dolmen dit l'Autel du Loup

The Dolmen dit l'Autel du Loup, also called the hôtel du Loup, is a Neolithic funerary monument on the commune of Sault in the Vaucluse, France. It lies on the heights above the village, in the woods of the Défends, east of the Hippodrome de Deffends.

Along with the dolmen de l'Ubac at Goult and the Dolmen de la Pichone at Ménerbes, it is one of only three known dolmens in the Vaucluse and one of the rare dolmens in Provence. The available description does not provide details about the monument’s structure, dimensions, or surviving stones.

The dolmen was already known and mentioned by the end of the XIXe siècle. Its dating is estimated from its type and places it between 4000 BCE and 3000 BCE. No further information about its discovery, excavation, or condition is given.

Dolmens of this kind in France are generally dated to the Late Neolithic, about 4000 to 3000 BCE. A dolmen is a single-chamber megalithic tomb made with two or more upright stones supporting a large capstone, and many were originally covered with earth or smaller stones to form a mound.

dolmen dit l'Autel du Loup is a dolmen in Sault, 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 dit l'Autel du Loup", shown in the original language.