Photo "Gennes (Maine-et-Loire) Dolmen de la Pagerie ou Pierre Couverte de la Pagerie. La chambre mesure 10,65 m de long et 5 m de large intérieur, précédé d'un portique. Une dalle de fond, deux supports latéraux sud, un seul côté nord. Deux dalles de couverture. La dalle antérieure repose à terre du côté nord. De ce côté, la dalle mesure 1,20 m d'épaisseur. Ce dolmen à portique rétréci est fait en grès à vermiculures. D'après un plan de M. Léon de Lorière, au Musée St Jean d'Angers, un lusus naturae* simule une tête de bovidé sur laquelle un oeil aurait été rapporté. Fouillé en 1897, par MM d'Achon et de Farcy, un squelette avait été découvert, placé à 6 m du fond, les pieds vers l'entrée. Plus récemment, ce sont des débris de brique romaine et des éclats de silex blond qui ont été trouvés par Michel Gruet (1912-1998). Il y a un siècle se voyaient encore à l'arrière les restes du tumulus, totalement disparus depuis, à cause des travaux agricoles. lusus naturae : "caprice de la nature". Gennes Maine-et-Loire France Gennes (Maine-et-Loire) Dolmen de la Pierre-Couverte or Pagerie. The room is 10.65 m long and 5 m wide inside, preceded by a portico. A slab of bottom, two lateral supports south side, one north side. Two cover slabs. The anterior slab rests on the ground on the north side. On this side, the slab measuring 1.20 m thick. This dolmen has shrunk portico is made of sandstone has vermiculations. According to a plan Mr. Leon Lorière at St Jean d'Angers Museum, lusus naturae* simulates a bovine head on which an eye wasn reported. Excavation in 1897 by MM Achon and Farcy, a skeleton had been discovered, placed at 6 m from the bottom, feet toward the entrance. More recently, they are debris of Roman brick and flint flakes blond who have been found by Michel Gruet (1912-1998). There is a century saw still in the back of the tumulus remains totally disappeared since, due to agricultural work. lusus naturae "freak of nature"." by Daniel Jolivet (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0) / Cropped from original

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