Dolmen du Bois del Rey
The Dolmen du Bois del Rey is located in the woods north of the village of Martiel in the Aveyron department , Occitania region in southern France. In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The large simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ) is a massive table, the approximately 4.0 m long and 3.0 m wide capstone of which has broken into two parts, but still rests on the four supporting stones. The four side stones, also made of conglomerate , slowly crumble. The end stone is still in place and there are remains of a faceplate.
Just a few dozen meters west of the dolmen is a large, flat rock slab ( Bassin de Bois-del-Rey in French ) with a porthole about 40 cm in diameter and 10 cm deep.
The dolmen of Marie-Gaillard and Dolmen du Bois de Galtier are nearby . The dolmens in the Aveyron often occur in groups and 92% of all dolmens are made of limestone slabs .
See also
literature
- Bruno Marc: Dolmens et menhirs en Languedoc et Roussillon 27 Circuits de Découverte Préhistorique. Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 1999, ISBN 2-85998-190-X .
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Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′ 29 " N , 1 ° 54 ′ 19.9" E