Cul Blanc dolmen
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The dolmens of Cul Blanc (also called Tumuli-dolmens du Mont-de-Senne or Dolmen du Cul Blanc) are located near Dezize-lès-Maranges near Le Creusot in the Saône-et-Loire department near the border with the Côte-d'Or department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
On the northern slopes of the “Mont-de-Sène” or “Mont des Troix Croix”, above the village “Dezize-les-Maranges” at a junction of the “Route des Trois Croix”, there are two dolmens , some of which are still are covered by their hills.
Dolmen 1 is located in the middle of a round hill about 15.0 m in diameter and is easy to find. The rectangular chamber, open to the southwest, is about 2.5 meters long and 1.3 meters wide. Three recessed lateral bearing stones and an end stone form the stone walls. They are covered with a remnant of limestone capstone , which forms an almost perfect equilateral triangle with a side length of 3 × 3 × 3 m.
Of the second dolmen, which seems to be similar to the first, about 40 m down the hill and still covered by the hill and bushes, only the top of the capstone can be seen.
Web links
- Entry no.PA00113269 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description French Pictures and plan of the dolmen 1
- Description Engl. and pictures of the dolmen 1
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 29.3 " N , 4 ° 39 ′ 54" E