Dolmen de Chantepierre

The Dolmen de Chantepierre is a dolmen at Broc in the French département of Maine-et-Loire. It is a small megalithic tomb, a type of monument especially widespread in France, where many dolmens were built as single chambers with upright stones supporting a large capstone and were later covered with earth or smaller stones to form a mound.

Eight thin orthostates form the monument. They are low, reaching at most 0,90 m, or were set deeply into the ground. Although their arrangement is irregular, the main axis of the chamber and its entrance remain clear. A short passage opens into a pentagonal chamber.

The whole structure is covered by a single circular, domed capstone measuring about 2 m across and about 1 m thick. Part of the tumulus is still visible. The Dolmen de Chantepierre is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.

The monument was classified as a historic monument on 17 June 1983 because of its exceptional interest. Its name seems to refer to a legend of a sounding or singing stone. Monuments of this kind in France usually date to the Late Neolithic, about 4000 to 3000 BCE.

Dolmen de Chantepierre is a dolmen in Broc, 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 Chantepierre", shown in the original language.