Allée couverte du Colombier

The Allée couverte du Colombier is a dolmen at Aubigné-Racan in the French department of Sarthe. It belongs to the group of Angevin dolmens whose main examples are around Saumur. The site is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.

The monument measures 9 m long and 4,50 m wide. Its main feature is a large chamber divided by partitions and covered by two slabs. In front is a short access corridor ending in a porch, but this part of the structure is now badly damaged.

The surviving form of the Allée couverte du Colombier reflects the layout of a covered passage leading to a chambered tomb. The porch and access corridor are especially degraded, while the large chamber remains covered by two tables. The information given provides no further details about its condition, contents, excavation, or later use.

Dolmens are generally single-chamber megalithic tombs in which two or more upright stones support a large capstone. Most date to the Late Neolithic, around 4000 to 3000 BCE, and many were once covered with earth or smaller stones to form a mound. France has about 4,500 dolmens spread across 60 departments, including the Dolmen de Bagneux at Saumur, one of the largest in Europe.

Allée couverte du Colombier is a dolmen in France. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Allée couverte du Colombier", shown in the original language.