Dolmen du Pré d'Air
The Dolmen du Pré d'Air (also called Prédaire or La Pierre Creusée ) is located in a field near the coast, near the Dolmen de la Joselière and Boutinardière, south of Pornic in the Loire-Atlantique department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The cross-shaped dolmen is architecturally similar to the tumulus of Mousseaux and the dolmen of Riholo in Herbignac .
tourism
The Route Bleue ( German "Blue Route" ) runs through Saint-Nazaire and Pornic , along which eleven important prehistoric megalithic monuments are located. Below this is the Dissignac tumulus (No. 1) near the city. Among the dolmens of the Croix de Sandun (3), the Kerbourg (4), the du Riholo (5), that of the Rossignols (6), the tumulus of Mousseaux west of Pornic (9), the la Joselière (10) and the Dolmen du Pré d'Air (11) are the nos. 9-11 on the Pays de Rets particularly well known. There are also three menhirs: the menhir from Bissin (No. 2), the 2.1 m high Pierre de Couche (7) and the approximately 2.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Attelée (8), which has been a historical monument since 1992 is classified.
literature
- Jean L'Helgouach, Mégalithes en Loire-Atlantique, Nantes, Association d'Études Préhistoriques et Historiques des Pays de la Loire, 1996, ( ISBN 2-905407-01-8 )
Web links
- Description French Pictures and plan
- Dolmen dit la Pierre Creusée ( Mégalithes du monde )
- Dolmen du Prédaire ( Mégalithes de Bretagne )
- Prédaire Dolmen ( The Megalithic Portal )
Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '53.63 " N , 2 ° 3' 58.28" W.