Dolmen de la Roche-à-la-Vache
The Dolmen de la Roche-à-la-Vache (also called Le Rocher de la Vache - German rock of the cow ) is located south of La Normandais, near Sévérac in the Loire-Atlantique department in France . It should not be confused with the Dolmen Rocher de la Vache east of Saint Brice in the Charente department . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Dolmen de la Roche-à-la-Vache is a megalithic monument Christianized in the 19th century . On top of it is a statue of St. Michael slaying the dragon.
The dolmen is about 4.9 meters long, 2.95 meters wide and 1.40 meters high. Below is a half-buried stone circle .
About 70 m away is the menhir Le Fuseau de Berthe, about 3.6 m high, wide and 0.8 m thick .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '41.8 " N , 2 ° 3' 0.4" W.