Dolmen of Laumède

The dolmen of Laumède (also called dolmen of l'Aumède or Lo Geïon ) is located southeast of Chanac on the Causse de Sauveterre plateau in the Lozère department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The chamber, which is open on all sides and oriented roughly west-east, carries a 3.1 m long, 2.1 m wide and 0.6 m thick capstone in the east, called "Le Géant" (The Giant), weighing at least 10 tons. which rests on two approximately 3.15 m long supporting stones. The short western part, consisting of four chipped bearing stones, narrows trapezoidally towards the west.

The finds date from the Chalcolithic period (2500 to 1800 BC) and the end of the Bronze Age (1200 to 700 BC).

Nearby are the Dolmen Aire des trois Seigneurs and Dolmen de la Plone .

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

literature

• Marcel Baudouin: Les allées couvertes coudées. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France . Vol. 14 (1917), No. 8, pp. 391-405.

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Coordinates: 44 ° 26 '24.3 "  N , 3 ° 21' 57.3"  E