Dolmen of the country

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Dolmen of the country

The Dolmen des Landes (also called Allée couverte de la Pierre Levée des Landes) is located in a field in Bazoges-en-Pareds near Chantonnay in the Vendée department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The country's dolmen is an allée couverte . It has a long, split capstone that rests in the remains of a hill over seven bearing stones, most of which are in situ .

The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 1927. About 20 m north of the dolmen is the country's 3.0 m long menhir .

  • Pierre Levée des Landes
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literature

  • PR Giot: The Megaliths of France . In: Antiquity and Man, Thames and Hudson, London 1981
  • Roger Joussaume: Des Dolmens pour les morts. Les mégalithismes à travers le monde 1985
  • PR Chaigneau: Les dolmens vendeens - Sociéte d'emulation de la Vendee , 1966-7, pp. 17-31.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ There are a number of dolmens in France that contain the name part "Pierre Levée" ( Dolmen de la Pierre Levée )

Web links

Commons : Pierre-Levée des Landes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 33.2 "  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 44.3"  W.