Dolmen du Lac

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The Dolmen du Lac (also called La Pierre Sanglante or La Guillotine) is located between a football field and a holiday home, near a lake, near le Cheix, north of Saint-Pierre-Colamine in the Puy-de-Dôme department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

Not to be confused with the Dolmen du Lac d'Aurie in Limogne-en-Quercy , the Dolmen du Lac Neuf or the Dolmen du Lac Rouge, both in the Hérault department .

The Neolithic dolmen lies in the remains of its hill. A capstone measuring approximately 4.0 × 2.5 meters lies on top of several other collapsed stones, not high above the ground.

Nearby are the Grottes de Jonas , one of the largest “cave dwellings” in France.

See also

literature

  • Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

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Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′ 22.5 "  N , 2 ° 59 ′ 56.6"  E