Dolmen de la Grosse Pierre (Verneusses)
The Dolmen de la Grosse Pierre is located on the “Le Bourg” road, in the east of Verneusses in the extreme southwest of the Eure department in Normandy in France . The road is the old Roman road between Rouen and Alençon . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
- The Dolmen du Bois de la Grosse Pierre is located near Sainte-Radegonde in the Charente-Maritime department .
- The Dolmen de la Grosse-Pierre (Prudemanche) is located in the Eure-et-Loir department
- The dolmen La Grosse-Pierre (Boissy) is located in Boissy-Maugis in the Orne department
- The great Pierre Levée de Silly-En-Gouffern is a menhir in the Orne department
- Grosse Pierre de la Bergerie in Villerville is a menhir in the Calvados department
- The Dolmen du Colombier near Pierrelatte in the Ardèche department is also known as the Dolmen de Grosse Pierre .
description
Half of the 0.6 m thick capstone consists of breccia and sandstone . It is triangular, the north side is about 4.0 m long, the other two sides are 3.5 m. It is supported by four bearing stones.
- Dolmen de la Grosse Pierre
Sign. by Léon Coutil
Sign. by Léon Coutil
Sign. the reconstruction
Stone A: made of sandstone is 2.3 m wide, has a visible height of 0.7 m and is 0.45 m thick.
Stone B: is made of sandstone.
Stone C: made of breccia is about 2.0 m wide, has a visible height of 1.25 m and a thickness of 1.0 m.
Stone D: sandstone, is 1.30 m wide, has a visible height of 0.90 m and a thickness of 0.70 m.
A fifth carrier E was added in 1910 by Leon Ticking, who restored the dolmen.
literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie. Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
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Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ′ 9.4 " N , 0 ° 27 ′ 11.2" E