Pierre Tourneresse from Cairon
The Pierre Tourneresse megalithic complex in Cairon is located near Caen in the Calvados department in Normandy in France . The remains of two Neolithic chambers, which cannot be assigned to any of the main types of French megalithic, lie in a round hill about 24 m in diameter, which is enclosed by a low dry stone wall.
Main chamber
The main chamber is located roughly in the middle of the round hill and has an approximately seven-meter-long corridor that, coming from the east, opens axially into a roughly rectangular chamber, approximately 4.5 meters long and 3.0 meters wide, made up of large orthostats is formed with intermediate masonry. There appear to have been small side niches in various places around the chamber. A large sloping niche was reproduced during the reconstruction. The capstones and the upper area of the hill have not been preserved.
- Pierre Tourneresse from Cairon
Scheme Pierre Tourneresse from Cairon
Adjoining chamber
Main chamber
Both chambers
Second chamber
The second, much smaller chamber, opens on the west side and is roughly opposite the main chamber. It is about 3.5 m long and slightly trapezoidal and opens up to a width of about 2 m. The inner end formed an apse . The chamber was made of dry masonry and probably had a cantilevered vaulted ceiling . A wall break along the north side forms a kind of niche.
Nearby are the Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville , the Pierre Debout and the Menhirs Les Grosses Devises .
literature
- Emmanuel Ghesquière, Cyril Marcigny: Cairon. Vivre et mourir au Neolithique. La Pierre Le Tourneresse en Calvados. Presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2011, ISBN 978-2-7535-1438-6 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 6.8 ″ N , 0 ° 26 ′ 29.2 ″ W.