Dolmen la Pierre Couverte (Duneau)
The Dolmen la Pierre Couverte is located directly on the "Route de Planche" road, east of Connerré, south of Duneau and 30 km east of Le Mans in the Sarthe department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The approximately 8.0 m long and 4.5 m wide dolmen consists of six preserved, partly inwardly inclined supporting or side stones and two overlying sandstone ceiling slabs 0.6 m thick. A bearing stone, which has only been partially preserved, stands apart from the chamber.
The Sarthe has 28 dolmens and 46 menhirs, 14 of which are under protection. The Dolmen la Pierre Couverte has been classified as a Monument historique since 1889 .
About 700 m north ( Lage ), in the hamlet of Pierrefiche, there is the roughly 3.3 m high, 2.0 m wide and 0.5 m thick heavily scarred menhir de la Pierre Fiche with a natural hole. A menhir Pierrefiche also stands north of Simandre-sur-Suran in the north of the Ain department .
literature
- Jean-Paul Henri Berthet: À la découverte des mégalithes en Sarthe. Berger, Le Mans 1992, pp. 48-50.
Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 13.8 ″ N , 0 ° 31 ′ 13.5 ″ E