Dolmen of Praz Berthoud
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Der 2010 rekonstruierte Dolmen von Praz Berthoud liegt oberhalb von Onnens, bei Yverdon-les-Bains, im Kanton Waadt in der Schweiz.
Die Reste des etwa um 2300 v. Chr. erbauten Dolmens wurden im Jahre 2000 von einem Bulldozer beim Bau der Autobahn A5 zwischen Yverdon und Neuenburg NE freigelegt. Es ist die erste im Kanton Waadt entdeckte Megalithanlage.
Der Dolmen besteht aus großen Platten und Blöcken. Die Blöcke, die das Denkmal ursprünglich bildeten, wurden nicht alle gefunden. Von den acht dicken Felsen, aus denen der nachgebaute Dolmen besteht, sind fünf Originale, während die übrigen Nachbildungen sind. Der Dolmen liegt jetzt etwa 40,0 Meter vom Ort der Entdeckung.
Bei den Ausgrabungen stießen die Forscher auf Pfeilspitzen und Pfostenlöcher. Dies lässt darauf schließen, dass sich in der Nähe des Dolmens ein Gebäude befand.
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The Dolmen of Praz Berthoud stands above Onnens, near Yverdon-les-Bains, in the canton of Waadt, Switzerland. It is a single-chamber megalithic tomb built from large slabs and blocks. The monument was reconstructed in 2010 after its remains were exposed during roadworks.
The remains were uncovered in 2000 by a bulldozer during construction of the A5 motorway between Yverdon and Neuenburg NE. It was the first megalithic monument discovered in the canton of Waadt. The dolmen was built around 2300 v. Chr.
Not all the original blocks were recovered. Of the eight thick stones in the reconstructed dolmen, five are original, while the other three are replicas. The dolmen was moved about 40,0 meters from the place where it was found.
During excavation, researchers found arrowheads and postholes. These finds suggest that a building stood near the dolmen. Monuments of this kind usually date from the Late Neolithic period, 4000 to 3000 BCE, and were sometimes covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus, although such coverings have often eroded away.
No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen von Praz Berthoud", shown in the original language.
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Dolmen of Praz Berthoud is a dolmen in La Praz, Switzerland. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen von Praz Berthoud", shown in the original language.
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The summary at the top of this page was written by MiniMax-M3 (2026-11-08) from the cited Wikipedia article “Dolmen von Praz Berthoud”, translated from German. The numbers in it were checked automatically against the source text. The rest of the page is the article itself, the structured records and computed distances.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Dolmens
A dolmen is a single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually made of two or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone, or table. Most date from the Late Neolithic period, 4000 to 3000 BCE, and were sometimes covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus. In many dolmens the covering has eroded away, leaving only the stone skeleton. The word entered archaeology when Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne used it to describe megalithic tombs in his book of 1796.
Dolmens go by many names. In Portuguese and Galician they are antas, in Dutch hunebedden, in Danish dysser, in Swedish dösar, in Basque trikuharri, in Welsh cromlechau, in Cornwall quoits, and in Korean goindol, "propped stone". In Catalan-speaking areas folk names include cova (cave), caixa (crate or coffin), taula (table), arca (chest) and cabana (hut). The German Hünengrab and Dutch hunebed carry the word Hüne, "giant", and evoke giants buried there; that is an old explanation for monuments too large for ordinary people, and it is folklore, not evidence.
They are found in Europe, the Caucasus, the Levant, Korea and India. They are not all of one age or culture. In Europe most belong to the Neolithic, but in the Levant they are of the Early Bronze Age and in Korea they were built from the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age. The Levantine tradition is a different, unrelated one from that of Europe.
The Atlas uses this article for dolmens in countries that do not have their own article, such as Switzerland and Belgium. Dating is by typology, with absolute dates available only where a tomb has been excavated.
When visiting, look for the capstone and its supports, for traces of a mound or kerb around them, and for the direction in which the entrance faces.
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Dated moments in the story
- 2300 BCE
Die Reste des etwa um 2300 v. Chr. erbauten Dolmens wurden im Jahre 2000 von einem Bulldozer beim Bau der Autobahn A5 zwischen Yverdon und Neuenburg NE freigelegt.
Source - 2010
Der 2010 rekonstruierte Dolmen von Praz Berthoud liegt oberhalb von Onnens, bei Yverdon-les-Bains, im Kanton Waadt in der Schweiz.
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Where it stands
Switzerland
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- Coordinates
- 46°50′52″ N, 6°41′26″ EFor a GPS or map app: 46.84784, 6.69061
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
Menhirs of Corcelles2800–1800 BCE
Bonvillars Menhir2800–1800 BCE
menhir de Grandson2800–1800 BCE- Champs des Echâtelards, neolithic menhir2800–1800 BCE
- Menhir (standing stone)menhir de Saint-Aubin-Sauges2800–1800 BCE
Menhirs de Clendy- Menhir (standing stone)Menhir von Gorgier2800–1800 BCE
- Menhir (standing stone)menhirs de la forêt du Devens2800–1800 BCE
Sources
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Around this place
The ten nearest sites, by compass
- Menhirs of Corcelles0.9 km E
- Bonvillars Menhir2.1 km SW
- menhir de Grandson4.8 km SW
- Champs des Echâtelards, neolithic menhir4.8 km SW
- menhir de Saint-Aubin-Sauges6.5 km NE
- Menhirs de Clendy7.9 km S
- Menhir von Gorgier8.6 km NE
- menhirs de la forêt du Devens10 km NE
- Vauroux, Neolithic menhir12 km NE
- ensemble mégalithique de Treytel-A Sugiez12 km NE
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