Dolmen des Mardelles

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Finds in the dolmen

The Dolmen des Mardelles (also called Dolmen von Barbonne-Fayel ) is a dolmen in a field between Barbonne-Fayel and Queudes , near Troyes , in the Marne department in France . The dolmen was declared a monument historique in 1921 . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

Dolmen des Mardelles excavation, 1913

The small dolmen discovered during fieldwork in its tumulus was excavated in 1913 and is one of the rare megalithic structures in the Marne department.

literature

  • Émile Schmit: Découverte et fouilles d'un dolmen sous tumulus à Barbonne-Fayel , In: Bulletin de la Société archéologique champenoise , July 1913, Reims, H. Matot.

Web links

Commons : Dolmen de Barbonne-Fayel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '43.2 "  N , 3 ° 43' 31.8"  E