Dolmen du Chezeau

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Dolmen du Chezeau

The Dolmen du Chezeau (also Dolmen du Cluzeau ) is located east of Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois in the Creuse department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen simple with a massive capstone on three side stones is located about 500 meters south of the hamlet Le Chezeau behind the ruins of a Gallo-Roman temple .

literature

  • Dolmens et Menhirs Creuse. Guide des megalithes, pierres à legende et curiosités. Editions Verso, Guéret 1989, ISBN 2-903870-31-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. The objects called Cluzeaux in Occitan are artificial cavities. They can also result from reshaped caves. It is found in the north of Aquitaine , Limousin , in the north of Occitania and in the Périgord .

Coordinates: 46 ° 6 ′ 15.8 "  N , 1 ° 57 ′ 47.5"  E