Dolmen d'Hys - le Liège, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dragon Ball
N 47° 13.357 E 001° 05.031
31T E 354931 N 5231684
Eng/ The common le Liège in Indre et Loire, stands a Dolmen. Fra/ Sur la commune le Liège en Indre et Loire, se dresse un Dolmen.
Waymark Code: WMJ50H
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 09/25/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member snaik
Views: 6

Eng/ A 1,700 km west-south-west of Liège, 900 meters north-east of Hys, is a circular dolmen consists of a table of about 5 m in diameter covering widely supports 5 1 m to 1.60 m long buried in a mound. The interstices of the tiles from the table are blocked by a blocking stone and clay. The blocks are limestone lake (media) and pudding (table) Excavated around 1920 by Dubreuil-Chambardel, who wrote "The bronze was found along with flint tools, alongside bones belonging to a brachycephalic (skull index 81 or 82).

Fra/ A 1,700 Km Ouest-Sud-Ouest du Liège, à 900 mètres Nord-Est de Hys, se trouve un dolmen circulaire composé d’une table d’environ 5 m de diamètre recouvrant largement 5 supports de 1 m à 1,60 m de long, enfouis dans un tumulus. Les interstices des dalles de la table sont colmatés par un blocage de pierre et d’argile. Les blocs sont en calcaire lacustre (supports) et poudingue (table) Fouillé vers 1920 par Dubreuil-Chambardel, qui écrit « Le bronze a été trouvé en même temps que des instruments en silex, à côté d’ossements appartenant à un type brachycéphale (crane d’indice 81 ou 82).
Type: Dolmen

Number: 6.00

Size:
Eng/ a table of about 5 m in diameter covering widely supports 5 1 m to 1.60 m long. Fra/ une table d’environ 5 m de diamètre recouvrant largement 5 supports de 1 m à 1,60 m de long.


Source:
Gérard Cordier « Inventaire des mégalithes de la France, I. Indre-et-Loire » 1963 http://touraine-insolite.xooit.com/t50-Dolmen-d-Hys-Dolmen.htm


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