Dolmen of Kerbourg 1
The Dolmen of Kerbourg 1 also ( French Dolmen de l'ile de la Motte ) is a megalithic complex in the commune of Saint-Lyphard in the French department Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region . The dolmen is a little halfway between Saint-Lyphard and Guérande . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Allée couverte from the French Neolithic (4500-4000 BC) is about eight meters long. The corridor climbs relatively steeply to the three-meter-wide chamber covered by a huge granite block . The covering earth or stone mound has been completely removed. The pottery found comes from around 2000 BC. The facility was subsequently used.
Nearby is a second completely destroyed dolmen (Kerbourg 2) and the Menhir de la Pierre Blanche (White Menhir). The dolmen is on the "Route Bleue et Megalithes", an archaeological path with eight dolmens and three menhirs , which starts at La Chapelle des Marais, northwest of St. Nazaire, and ends at Pornic .
Since 1951 both dolmens of Kerbourg have been protected as monument historique .
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The Route Bleue ( German "Blue Route" ) runs through Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Lyphard , along which eleven important prehistoric megalithic monuments are located. Below this is the Dissignac tumulus (No. 1) near the city. Among the dolmen of the Croix de Sandun (3), the dolmen of Kerbourg (4), the du Riholo (5), that of the Rossignol (6), the tumulus of Mousseaux west of Pornic (9), the la Joselière (10) and the du Pré d'Aire (11), nos. 9-11 on the Pays de Rets are particularly well known. There are also three menhirs: the menhir from Bissin (No. 2), the 2.1 m high Pierre de Couche (7) and the approximately 2.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Attelée , (8), which has been considered historical since 1992 Monument is classified.
literature
- Jean L'Helgouach, Mégalithes en Loire-Atlantique, Nantes, Association d'Études Préhistoriques et Historiques des Pays de la Loire, 1996, ( ISBN 2-905407-01-8 )
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Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′ 45 " N , 2 ° 21 ′ 43" W.