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Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

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Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

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Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

Name: Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille
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Location: Juillé, Confolens, New Aquitaine, France

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Top cycling routes to Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

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1. Mansle – Saint-Amant-de-Boixe Abbey loop from Fontenille

105km

06:30

910m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Mansle – The Quai de Montignac loop from Mansle

46.4km

02:54

380m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Bois des Chaumelles loop from Fontenille

33.1km

02:05

250m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Stéphane Leblanc

September 24, 2021

The dolmen of Petite Pérotte and its neighbor of Grosse Pérotte belonged to a vast group of funerary monuments dating from the Neolithic period (4500 to 4000 years BC)
Its table, that is to say the enormous stone resting on vertical pillars, weighs about 40 tonnes and comes from a cliff on the banks of the Charente 4 or 5 km away ... In the Neolithic period, the dolmen was not visible: it is covered with a stone and earth construction called a tumulus.
A covered corridor allows entry into the burial chamber. The excavations and then the restorations carried out in 2012 and 2013 made it possible to materialize on the ground the influence of this circular tumulus, the corridor and a secondary chamber under a stone table now resting directly on the ground.

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: Juillé, Confolens, New Aquitaine, France

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Dolmens of Grosse Pérotte and Petite Pérotte in Fontenille

1. Mansle – Saint-Amant-de-Boixe Abbey loop from Fontenille

2. Mansle – The Quai de Montignac loop from Mansle

3. Bois des Chaumelles loop from Fontenille

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