Cantegrel dolmen

Cantegrel dolmen

The Dolmen of Cantegrel (also called Roc del Cayre or Dolmen of Saint-Chamassy ) is located in the forest near the eponymous courtyard and the Dordogne , south of Saint-Chamassy in the Dordogne department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen with anteroom ( French dolmen à vestibule ) has a massive, almost 1.0 m thick capstone, which is strongly rounded in the rear area. It is supported by four support plates.

It was examined in 1883. The excavations revealed the presence of a headless skeleton and a flint .

The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 2008 .

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See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

literature

• Alain Beyneix: Monuments mégalithiques en Aquitaine. Editions Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-957-1 .

Web links

Commons : Dolmen of Cantegrel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Video
• Description and pictures (English)
• Dolmen de Cantegrel in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 44 ° 51 '38.6 "  N , 0 ° 55' 9.5"  E