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  6. Dolmen de la Roche aux Loups à Buthiers

 Dolmen de la Roche aux Loups à Buthiers en Seine-et-Marne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine Celtique
Dolmens
Seine-et-Marne

Dolmen de la Roche aux Loups à Buthiers

    Chemin de Paris
    77760 Buthiers
Photo de Dolmen de la Roche aux Loups à Buthiers
Crédit photo : Thor19 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Néolithique
Âge du Bronze
Âge du Fer
Antiquité
Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
4100 av. J.-C.
4000 av. J.-C.
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0
1800
1900
2000
Néolithique
Estimated construction period
XIXe siècle
Search by Albert and Paul Leroy
26 novembre 1973
Classification of historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Dolmen (Case ZH 3): Order of 26 November 1973

Key figures

Albert Leroy - Archaeologist Conducted excavations in the 19th century.
Paul Leroy - Archaeologist Albert Leroy's collaborator during the excavations.
Eliane Basse de Ménorval - Archaeologist Issued a hypothesis on the covered driveway.
Paul de Mortillet - Prehistory Documented the dolmen in 1911.
Alain Bénard - Archaeologist Studyed the megaliths of Seine-et-Marne.

Origin and history

The Dolmen de la Roche aux Loups is a megalithic monument located in the commune of Buthiers in the Seine-et-Marne department of Île-de-France. This dolmen, partially damaged, consists of seven orthostates and two sandstone tables of Fontainebleau. It is 3.55 meters long, and its slabs are now inclined towards the inside of the room. According to the archaeologist Eliane Basse de Menorval, it could be the end of an old covered driveway, the rest of which would have disappeared.

A brief 19th-century excavation by Albert and Paul Leroy revealed fragmented human bones, cut flint fragments and neolithic pottery fragments. These elements attest to a funeral and ritual use during prehistory. The dolmen was classified as historical monuments by decree of 26 November 1973, thus recognizing its heritage importance.

Historical sources, including the works of Paul de Mortillet (1911) and Alain Bénard (2009), document this site among the megaliths of Seine-et-Marne. Its present state, with displaced pillars and inclined slabs, reflects the alterations suffered over the centuries. Despite these degradations, there remains a valuable testimony of neolithic funeral practices in Île-de-France.

External links

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