Registration as Historic Monument 26 décembre 1984 (≈ 1984)
Official dolmen protection order.
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Heritage classified
Dolmen de la Bassetière I (Case ZN 18): entry by order of 26 December 1984
Origin and history
The Dolmen de la Bassetière I is a megalithic monument located in the municipality of Sillars, in the department of Vienna. This site, registered as a Historical Monument by order of 26 December 1984, is one of the prehistoric remains still visible in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its exact location remains approximate, with an accuracy assessed as poor (level 5/10), according to the available data.
The dolmens, typical of Neolithic, were generally used as collective burials. The site of Bassetière I is part of a collection of funerary monuments scattered in the Poitou-Charentes, reflecting the cultural and religious practices of the agro-pastoral societies of the time. These stone structures often marked the landscape and played a strong symbolic role in the territorial organization of prehistoric communities.
