Dolmen des Grèves de Fraicul

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Dolmen des Grèves

The Dolmen des Grèves of Fraicul (also called Allée couverte Frécul or Les Grèves de Fraicul) is an Allée couverte , which was once located southwest of Barbuise in the center of the Aube department in France and which was about 55 km away at the beginning of the 20th century. Musée des beaux-arts de Troyes ”in Troyes in front of the former monastery“ Abbaye Saint-Loup ”. In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

Dolmen des Grèves

The only partially preserved Neolithic gallery consists of six bearing stones and three cap stones. The complex has been registered as a monument historique since 1993 .

literature

  • Germain Sicard: Essai sur les Monuments mégalithiques du département de l'Aude In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 1929 26-9 pp. 436–454

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Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 2.8 "  N , 4 ° 4 ′ 48.6"  E