Les Palets de Gargantua

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Les Palets de Gargantua

The dolmen Les Palets de Gargantua (locally as "Pierre Levée" called) is a large (probably angevinischer) Dolmen of sandstone . It is located near Loches on the Champ de l'Ormeau, between Charnizay and Obterre about 2.0 km northeast of Charnizay in the Touraine in the southeast of the Indre-et-Loire department in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The ceiling slab of the dolmen measures around 4.2 × 6.0 m and is said to weigh over 50 tons. It consists of three preserved panels: One lies on the floor, another is vertical and the ceiling panel leans on the vertical one.

The dolmen is associated with the legend of Gargantua . It says that Gargantua wanted to throw stones, which his wife had worn in her wedding apron, into a "ring" about 30 km away on the menhir of Civray-sur-Esves. The dolmen was saved from destruction by the prehistoric society of France and placed under protection.

There is the dolmen of the same name Palet-de-Gargantua in Torcé-en-Vallée in the Sarthe department ; and the one in a field west of Brizay (also Département Indre-et-Loire) and the menhir Quenouille de Gargantua .

literature

  • G. Cordier: Les "palets de Gargantua" (Dolmen), commune de Charnizay (Indre-et-Loire) In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France 1951, Volume 48, No. 7, pp. 352-353.
  • M. Gruet: Dolmens angevins à portique In. Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France 1956 Volume 53, No. 7, pp. 397-401.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Angevin dolmens occur particularly in the Maine-et-Loire department. You have a separate lower access part z. B. Dolmen of Corzé, Dolmen de la Forêt in Gennes, Dolmen Pierre Couverte (Pontigné) in Pontigné, Dolmen of Suette

Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '29.3 "  N , 1 ° 0' 37.8"  E