Dolmen de la Fontaine au Son
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The Dolmen de la Fontaine au Son 1 + 2 (also called Fontaines de Son or Dolmen de la Fontaine) are located northeast of Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais and north of the D347, near Loudun in the Vienne department in France .
On both sides of the “Impasse de Rabaté” (street) near the “Fontaines de Son” water treatment plant, there are two Angevin dolmens about 30 meters apart. The western dolmen 1 is a bit bigger and in better condition. In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
Dolmen 1
Dolmen 1 has a north-south oriented chamber with two preserved capstones over the southern part of the approximately 8.0 meter long chamber. The north end collapsed. The overgrown dolmen lies in a rock corner. It's hard to tell where the entrance was.
Dolmen 2
The eastern dolmen is fenced, partly because of the waterworks, but also because it is in a risky condition. It has a chamber measuring approximately 4.0 × 2.5 m with access to the east and a single, broken capstone. The dolmen is otherwise relatively well preserved.
literature
- Fernand Niel: La Civilization des mégalithes. Editions Plon, 1970
- Le val de Civaux, des origines à la fin du Moyen Age, Vienne; Documentation: Center régional de documentation du patrimoine, 102 Grand 'Rue, 86000 Poitiers, tel .: 05 49 36 30 07; 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 ° 4 ′ 59.9 ″ N , 0 ° 1 ′ 40.4 ″ E