Fontenaille dolmen
The Dolmen of Fontenaille (also called Dolmen des Fontenaille or Pierre de Liaigue ) is located east of Champigny en Rochereau near Poitiers in the Vienne department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The sloping capstone is 3.5 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and 0.5 to 0.6 m thick. It lies on three sandstone supporting stones that have broken or fallen over.
The dolmen has been classified as a monument historique since 1929 . Nearby is the Dolmen de la Bie .
literature
- Le val de Civaux, des origines à la fin du Moyen Age, Vienne; Documentation. Center régional de documentation du patrimoine, Poitiers 2005.
Web links
Commons : Dolmen de Fontenaille - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry no.PA00105379 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 7.7 ″ N , 0 ° 11 ′ 30.4 ″ E