Pierre aux Loups
The Allée couverte de la Pierre aux Loups (also Dolmen Pierre au Loup called - German "stone of the Wolves" ) is located in the east of the city Seiches-sur-le-Loir in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire , in France . A dolmen of the same name is located in Joué-du-Bois in the Orne department . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Angevin-type dolmen chamber is well preserved. The approximately four meter long capstone rests on three supporting stones. Only one stone remains from the corridor. The covering by a stone or earth mound has also been completely removed. There are several structures or megaliths in France with the name part “aux or de-Loup (s)” (e.g. the Dolmen de la Roche-aux-Loups , the “Table du Loup” or the menhir la “Roche aux Loups” ").
- Pierre aux Loups
It is said that the Pierre au Loup dolmen was the home of a prostitute around 1830.
Nearby is the Dolmen du Bois de la Pidoucière .
See also
literature
- Jean-Paul Demoule: La révolution néolithique en France , 2007
Remarks
- ↑ The dolmen angevin is an allée couverte of the Loire type with a (retracted) trilith portal as an entrance, like the dolmen de la Pierre Folle in Bournand.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 13.7 " N , 0 ° 18 ′ 59.9" W.