Dolmen of Mons
The dolmen of Mons (also called Dolmen du Chausse or Dolmen du Chausse 1 ) is located between the hamlets of Mons and Saint-Flour in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in France . The as in Mons tumulus signposted dolmen lies west of the A75 motorway. The dolmen is part of a series of a dozen Tumuli de Chausse (three are better preserved) that form a necropolis . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The small simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ) is located on the south side of its approximately 2.0 m high cairn made of volcanic rock with a diameter of about 16.0 m. The dolmen has a protruding capstone of about 2.3 × 1.6 m, which rests on the approximately 2.0 × 1.0 m measuring chamber made of basalt plates , two side plates and an end stone. The chamber, which is open to the south, is full of loose rubble .
Because of its state of preservation and the interest it generated when it was discovered and excavated in the 19th century, it is one of the most famous megalithic structures in the Auvergne.
The dolmen was classified as a monument historique in 1980 .
Nearby is the Touls dolmen .
See also
literature
- Daniel Martin: L'identité de l'Auvergne: mythe ou réalité historique: essai sur une histoire de l'Auvergne des origines à nos jours. Editions Créer, 2002, 717 p. ( ISBN 978-2909797700 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dolmen du Chausse. In: Mérimée database . French Ministry of Culture , accessed January 14, 2017 (French).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′ 35.9 " N , 3 ° 6 ′ 54.4" E