Dolmen de la Madeleine (Carnac)

The Dolmen de la Madeleine is located east of the D186, a little north of Carnac in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen, located in the remains of his cairn , is in a field that has now overgrown. The large, heavily tilted capstone of the complex, which was probably a duct dolmen, rests on three supporting stones, a floor plate and two other orthostats are present.

The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 1900 .

There are several facilities with the name “Dolmen de la Madeleine” in France: In Gennes and the curious Dolmen de la Madeleine (Lessac) .

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Pierre-Roland Giot, Jacques Briard : Protohistoire de la Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1979, ISBN 2-858820-89-9 , ( Université ).
• Jacques Briard: Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .

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Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '14.4 "  N , 3 ° 2' 54.6"  W.