Dolmen of Saint-Nectaire-le-Bas
The dolmen of Saint-Nectaire-le-Bas (also known as " Dolmen du Parc" or "Palet de Samson") is located in the "Parc du Dolmen" in Saint-Nectaire-le-Bas near Clermont-Ferrand in the Massif Central in the department, founded in 1890 Puy-de-Dôme in the southern French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen is located on a hill above the thermal baths and the Roman thermal baths on the Puy-de-Dôme volcano . The dolmen, made of volcanic rock, has a capstone of 3.5 × 2.5 m on five high bearing stones above a rectangular chamber.
To the southwest of Clermont-Ferrand lie / stand between 20 and 30 menhirs and dolmens , including the dolmen de la Pineyre , de la Grotte , Saillant and the L'Usteau du Loup (House of the Wolf) in Saint-Gervazy. The highest menhir in Auvergne is the Pierre du Tombeau also "Pierre Plantée de Montotoute" by Davayat (4.8 m - 16 tons) followed by the menhir Pierre Longue near Aydat (4.75 m - 15 tons) and the Pierre Plantée by Champeix .
See also
literature
- Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 45 ° 34 '53.1 " N , 2 ° 59' 40.4" E