Chiroux dolmen (Vienne)
The Chiroux dolmen (also called Pierre-Levée ) is an Angevin dolmen (portal dolmen ). It is located south of Plaisance in the Vienne department in France and was classified as a Monument historique in 1986 . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Angevin dolmen is located on a hill. It is trapezoidal in shape, around 5.0 m long and up to 3.2 m wide. A slab about 6.0 m long lies above the chamber formed by five supporting stones.
Originally the dolmens were covered by an artificial hill made of stones and earth. The hill, called the tumulus , has been eroded and only its largest stones remain.
literature
- Jean-Pierre Pautreau, Montserrat Mataro: I Pladelasala, Inventaire des mégalithes de la France, 12 - Vienne , APC, 1996 ( ISBN 2909165159 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type, with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance; like the Dolmen de la Pierre Folle in Bournand
Web links
Commons : Dolmen de Chiroux - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Dolmen de Chiroux dit La Pierre-Levée et son tumulus in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 0 ° 51 ′ 10.2 ″ E