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16 - 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
The site is open access, leave your vehicle near the entrance and walk or cycle for about 150 m.
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September 2022
Friday 16
08:00 - 22:00
Saturday 17
08:00 - 22:00
Sunday 18
08:00 - 22:00
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Dolmen de la Frébouchère

Dolmen de la Frébouchère, 85560 LE BERNARD
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire

Dolmen de la Frébouchère

One of the biggest megaliths in Vendée! Must see!
16 - 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
The site is open access, leave your vehicle near the entrance and walk or cycle for about 150 m.
Registration
Pour la Mairie Le Bernard - BOUSSAIS

It is an Angevin-style dolmen with a portico-shaped corridor, two pillars of which remain. A slab resting on the ground in the north-east of the chamber could correspond to the cover table of the portico. The dolmen is oriented to the south-east. The chamber, rectangular in shape, measures 7.20 m long and 3.50 m wide on average. Inside the chamber, there is a column-shaped stone, which does not support the cover and whose function remains unknown. The chamber is covered with a single cover table, 8.30 m long and 5.50 m wide and 0.65 m thick, the weight of which is estimated at more than 80 t. It was broken in two parts by lightning in 1793, according to Abbé Baudry, in 1815 according to Léon Audé. In reality, the fracture could be much older or it could be two slabs neatly accoles1. The granite blocks could come from a quarry identified 50 m further west. The remains of the pear-shaped tumulus are visible to the south of the monument, visible since the new development.
The menhirs de la Frébouchère, satellite menhirs of the dolmen, are located a few hundred meters north and north-east of the dolmen.
No archaeological material was found but some lithic objects, including a polished axe, were found nearby during surface surveys. (Source wikipedia) Many Neolithic objects from the town of Bernard are presented at the Historial de la Vendée. Booklet available in town hall from Monday to Friday from 9am to 12:30pm

Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thème 2022
Patrimoine durable
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Dolmen de la Frébouchère
Dolmen de la Frébouchère, 85560 LE BERNARD
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire
The biggest dolmen in Vendée
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice rural, Site archéologique
Access
Park on the side of the road and the dolmen is accessible on foot by a 50m path.
ECOLE DES DOLMENS LE BERNARD