Dolmen of La Betoulle
The four dolmens of La Betoulle lie on either side of a road, west of the hamlet of La Betoulle, south of Berneuil in the Haute-Vienne department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The four dolmens formed a narrow trapezoid. Dolmens No. 1, 3 and 4 are badly ruined, while No. 2 is still standing. The reconstructed dolmen No. 2 stands in a field. Its broken capstone lies over six bearing stones, measures 3.6 × 3.4 m and has a deep groove. It covers a chamber about 3.0 × 2.0 m. Some of the six bearing stones have been put together from fragments.
- Dolmen of La Betoulle
The dolmens have been registered as a monument historique since 1982/83 .
literature
- Frédéric Lontcho: Dolmens et menhirs de France , Lacapelle-Marival, Editions Archéologie Nouvelle, coll. “Archéologie Vivante”, 2014, ISBN 979-1-09-145809-2 , p. 137.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 3 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 1 ° 6 ′ 42.1 ″ E