Aubevoye dolmen
The dolmen of Aubevoye is probably a fake dolmen at the Église Saint-Georges in Aubevoye in the Eure department in Normandy in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
The Aubevoye dolmen is a small stone table with a horizontal top supported by two vertical stones, one of which is certainly not original.
No historian who examined the monument has confirmed its authenticity. Félix Leclerc Viscount von Pulligny (1821-1893) was the first to describe it in 1879, stating that “it cannot be said that it is of Celtic origin”. Léon Coutil (1856–1943), President of the French Prehistoric Society, mentions the importance of the Brothers of Mercy of Aubevoye (French frères de la Charité ) for the existence of the dolmen.
The dolmen was installed at some point at the entrance to the cemetery, near the Chapel of the Brothers of Mercy. He was moved in 1895 to allow the cemetery to be expanded. Perhaps on that occasion one of the posts was replaced. At the request of Coutil, the dolmen was finally moved to its current location by the church. The church was classified as a monument historique in 2009 .
literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie. Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 11.3 " N , 1 ° 19 ′ 41.2" E