Quatre Routes Dolmen (Marsac)
The Quatre Routes dolmen is located near the intersection of the D 42 and the D 48 north of Marsac in the Creuse department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen of Quatre Routes (Cabrerets) and the dolmen of Quatre Routes (Saint-Jean-de-Laur) , both in the Lot department, bear the same name after their location at crossroads .
The excavations date from 1986–1987 and 1995, they brought important material from the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age (2500 BC to 700 BC) despite the looting, four fire utensils (often in the burials of Poitou and Charente), one Amber pearl of about 1.5 cm in diameter, in three parts, ground axes , flint knives , artificial pearls made of: glass, green stone and brown coal (brown coal is of course not found in the limousine), arrowheads , scrapers, hammer stones and fragments of coins and horseshoes from the historical period.
The mineralogical analysis of the arrowheads shows different origins: Berry, Charente, Poitou and Touraine. A rescue excavation and sifting the excavations revealed a number of archaeological remains, ceramic fragments and flint tools, attached to the Beaker Culture remember
The monument's tumulus is a square cairn with a chamber in the middle.
literature
- Roger Joussaume, Pierrick Fouéré, Roger Crédot Jacques Roger: Dolmens des Quatre Routes et de Bois Neuf III à Marsac (Creuse). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 2002, pp. 49-80.
Web links
- Quatre Routes Dolmen (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′ 8.1 ″ N , 1 ° 34 ′ 19.5 ″ E