Caillère dolmen

The Caillère dolmen, also called the Montsabert dolmen, is a dolmen at Coutures in the French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is also known as Cave Cinq pierres (St-Pierre).

Its chamber is square and is bounded by four orthostats, or upright stones. The entrance is on the south side. Because the dolmen was reused, the entrance is now built up with masonry and includes a small stair leading into the chamber.

According to Bodin, the dolmen probably had an entrance chamber that has since disappeared. The monument was once considered destroyed, but it was rediscovered in 1931 by J. et C. Fraysse. Its dating, based on typological comparison, places it between 4000 BCE and 3000 BCE.

Dolmens of this kind generally belong to the Late Neolithic, around 4000 to 3000 BCE. Many were originally covered with earth or smaller stones to form a mound. France has about 4,500 dolmens scattered across 60 departments, and western France contains some of Europe’s oldest megalithic monuments.

Caillère dolmen is a dolmen in Coutures, France. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Dolmen de Montsabert", shown in the original language.