Dolmen of the Coste-Rouge
The Dolmen of Coste Rouge (also Ostalet the Fadas or Maison des Fees called) is a megalithic the Bronze east of Soumont , above Lodève in Hérault in southern France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
The dolmen lies on a round stone terrace, which can still be seen on the access side. The rest is buried under the stone material of the cairn . The stones come from a nearby place called Pierre-rouge. An oven-door-like soul hole was cut into the sandstone of the access stone. The three-meter-long and two-meter-wide chamber is formed by four stones, two of which, at a height of over two meters, carry the capstone that protrudes far on all sides.
The dolmen is located on the site of the former St-Michel de Grandmont monastery , on the headland known as the “Coste Rouge”. The excavations revealed that he was around 1500 BC at the latest. BC because it still contained human bone material from that time.
The dolmen has been protected as a monument historique since 1900 .
See also
literature
- E. Poupé, F. Mireur: Petite Histoire de Draguignan . Réimpression de l'édition de Draguignan 1911. Laffitte, Marseille 1979.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roger Maudhuy: Les Fées dans les contes populaires , CPE Editions, Romoratin 2014, ISBN 978-2-36572-950-5 .
Web links
- Dolmen dit de Coste Rouge in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 43 ° 43 '56.1 " N , 3 ° 22' 2.5" E