Okabé necropolis
The necropolis of Okabe (also Cromlechs of Okabe / Occabé or Cromlechs of Ilarrita ) is located on an approximately 1,350 meter high plateau north of the eponymous, 1466 m high mountain Okabe in Lecumberry in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France , near the border with Spain . It consists of 26 stone circles , locally called Cromlech or in Basque Harrespil .
Excavations have revealed pavement and remains of charcoal and ashes in the center of the circles. The burials suggest that it is a necropolis .
The site has been protected as a Monument historique since 1956 .
- Okabé necropolis
See also
literature
- Jacques Blot: Bilan de vingt années de recherches protohistoriques en Pays basque de France , Hommage au Musée Basque, 1989.
- Jacques Blot: Les cromlechs d'Errozate et d'Okabe (Basse Navarre) , in: Munibe , Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, San Sebastián, vol. 29 (1977), no. 1-2, pp. 77-96. ( online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacques Blot: Les cromlechs d'Errozate et d'Okabe (Basse Navarre) , p. 85.
Web links
Commons : Cromlechs d'Ilarrita - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Cromlechs d'Ilarrita ou d'Okabe in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '31.9 " N , 1 ° 6' 35.8" W.