Barbehère dolmen
The restored dolmen Barbehère (also Allée couverte of Barbehère or Bois des Haures called) is an above-ground gallery grave in a Cairn that the few as one in the Medoc , in the northeastern part of Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil in the Gironde department in France is .
The largely undamaged dolmen is a typical Stone Age megalithic complex of the region, which, erected above ground, is architecturally close to a gallery grave . The chamber, which is off-center in the round hill, consists of seven bearing stones of different lengths and originally three cap stones. However, the monument has been preserved without cap stones and is about 6.3 m long, slightly trapezoidal and on average about 2.0 m wide. It has a short antechamber. The two side access panels have been machined on the inside. Traces of red ocher have been found that could be remnants of rock paintings such as those found in dolmens in the west of the Iberian Peninsula .
See also
literature
- Volker Pingel : Megalithic groups and their archaeological differentiation. A look back . In: Karl W. Beinhauer et al. (Hrsg.): Studies on megalithics. (State of research and ethnoarchaeological perspectives) = The megalithic phenomenon . Beier and Beran, Weissbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 , ( Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 21), pp. 37–50.
Web links
- Dolmen of Barbehère in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description French
- 3D model
Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′ 48.7 ″ N , 0 ° 51 ′ 17 ″ W.