Dolmen du Trou à Morts

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Dolmen du Trou à Morts

The deepened Dolmen du Trou à Morts ( German  "Hole of the Dead" ; also Hypogeum of Parmain ) is located in the forest above the valley of the "Nesles du ru de Jouy", about 2.0 km north of Parmain in the Val-d'Oise department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen was discovered in the 1850s and misused by tramps. During the First World War it was a refuge for some residents against the German aircraft. It opens to the northeast.

It is difficult to get a clear idea of ​​the original dimensions as the dolmen was built partly outside and partly between two hard limestone banks.

As early as 1903, the chamber's dry masonry had disappeared; only two large stones remained of the megalithic part . In 1903, Alexandre Désiré Denise found a trephined skull with a round hole under fairly well-preserved human bones . The stone objects were mostly polished axes and spearheads . The objects also include a bell-shaped bronze. The author also reports a (disappeared) menhir about fifty meters below.

Web links

• Hypogée à vestibule neolithique dit le Trou à morts in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description and pictures (English)

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 2 ° 11 ′ 48.5 ″  E