The Pierre Plate pass dolmen is one of the best preserved on the Causse Méjean plateau.

His chamber, covered by a large slab and open towards the east, is three meters long. According to local legends, the dolmen would have healing properties for people suffering from whooping cough.

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A dolmen (from Cornish tolmen 'stone table') is usually a tomb built from large, unhewn or hewn blocks of stone (megaliths). It consists of three or more upright supporting stones (orthostatics) on which one or more cover plates rest.[1] Dolmens are traditionally considered the simplest form of megalithic tomb.[2] In Europe, most dolmens were originally covered with mounds of stone or earth.

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The Col de la Pierre Plate, at an altitude of 1016m, obviously owes its name to the dolmen whose enormous megalith that crowns it has a perfectly flat shape.

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1. Les couronnes – loop starting from Florac Trois Rivières – Cévennes National Park

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2. Les Amoureux Rock Formations – Rochefort loop from La Croix Blanche

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3. Florac-Trois-Rivières – Les Amoureux Rock Formations loop from Florac Trois Rivières

11.6km

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570m

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Location: Florac-Trois-Rivières, Florac, Occitania, France

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Dolmen at Col de la Pierre Plate

1. Les couronnes – loop starting from Florac Trois Rivières – Cévennes National Park

2. Les Amoureux Rock Formations – Rochefort loop from La Croix Blanche

3. Florac-Trois-Rivières – Les Amoureux Rock Formations loop from Florac Trois Rivières

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