preserved to a height of 0.7 m, which led to the chamber formed by monoliths . The remains of the dolmen consist of the approximately one meter thick, triangular capstone, broken in two parts with a side length of approximately 4.0 m, and the supporting stones. The capstone covers a polygonal chamber made up of five orthostats , in which the remains of four skeletons, including two children, were found. Nearby there are still a few large stones, covered by land, sea and wall. A second chamber was on the northwest corner of the cairn.
The investigation allows the construction of the dolmen to be dated to the Middle Neolithic . It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1940 .
literature
- Luc Laporte: Quelques données nouvelles sur le dolmen d'Ors (Le Château d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime). 1992
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Coordinates: 45 ° 51 '48.8 " N , 1 ° 11' 46.8" W.