Dolmen of Bignon

Location of Libourne

The dolmen of Bignon (also called Allée couverte of Frontenac) are located southwest of Frontenac in the Entre deux mers , near Libourne in the Gironde department in France .

This megalithic ensemble includes three closely spaced, largely destroyed monuments. The best preserved structure is one of two parallel rows of Orthostatengasse without ceiling tiles. Nearby is a destroyed dolmen, of which only one stone remains. The third monument is a relocated slab that lies on a hill.

Nearby is the Allée couverte of Roquefort .

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

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.
• Alain Beyneix : Monuments mégalithiques en Aquitaine , Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Éditions Alan Sutton, 2009, 96 p. ( ISBN 978-2-84910-957-1 ) p. 52.

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Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '14.4 "  N , 0 ° 9' 24.9"  W.