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Dolmen de Mont-Benault

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Dolmen de Mont-Benault

Dolmen de Mont-Benault

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    Location: Beaulieu-Sur-Layon, Angers, Pays de la Loire, France

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    August 29, 2024

    A surprising archaeological vestige: the Dolmen de la Pierre Couverte de Mont-Benault.

    The latter takes its name from the place located nearby but is also called the dolmen of Loncheneau.

    It is located in the hamlet of Mont-Benault, on the edge of the departmental road 55, going from Baulieu sur Layon to La Faye d'Anjou.

    According to local legend, this dolmen was built during prehistory on a telluric zone sheltering an underground spring. However, it is difficult to know what its purpose was. Was it a funeral site or a simple shelter?

    It is made up of five large local stones, each very different. The largest stone is supported by the others, forming a sort of shelter 2 and a half meters wide by 1.40 meters high. The slabs are made of carboniferous schist and puddingstone, except for the chevet slab which is made of phtanite.
    A flint scraper was reportedly found on site
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