Dolmen of Peyrelevade (Sauveterre)
The Dolmen of Peyrelevade (also called Dolmen of Sauveterre or Pèira Levada ) is located south of Sauveterre in the municipality of Gorges du Tarn Causses 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 dolmen with the rectangular, about 3.6 m long, about 15 tons weighing capstone made of limestone is a "dolmen simple".
On the plateau are also the Dolmen de la Plone , the Dolmen of Laumède , the Dolmen de la Cham , the Dolmen Aire des trois Seigneurs , the Dolmen de la Baraque de l'Estrade , the Dolmen de la Rouvière, the Dolmen de la Sivente and the Freycinel dolmen.
See also
literature
- Georges Costantini: I. Etude archéologique - Le Néolithique et le Chalcolithique des Grands Causses In: Gallia Préhistoire , 1984, pp. 121-210.
- Bruno Marc: Dolmens et Menhirs en Languedoc et Roussillon. 27 Circuits de Découverte Prehistorique. Les Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 1999, ISBN 2-85998-190-X .
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Coordinates: 44 ° 23 ′ 47 " N , 3 ° 26 ′ 45.6" E