Le Trépied
The Dolmen Le Trépied (also called Le Catioroc; German "the tripod" ) is a Tomb passage on the Channel Island of Guernsey that was built during the Neolithic Age (4000 to 2500 BC) . It is located in the Colin Best Nature Reserve (L'Erée Aerodrom) at Fort Saumarez, near the road on the Le Catioroc headland on Perelle Bay in the parish of Saint Savior.
description
Le Trépied is an approximately 5.5 m long and at its widest point two meters wide V-shaped megalithic complex with three cap stones (from which the name is derived), one of which was replaced in its original position in the 1870s. Inside (similar to Le Dehus ) there are two longitudinal pillars in the middle of the chamber. There are no traces of a hill.
Finds
Whereas the excavation of Frederick Corbin Lukis (1788-1871), an amateur archaeologist who in 1840 discovered pottery and arrowheads from flint come about dating from the years 1800's. And show that the facility was reused .
Legends
As with many prehistoric monuments, there are legends surrounding the place, but this dolmen is particularly associated with witchcraft. The complex was mentioned several times in the witch trials of the 17th century as a meeting place for witches and a venue for their Sabbaths. The witches' sabbaths are eight times a year like the solstice and equinox celebrations, which are said to have been attended by the devil in the form of a black goat. One story goes that the witches chanted the Virgin Mary, whose shrine of “Notre Dame de Lihou” once stood on the nearby island of Lihou , which can be seen from the headland on which the tomb stands.
About a kilometer away is the Dolmen Le Creux ès Faïes , which is also legendary.
See also
literature
- Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . 2005; ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '36.5 " N , 2 ° 38' 33" W.