Gallery tomb of Dampsmesnil
The gallery grave of Dampsmesnil ( French Allée couverte d'Aveny ) is located in the forest 1.6 km northeast of the village of Dampsmesnil , between Gisors and Vernon in the Eure department in Normandy in France . The complex was built by the bearers of the so-called Seine-Oise-Marne culture (SOM culture) between 2500 and 2000 BC. Built in BC. It has been an inventory of the region's monument preservation list since 1907.
The covered part of the facility was nine meters long. Only two of the at least four cap stones have been preserved intact. The access consists of a half-destroyed, round perforated plate. The opening, which was quite large here, was used to accommodate the locking stone, which was lost. The facility has a short anteroom that is now open at the top. Your ceiling part has been relocated. It is possible that the complex was originally covered by a mound of earth. Despite plundered by grave robbers were human bones , fragments of skulls and teeth of bears , horses and dogs as well as pottery shards , polished axes and arrowheads from flint found.
The highlight of the facility is the sculpture on the entrance stone. She is known as the "goddess of death" ( French Déesse de la mort , German "dolmen goddess" ) or "goddess of fertility". It is the oldest representation in Normandy. It is considered part of a world heritage, of which there are only seven examples in France. Resin cast copies are shown in various museums.
- Sketches of the investigations in the 19th century
Sketch from 1894 - cross section
Sketch from 1894 - basic plan
Sketch from 1897 - longitudinal section
Sketch from 1897 - details and finds
Sketch from 1894 - rock carving
The gallery tomb has been registered as a monument historique since 1907 .
See also
literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie . Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ N , 1 ° 39 ′ 1 ″ E