Dolmen des Petits Fradets
The simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ) Dolmen des Petits Fradets (also called Maison de la Gournaise ) is located near La Gournaise on the "Route des Petits Frades" and near the Dolmen de la Planche à Puare and the Allée couverte des Tabernaudes on the North coast of the Île d'Yeu in the Vendée department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen with preserved parts of a sloping corridor dates from the Neolithic Age (around 3000 BC). The long capstone, which was broken by vandalism and which lies over a number of bearing stones, is preserved. The name Fradets or Fras means goblin in the local dialect. The dolmen is a historical monument in the list from 1992.
literature
- Th. Volkov: Dolmens de l'Ile-d'Yeu. In: Bulletins de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris 1896, Volume 7, No. 7, pp. 241-246.
- PR Chaigneau: Les dolmens vendeens - Sociéte d'emulation de la Vendee , 1966-7 pp. 17-31.
Web links
- photos
- Aerial view
- Dolmen La Gournaise ou des Petits Fradets in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 53.4 " N , 2 ° 22 ′ 47.3" W.