Dolmen de la Joselière

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The Dolmen de la Joselière
Inside view towards the end chamber in the foreground left and right approaches of the side chambers can be seen

The Dolmen de la Joselière is a dolmen with side chambers . It is located southeast of Pornic , in "Le Clion sur Mer", in the Loire-Atlantique department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The Dolmen de la Joselière lies in a twelve-foot terraced stepped rectangular cairn that of dry masonry is framed and has been restored by J. L'Helgouach. The chamber consists of irregular tertiary sandstone slabs . The wide entrance to the east has a large block of white quartz on the outside . The layout, which is reminiscent of a Lorraine cross (without a head), has two approximately centrally located side chambers and a large rectangular end chamber which (similar to Chamber A by Mousseaux ) closes the corridor in a T-shape. It is an example of a transept dolmen supported by stone terraces. These late megalithic buildings show structural regional differences. A few hundred meters south is the heavily disturbed Dolmen du Pré d'Air or La Pierre Creusée, also made of tertiary sandstone slabs.

tourism

The Route Bleue ( German "Blue Route" ) runs through Saint-Nazaire and Pornic , along which eleven important prehistoric megalithic monuments are located. Below this is the Dissignac tumulus (No. 1) near the city. Among the dolmens , numbers 9-11 on the Pays de Rets are particularly well-known: the Croix de Sandun (3), the Kerbourg (4), the du Riholo (5), that of the Rossignols (6), the Tumulus of Mousseaux west of Pornic (9), the Dolmen de la Joselière (10) and the du Pré d'Aire (11). There are also three menhirs: the menhir from Bissin (No. 2), the 2.1 m high Pierre de Couche (7) and the approximately 2.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Attelée (8), which has been a historical monument since 1992 is classified.  

literature

  • Jean L'Helgouach: Mégalithes en Loire-Atlantique , Nantes, Association d'Études Préhistoriques et Historiques des Pays de la Loire, 1996, ( ISBN 2-905407-01-8 )

Web links

Commons : Dolmen de la Joselière  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 6 ′ 8.5 "  N , 2 ° 4 ′ 48.5"  W.