Dolmen of Bois Neuf III

The Dolmen of Bois Neuf III (called Bois Neuf C ) is located west of the hamlet Le Bois Neuf in Marsac near Guéret in the Creuse department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

It was excavated and restored in 1997. Seven out of ten bearing stones, the 2.9 × 2.0 m ceiling slab and remains of the cairn were preserved . It must not be confused with other dolmens in the vicinity (such as the dolmen of Quatre Routes and dolmens of Bois Neuf 1 and 2). The dolmen dates from the middle Neolithic (3500 to 2500 BC) At this time the Limousin was affected by the spread of the Chassey culture . Through the construction of fortifications and megalithic monuments, it shows the first traces of a social hierarchy. The monument is the sole survivor of a group of five.

Among the finds include pottery fragments of the Bronze Age , a knife, a polished ax of black flint, a endneolithischer dagger and arrowheads from flint , grinding stone fragments, a Hämatitkiesel (iron ore) with pendant in quartz and tourmaline .

Pits have been dug nearby, the inventory of which is as follows:

Pit 1: a polished 168 mm × 67 mm × 33 mm ax made from local flint and chips, fragments of rough red pottery. Charcoal dates from 2615 to 2462 BC. Chr.
Pit 2: fragment of a polished ax made of green stone
Pit 3: Chalcolithic (2500 to 1800 BC) sherds, charcoal (dating identical to that of pit no.1)

The three other pits appear to have contained posts.

literature

Roger Joussaume, Pierrick Fouéré, Roger Crédot Jacques Roger: Dolmens des Quatre Routes et de Bois Neuf III à Marsac (Creuse). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 2002, pp. 49-80.

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46.122537 1.579581Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′ 21.1 ″ N , 1 ° 34 ′ 46.5 ″ E

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