Dolmen du Griffier
The Dolmen du Griffier (also called Dolmen de Coulon or Pierre-Forte des Giraudières ) is a dolmen northwest of Antoigné on the edge of the Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire departments in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
Although the dolmen collapsed, its original architecture can be seen. It is an angevin-type square dolmen. All slabs are made of white or pink sandstone . The right orthostats of the chamber and the left column of the portal are still in situ . The left orthostats of the chamber are likely to be under the fallen capstone. The tumulus has disappeared.
According to Millet, the dolmen was ruined as early as 1865, which Raimbault confirmed in 1876. An excavation carried out in 1893 by M. Bousrez and C. Charrier remained unsuccessful.
- Dolmen du Griffier
The dolmen has been listed as a Monument Historique since 1984 .
See also
literature
- Michel Gruet: Mégalithes en Anjou , Cheminements, Le Coudray-Macouard 2005, ISBN 284478397X . [Revision of the 1967 edition by Charles-Tanguy Le Roux]
Web links
- Domen du Griffier in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Dolmen angevin, is an allée couverte of the Loire type, with a (retracted) trilith portal as access
Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′ 43.5 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 28.6 ″ W.