Nuisy dolmen
The Nuisy dolmen (also known as Les Pierres de Sainte-Geneviève or La Pierre Sainte Geneviève ) is located southeast of Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy , near the D 350 road to Saint-Quentin-le-Verger near Nogent-sur-Seine in the west of the Marne department in France . The dolmen was declared a monument historique in 1889 . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen is one of the rare megalithic structures in the Marne department and consists of two lateral orthostats and a 1.3 × 0.95 × 0.35 m end plate, which is supported by a protruding cover plate of 3.35 × 3.25 × 0.45 m to be covered. They form a chamber that is open to the south and is 2.25 m long, 1.35 m wide and 1.4 m high. The side stones measure 2.6 × 1.05 × 0.38 m and 2.4 × 1.18 × 0.35 m.
- Nuisy dolmen
Nearby is the Dolmen des Mardelles .
Entry no.PA00078712 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
literature
- D. Jourdain: A la découverte des mégalithes. In: A la découverte des mégalithes de l'Aube - dolmens-menhirs et polissoirs. Editions des musées de Troyes et de l'ARPEPP, 1990, ISBN 2-901635-15 , p. 80.
Web links
- Dolmen de Nuisy dit "Les Pierres de Sainte-Geneviève" in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description French and pictures
Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '0.5 " N , 3 ° 43' 22.1" E