Dolmen du Peyre-Dusets
The Dolmen du Peyre-Dusets (also called Pierre d'Uzès, Peyre Dusets or Pouey d'Used) is located in Loubajac, north-west of the village of Poueyferré north of Lourdes , in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen, which is reminiscent of an Irish Tomb portal , is located right next to the “Le chemin Henri IV” hiking trail and has an approximately 2.0 × 1.0 meter large chamber, which is shaped by the oval resting on two supporting stones Capstone, about 2.5 × 1.6 m, is only halfway covered. A third stone lies on the side under the capstone on the floor. There are remains of a hill at the back of the dolmen and to the west.
Nearby is the Dolmen du Pouey Mayou .
See also
literature
- Jean Clottes: Dolmens et Menhirs du Midi. Edition Loubatiéres, Portet-sur-Garonne 1987, ISBN 2-86266-048-5 , ( Terres du Sud 26).
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Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′ 57 ″ N , 0 ° 6 ′ 9.7 ″ W.