Dolmen of the Sept Chemins
The Dolmen des Sept Chemins ( German "Dolmen of the Seven Ways" ), also called Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (Bougon) , is located immediately south of the Sept Chemins intersection, about south of the necropolis of Bougon , near Saint-Maixent-l'École im Deux-Sèvres department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The approximately 3.0 × 2.0 m measuring chamber of the dolmen consists of two lateral supporting stones, an end stone and a cap stone. The probably disturbed access is completely open to about 2.0 m width and faces southeast. Scattered plates mark the remains of the short corridor. The dolmen is off-center, in the remains of a stone mound, about 9.0 m in diameter and 0.5 to 0.75 m high, enclosed with (recently renovated) dry stone masonry.
This type of dolmen is widespread in southern France instead of the large and more complex northern dolmens. The weathered limestone from which it was made is typical of Occitan France.
literature
- V. Pingel: Megalithic groups and their archaeological differentiation. A review. In: Karl W. Beinhauer et al. (Hrsg.): Studies on megalithics. (State of research and ethnoarchaeological perspectives) = The megalithic phenomenon . Beier and Beran, Weissbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 , (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 21), pp. 37–50.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 21 ′ 36 " N , 0 ° 4 ′ 27" W.