Champ-Vermeil dolmen
The Dolmen of Champ-Vermeil (also Champvermeil) is located east of the municipality of Bidon , in the Ardeche department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ). It is one of the "Dolmens de l'Ardèche", which with 800 dolmens form the second largest megalithic area behind Brittany .
The Champ-Vermeil dolmen is around 2.0 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and 1.2 meters high, making it one of the largest in the Ardèche department.
The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 1910 .
The Menhir du Champ-Vermeil is around 150 m away .
- Champ-Vermeil dolmen
Champ-Vermeil dolmen
Champ-Vermeil dolmen
Champ-Vermeil dolmen
Drawing by Jules Ollier de Marichard (1824–1901)
See also
literature
- Jean Clottes: Dolmens et Menhirs du Midi. Edition Loubatiéres, Portet-sur-Garonne 1987, ISBN 2-86266-048-5 , ( Terres du Sud 26).
Web links
- Les mégalithes de Bidon french. photos
- Entry no.PA00116647 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 44 ° 21 '44.6 " N , 4 ° 33' 12.7" E