Ponsat dolmen

The Dolmen of Ponsat (also Pierre Levée called) is located northwest of Saint-Georges-la-Pouge and is the largest dolmen in the department of Creuse in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The Ponsat dolmen is an angevin- type dolmen (also called the Loire- type dolmen ). It consists of nine supporting stones, which are covered by a single 4.8 × 3.0 m table. The remains of the tumulus are about 12.0 m in diameter.

The dolmen was classified as a Monument historique in 1929 .

literature

Michel Gruet: Dolmens angevins à portique . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France , Volume 53 (1956), No. 7/8, pp. 397-401. doi: 10.3406 / e.g. 1956.3355

Remarks

↑ The Dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type, mostly with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance.

Web links

Dolmen de Ponsat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Description and pictures (English)

46.0065 1.9399Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ 23.4 " N , 1 ° 56 ′ 23.6" E

[1] The Dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type, mostly with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance.