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The
Provence region in
the south of France has a more limited and less well-preserved number
of megalithic remains than the Languedoc.The dolmen or tombs are of the
passage (couloir) type with a
rectangular chamber, oriented usually
north-south. The passage always opens to the west and is covered by a
tumulus of 10-12 m. diameter with a covering of small stones. The
ruined dolmens nowadays have lost the huge covering stones over the
passage and chamber.The first dolmen date from about 2500 BC, and
probably have been re-used as burial sites into the Iron Age. |