Briande dolmen
As Dolmen of Briande two are megalithic referred to the south of Arçay in Loudun in Vienne, in France are. In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
The northern dolmen of Briande 1 ( 46 ° 57 ′ 1 ″ N, 0 ° 1 ′ 3 ″ E ) is about 250 m east of the large tumulus of Chassigny , in the direction of the Roche Briande farm. The approximately 6.0 meters long, 2.0 meters wide and high dolmen has three cap stones that sit on three pairs of bearing stones.
The south-facing dolmen of Briande 2 ( 46 ° 56 '47 "N, 0 ° 1' 4" E ) is a dolmen of the "angevin" type with a forward portal, the collapsed remains of which are in the southeast. The chamber, measuring around 5.0 mx 3.0 m, was covered with a single large capstone that fell on one side.
Dolmen 1 has been protected as a monument historique since 1978 and dolmen 2 since 1980 .
annotation
- ↑ The Dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance.
literature
- Jean-Claude Papinot, JP Pautreau: Le val de Civaux, des origines à la fin du Moyen Age, Vienne; Documentation . Center régional de documentation du patrimoine, Poitiers 2005.
See also
Web links
- Dolmen 1; Description and pictures (English)
- Dolmen 2; Description and pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dolmen de Briande I in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dolmen dit Briande II in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
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