Cambous dolmen
The Dolmen of Cambous is located next to the open-air museum " Site préhistorique de Cambous " northeast of Viols-le-Fort near Montpellier in the Hérault department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The type of system called “Tombe ovale” by Bruno Marc lies in a round cairn around ten meters in diameter, around which are two concentric circles made of hewn stones. In the middle there is a two by one meter large chamber, which was built from dry masonry except for the end stone and two entrance stones . There are no signs of a capstone.
- Cambous dolmen
Bruno Marc examined 20 oval systems in the Herault. He considers them a testimony to the arrival of new peoples or rites of the Copper and Bronze Ages in Languedoc . The only innovative thing about the facilities is their oval shape (e.g. "Tombe ovale de Boussagues", "Tombes ovales du Truc de Marti", "Tombe ovale des Camps", " Dolmen von Cazarils ", "Tombe ovale Garrigue Gourmande" ", The Escout tumulus with the oval dolmen" Peyrecor II ").
See also
literature
- Bruno Marc: Fragiles témoins de l'âge du Bronze: Les tombes ovales = Fragile witnesses of the Bronze Age: The oval tombs In: Société archéologique de Montpellier, France Journal Archeology 1995 pp. 40–45.
Web links
- Dolmen de Cambous , The Megalithic Portal
Coordinates: 43 ° 45 ′ 15.8 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 44.2" E