Dolmen de la Fabière
The Dolmen de la Fabière is a dolmen north of La Cavalerie and north of a large quarry on the Causse du Larzac ( limestone plateau) in the Massif Central in the Aveyron department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The passage grave ( French dolmen à couloir ) with the capstone protruding on all sides, 4.40 m long and 3.20 m wide and weighing around 19 tons, lies in the remainder of an elongated burial mound , the edge of which consists of lower dry stone masonry . The chamber is 3.40 m long.
- Dolmen de la Fabière
The dolmen has been protected as a monument historique since 1889 .
Nearby is the Jonquet dolmen . The dolmens in the Aveyron often occur in groups and 92% of all dolmens are made of limestone slabs .
See also
Web links
- Dolmen de la Fabière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Marc: Statues-menhirs et dolmens des Causses et du haut Languedoc . Les Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 2000, ISBN 2-85998-225-6 .
Coordinates: 44 ° 1 '4.3 " N , 3 ° 9' 24.6" E