Pont mégalithique by Eyne

The Pont mégalithique von Eyne is a clapper bridge , a simple bridge ( French Pont en dalle de pierre ) over a mountain stream in the valley of Eyne near Font-Romeu in the western part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France .

The 1715 m high Pont megalithique of Eyne is a structure made up of rocks that may have formed a bridge in the National Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees as early as the Neolithic Age .

Nearby are the dolmen of La Borda , Els Pasquerets , the Lo Pou stone box as well as the menhirs del Molí d'Eina and Pla del Bosc and the "Roque del Traginers" ( German rock of the porters ).  

See also

• Clapper bridge

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Because of the simple construction and the large stone material used, a prehistoric (megalithic) origin of the bridges was often assumed, but most of them were only built in the Middle Ages or later as part of much-used paths

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• Description and pictures (English)

Coordinates: 42 ° 28 '55.6 "  N , 2 ° 4' 7.6"  E