Boisseyre dolmen
The Dolmen of Boisseyre (also called Pierre Couverte d'Ambert or Pierre Couverte von Boissière) is located north of the D996 road, west of Ambert in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen is one of the best preserved in Auvergne. However, its tumulus is completely eroded. The ceiling slab made of mica slate weighs around 25 tons and is around 4.0 m long, 3.0 m wide and 0.80 m thick. It lies on four supporting stones.
In the late 3rd millennium BC Dolmen built in BC were plundered in the past centuries. According to the writer Henry Pourrat (1887–1957), it was almost destroyed in the 19th century by order of a priest.
- Boisseyre dolmen
Legend has it that it was built by a fairy.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 32 '46.1 " N , 3 ° 42' 12.2" E