Peyre from Pithié
The megalithic complex Peyre von Pithié (also Peyre von Pittyé or Dolmen de Lagrabe) is located in the forest of Caillan, northeast of Fargues in the Landes department in France .
interpretation
The complex is interpreted differently, which is why it is also known as the Allée Couverte de Fargues or Dolmen de Lagrabe , depending on where you stand . The Occitan name Peyre von Pithié (stone of Pithié) actually refers to a slab a few meters from the entrance.
It is a north-west-south-east oriented complex, whose oval, low tumulus has been partially preserved. The chamber is about 5.6 m long, 0.75 m at the entrance and 1.5 m wide behind it. It consists of ten bearing stones, eight of which are made of Eocene sandstone and two of limestone . The back of the chamber was paved with two adjacent flat tiles. It is controversial that the construction belongs to the gallery graves or dolmens.
- For Alain Beyneix , it is a dolmen simple of the Western Pyrenees type , which is similar to the simple Caussenard dolmen, but with the variant in which the side walls consist of two or three orthostats lying on top of one another or nested in one another. In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
- For Julia Roussot-Laroque it is a classic gallery tomb ( Allée couverte ) with parallel walls made of orthostats of constant height. The ceiling tiles have disappeared, but a large tile that lies behind the facility could be part of it.
Finds
The complex has been mentioned since 1873 and has been looted several times. In 1925, Pierre-Eudoxe Dubalen mentions that he only discovered a few charred bones and traces of ashes. 1976 J. ROUSSOT-Larroque undertook a new excavation and found two deductions from flint .
folklore
According to local tradition, during certain phases of the moon, the Peyre basin is filled with water with healing properties, which helps those who drink it and makes women fertile.
See also
literature
- Alain Beyneix: Monuments mégalithiques en Aquitaine, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire , Éditions Alan Sutton, 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-957-1 . P. 12 and 38.
- J. Roussot-Larroque: Fargues. Allée couverte dite la Peyre de Pittyé. Informations archéologiques , In: Gallia préhistoire 21, 1978, pp. 656-657. ( online )
Web links
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ 53.3 " N , 0 ° 25 ′ 52.3" W.