Dolmen du Devès de Félines
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Dolmen du Devès de Félines
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Dolmen du Devès de Félines
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The Dolmen du Devès de Félines (also called Dolmen de Lagarde or de La Gardia ) is located on a hill west of Murat-sur-Vèbre , near Mazamet in the Tarn department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ). The place is known for the museum of megaliths .
The dolmen is made of gneiss . The almost flat capstone measures 2.3 × 1.47 × 0.48 m and rests on two low, strip-like lateral supporting stones.
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The Dolmen du Devès de Félines is one of the few dolmens in the granite area of the southern Tarn. There are about 100 menhirs and statue menhirs , but fewer than 10 dolmens. In the limestone area in the north of the department there are a large number of dolmens, but fewer than five menhirs.
See also
literature
- Jean Clottes: Dolmens et Menhirs du Midi (= Terres du Sud 26). Edition Loubatiéres, Portet-sur-Garonne 1987, ISBN 2-86266-048-5 .
Web links
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ 3.6 " N , 2 ° 50 ′ 36.3" E