Pierre Levée (La Roche-l'Abeille)

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The dolmen Pierre Levée near the village of La Roche-l'Abeille is a Neolithic megalithic complex in the Haute-Vienne department , France . It stands about 2 km east of the village and about 800 m southwest of the La Bellaudie homestead in the middle of a field and is owned by the field owner.

An irregularly oval granite top plate rests on five vertical orthostats of different heights: four are between 1.0 and 1.5 m high, the fifth only 50 cm. The cover plate is therefore inclined. Legend has it that three shepherdesses brought the stones, but one of them was lame and could only carry a smaller stone.

The dolmen has been registered and protected as a Monument historique since May 1945 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dolmen is the generic term in France for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
  2. ↑ Pierre Levée (German: The raised rock ) or Dolmen de la Pierre Levée is the name of a number of different dolmens in France.
  3. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00100427
  4. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00100427

Coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ 43.6 "  N , 1 ° 16 ′ 20.7"  E