Lieussanes dolmen

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The two dolmens of Lieussanes (also called dolmen of LLusanes, Barraca, Llossannes or Tarerach ) are located south of Tarerach , near Prades in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France . They lie in a jumble of stones, holm oaks and juniper bushes . It is rare to find two dolmens so closely spaced in the region . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

Structurally, dolmen 1 roughly corresponds to the dolmen of Campoussy . Its roughly square capstone measures around 2.0 × 2.0 m. With a maximum length of around 3.3 m, a width of 2.35 m and a height of 1.0 meters, the dolmen is one of the larger in the region. It was first mentioned in 1921 by Pierre Vidal, published in 1950 by Pierre Ponish, but only excavated by Jean Abélanet in 1987. Inside there were remains from different eras. There were remains from the Neolithic , Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages .

Dolmen 2, which has similar dimensions, is no longer covered. Its thin, large supporting stones are U-shaped, but are broken or inclined outwards.

See also

literature

  • Jean Abélanet: Itinéraires mégalithiques: dolmens et rites funéraires en Roussillon et Pyrénées nord-catalanes , Canet, Trabucaire, 2011, ISBN 9782849741245
  • Jean Clottes: Dolmens et Menhirs du Midi. Edition Loubatiéres, Portet-sur-Garonne 1987, ISBN 2-86266-048-5 , ( Terres du Sud 26).

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Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′ 22.9 "  N , 2 ° 30 ′ 39.1"  E