Tumulus du Montioux
The approximately 26.0 m long Tumulus du Montioux , located south of the necropolis of Bougon in the Deux-Sèvres department in France , was not scientifically discovered until the 19th century.
The burial mound was used as a quarry until the 1920s . Excavations and restorations took place between 1975 and 1981, which led to its classification in the Middle Neolithic between 4600 and 3500 BC. Allow continuous use until the Iron Age (around 1100 BC). Two further tumuli at this location have been removed except for sparse remains.
Remains of two burial chambers are partially preserved. The ceiling design can no longer be recognized. The chambers are coaxial to a narrow stone- paved corridor, about 10 meters long. Large stone slabs formed the walls and the wide gaps between the slabs are closed by dry masonry .
literature
- Marcel Bizard, Georges Germond: L'architecture du tumulus A du Montiou à Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 1984; Volume 81, Numéro 8, pp. 246-252
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- Description French
- Tumulus dit du Montioux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Ensemble des deux tumulus à chambres dolméniques, appelés tumulus du Montiou in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 14 ′ 49.8 ″ N , 0 ° 3 ′ 45.1 ″ E