Rigoule dolmen

The ideal “dolmen with corridor” ( French dolmen à couloir ) here in the tumulus

The Dolmen of Rigoule , surrounded by a number of menhirs , is located near the hamlet of Lavagnes, north of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert , near Lodève in the Hérault department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The Rigoule Dolmen is one of the best-preserved dolmen à couloir (Gangdolmen) in the region. The small dolmen, covered by a 3.3 m long and 1.7 m wide ceiling plate, lies in the remains of its cairn in which the entrance canal is clearly visible but without stones.

The Menhir du Lacam des Lavagnes is around 150 m away .

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs of the Midi

literature

• N. Bec Drelon: Les dolmens à antichambre du Causse de l'Hortus (Hérault): architecture et mobilier. Mémoire de Master II, Vol 1 ( online )
• Jean Clottes: Dolmens et Menhirs du Midi . Edition Loubatiéres, Portet-sur-Garonne 1987, ISBN 2-86266-048-5 ( Terres du Sud 26).

Web links

• Description Engl. and pictures

Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 3 ° 31 ′ 59.3 ″  E