La Pierre Levée by Soubise
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La Pierre Levée von Soubise (also called Pierre du Diable) is located on Rue du Dolmen near the D38 road between Brem-sur-Mer and Bretignolles-sur-Mer in the Vendée department in France .
The simple dolmen - Dolmen is the generic term for megalithic systems of all kinds in France (see: French nomenclature ) - with its 2.5 by 2.0 meter, 45 cm thick capstone made of quartzite , which rests on three supporting stones, lies on private property . More stones lay scattered on the remains of the burial mound. The unusual shape for France, with the sloping capstone, is reminiscent of portal tombs on the British Isles .
The dolmen, around which there are some legends, is one of several boulders , menhirs or stone tables with this name (Allinges, Arq, Artas, Beuvry, Jambes, Haillot , Lécluse - also in the plural as "Les Pierres") in Belgium , France and in Switzerland, it was on a large piece of open grassland until 2005, when it was moved near the roundabout on the D38.
In 1901 the remains of three bodies were found here.
Footnotes
- ↑ There are a number of dolmens in France called La Pierre Levée ( Dolmen de la Pierre Levée ).
literature
- Georges Lacouloumere, Marcel Baudouin: Les Megalithes de Bretignolles: Dolmen de la Pierre Levee de Soubise, Le Faux-Menhir de la Pierre-Rouge, La Pierre de la Bouchetiere. Schleicher Freres, Paris 1904.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '42.2 " N , 1 ° 50' 57.9" W.