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FAIERIES DOLMEN - Megalithic tomb

This monument is the largest “ corridor ” type dolmen tomb in the Midi region of France, it consists of a Megalithic gallery twenty four metres long, divided into three sections.

A corridor of twelve metres, built of pillars and dry stone walling.

An antechamber, six metres long with a huge stone “table” for a roof, estimated to be between nine and ten tonnes in weight.

A final cell, separated by a thick stone slab.

Also known by the following names:
Le dolmen Lo Morrel dos Fados
Morrèl de las Fadas - (côteau des Fées)
Dolmen de las Fadas

It was built around 3,500 years BC by a people called the “ Véraza ”



“ THE FAIERIES DOLMEN ”

Megalithic tomb constructed
more than 5000 years ago.

Close by the village of Pépieux, Aude.

Dolmen : prehistoric megalithic sepulchre formed by a large unhewn stone resting on two or more unhewn uprights. [Breton, tol, table; men, stone.]
Fados : probably Occitan for Faieries. [Fades in Catalan.] For more photos see : www.midiphotobank.com

 

 

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