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 .
See also
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