Dolmen de la Bajoulière
The Dolmen de la Bajoulière is located on a meadow in La Fontaine near Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne in the Maine-et-Loire department in France . The Neolithic " Dolmen angevin" restored between 1979 and 1983 is the largest in Anjou . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
It has an unusually large (40 m²) square chamber, in front of which there is a short trilith entrance . The ceiling slab, which is usually only supported by two supporting stones, is broken into four parts and measures around 7.0 mx 7.9 m, is 70 to 80 cm thick and is considered the largest in France , alongside that of the Dolmen of Bagneux . The estimated weight is given as around 70 tons.
About a century ago the ceiling plate was split into four pieces. The local farmers claim that this caused lightning. In the 12th century the dolmen served as a chapel.
See also
literature
- Michel Gruet: Dolmens angevins à portique In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française Année 1956 53-7-8 pp. 397-401
- Bernard Passini, Michel Gruet: La Bajoulière en St-Rémy-la-Varenne (Maine-et-Loire). Fouille et restauration d'un grand “Dolmen Angevin” In: Revue archéologique de l'ouest 1986 Volume 3 Numéro 3 pp. 29–46
- Michel Gruet, Charles-Tanguy Le Roux (editor): Mégalithes en Anjou , Cheminements, [Le Coudray-Macouard] 2005, ISBN 2-84478-397-X ; (Extended new edition by: Michel Gruet: Inventaire des mégalithes de la France , Vol. 2: Maine-et-Loire , Editions du Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1967.)
Remarks
- ↑ The dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance, like the dolmen de la Pierre Folle in Bournand.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 5 " N , 0 ° 17 ′ 51.2" W.