Dolmen des Follets

Dolmen des Follets

Dolmen des Follets

The Dolmen des Follets is a " Dolmen angevin" west of Saint-Gravé . The dolmen is located near Le Beauchat, south of the D777 road on the edge of the Cancouët forest, in the Landes de Lanvaux , on the border of the communes of Saint-Gravé and Rochefort-en-Terre and Pluherlin in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

description

The “angevin type” dolmen dates from around 3000 BC. It has a rectangular chamber of approximately 4.3 × 2.5 m and consists of six granite supporting stones that support a large ceiling plate. Two smaller ceiling tiles lie on the floor and another non-load-bearing stone exists in situ , but the entrance portal is missing.

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany. Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-87747-065-2 .

Web links

• French description, plan and pictures
• Description and pictures

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 16.9 "  N , 2 ° 18 ′ 52"  W.