Dolmen de la Thuile aux Fées

The Dolmen de la Thuile aux Fées (also Tombe des Fées - fairy house or tomb ) is located in Pinols , west of Tailhac near Le Puy-en-Velay in the Haute-Loire department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ). The suffix "Fées" or "Fein" carry several French dolmens or Allées couvertes .

The Neolithic collapsed dolmen of an unknown type, of which only six relatively thin bearing stones have survived, lies on a forest path. The big stones are tilted against each other. One of the stones could be a capstone, all the others are missing. The hill is recognizable as the remainder.

The dolmen has been registered as a Monument historique since 1987 .

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

Web links

• Dolmen de la Thuile des Fées in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description and pictures (English)

Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′ 32.6 "  N , 3 ° 26 ′ 35.8"  E