Rugles dolmen
The Dolmen de Rugles (also known as Dolmen de la Forge or La Noë Dolmen) is a dolmen located about 70 m from a small road on the west side of the river Risle between the communes of Rugles and Ambenay in the Eure department , at L'Aigle in the neighboring Orne département is located in Normandy in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Rugles dolmen consists of a chamber and a remnant of a passage. The approximately 2.8 m long and 2.5 m wide chamber consists of three approximately 1.0 m high supporting stones, on which an approximately square capstone with a side length of approximately 3.9 m lies. The chamber floor is paved with large stones. There was a fourth stone on the side of the river, but it has disappeared. The visible height of the structure lying in the ground is only 0.5 m.
- Rugles dolmen
Drawing from 1902
Drawing by Léon Coutil 1896
Drawing by Léon Coutil 1896
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literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie. Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Entry no.PA00099299 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 5.3 " N , 0 ° 42 ′ 48.2" E