Dolmen de la Garenne (La Mothe-Saint-Héray)

The Dolmen de la Garenne ( German  "the rabbit hole" ) is located in a clearing near the hamlet of La Villedieu de Comblé in the commune of La Mothe-Saint-Héray in the Deux-Sèvres department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen is still in its hill. A capstone of around 4.0 × 3.0 m can be seen lying on various, crumbled support plates. To the east lie stones that could be the remains of another chamber or a passage. It is possible that there are two chambers that open to the south.

literature

• V. Pingel: Megalithic groups and their archaeological differentiation. A review. In: Karl W. Beinhauer et al. (Hrsg.): Studies on megalithics. (State of research and ethnoarchaeological perspectives) = The megalithic phenomenon . Beier and Beran, Weissbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 , (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 21), pp. 37–50.

Web links

• Dolmen dit de la Garenne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description, photos, location (Engl.)

Coordinates: 46 ° 22 '34.9 "  N , 0 ° 7' 12.1"  W.