Dolmen of the Rossignol
The Dolmen des Rossignols (located on the Allée des Rossignols ) is located about 600 m from the sea, south of the Loire estuary , in Saint-Brévin-l'Océan , a district of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins in the Loire-Atlantique department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The monument is located in a residential area on a hill and consists of a recessed chamber measuring approximately 4.0 × 4.0 m. It also consists of a south-west oriented corridor that leads to the disturbed chamber. The bearing stones and a relocated, about 4.0 m long, 2.5 m wide and about one meter thick capstone (one is missing) have been preserved. A number of notches indicate an unsuccessful attempt to split.
tourism
The Route Bleue ( German "Blue Route" ) runs through Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brévin-l'Océan , along which eleven important prehistoric megalithic monuments are located. Below this is the Dissignac tumulus (No. 1) near the city. Among the dolmen of the Croix de Sandun (3), the Kerbourg (4), the du Riholo (5), the dolmen des Rossignols (6), the tumulus of Mousseaux west of Pornic (9), the la Joselière (10) and of the Pré d'Aire (11), the numbers 9-11 on the Pays de Rets are particularly well known. There are also three menhirs: the menhir from Bissin (No. 2), the 2.1 m high Pierre de Couche (7) and the approximately 2.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Attelée (8), which has been a historical monument since 1992 is classified.
literature
- Jean L'Helgouach: Mégalithes en Loire-Atlantique , Nantes, Association d'Études Préhistoriques et Historiques des Pays de la Loire, 1996, ( ISBN 2-905407-01-8 )
Web links
- Description (French) and pictures
- Description (French) and pictures
- Dolmen des Rossignols in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '52.5 " N , 2 ° 9' 59" W.