Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (Issendolus)
The Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (also called Pèira Levada or de la Baune / Baume) is located east of Issendolus , near the D840 in the Lot department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
It is a dolmen with a large ceiling slab on four supporting stones weighing about 11 tons with a deep basin on top. The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 1992 .
Nearby are the Gabaudet dolmens .
See also
literature
- Jean Clottes: Inventaire des mégalithes de la France. 5-Lot, Supplément à Gallia préhistoire, Éditions du CNRS, 1977, ISBN 978-2-222-01945-9 , p. 552.
Web links
Commons : Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (Issendolus) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry no.PA00095110 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 44 ° 44 ′ 29.7 " N , 1 ° 48 ′ 17.9" E