Jonquet dolmen

The Jonquet dolmen (also called Tombèu last Jaiant ) is located near the D809 northwest of La Cavalerie in the Aveyron department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ) consists of a massive capstone, which is 4.35 m long and almost 4 m wide including a broken off part and whose weight is estimated at around 26.5 tons. It is open at the front and back and rests on two lateral supporting stones 4.50 m long and 1.70 m high. The remaining hill can only be guessed at.

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Nearby is the Dolmen de la Fabière . The dolmens in the Aveyron often occur in groups and 92% of all dolmens are made of limestone slabs .

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

Web links

Commons : Dolmen by Jonquet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description and pictures (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bruno Marc: Statues-menhirs et dolmens des Causses et du haut Languedoc . Les Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 2000, ISBN 2-85998-225-6 .

Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ 20.2 "  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 41.8"  E