Dolmen of Pech Laglaire
The three dolmens of Pech Laglaire (or Pech Laglayre; locally also called Dolmens du Mas-de-Pégouriès ) are located on the Pech Laglaire in Gréalou in the Lot department in France, in close proximity to each other, within a radius of around 200 meters. Dolmens 1 and 2 were classified as Historic Monuments in 1978 . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
Dolmen 1
Dolmen 1 is at the highest point of the hill ( location ). Its chamber is about 3.5 m long, 1.0 m wide and 0.8 m high. The table-shaped dolmen consists of two lateral supporting stones, the end stone and the single ceiling plate. The dolmen, open to the southeast, is located in the remains of a stone hill about 10 m in diameter. In the immediate vicinity of the dolmen there are two limestone slabs on the ground. This could indicate that the original was a double dolmen.
Dolmen 2
It is a simple Caussenard ( Lage ) type dolmen . The orthostats and the ceiling plate, which weighs around seven tons, define a 0.8 m high square chamber of 2.5 × 2.0 m. The dolmen, open to the northwest, lies in the remains of a ten-meter-long square or trapezoidal stone hill . Restorations and an archaeological study were carried out in 2013.
Dolmen 3
The dolmen is badly damaged ( location ). Two bearing stones and a piece of a ceiling plate have been preserved. The chamber was filled with gravel. The burial mound is well preserved.
Some of the funerary objects discovered during previous excavations are in the Cahors Museum.
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