Pierre Levée du Grand Gât

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The dolmen la Pierre Levée du Grand Gât ( German  "The raised rock of the Grand Gat" ) is a Neolithic megalithic complex near the village of Moutiers-sous-Argenton , since January 1, 2016 part of the newly formed municipality of Argentonnay , in the Deux-Sèvres department in France . It stands in a narrow strip of forest on a dirt road about 1.0 km south of the village, about 300 m west of municipal road No. 1 (Route de la Chapelle) to La Chapelle Gaudin.

The dolmen is located on private land and has been registered and protected as a Monument historique since 1970 .

A huge cover plate rests on several supporting stones . The chamber below is about 3.0 × 2.0 m in size; the back end stone is missing. On the southeast side there are several large, mostly overturned bearing stones, which probably once formed the entrance and an antechamber.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ There are a number of dolmens in France called La Pierre Levée .
  2. ^ Dolmen dit La Pierre Levée du Grand Gât in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 35.2 "  N , 0 ° 23 ′ 30.5"  E