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Origin and history

The Dolmen du Gouty, located in Valderiès in the Occitanie region, is a megalithic monument whose precise dating is not mentioned in the available sources. This type of structure, characteristic of prehistory, generally served as a collective burial or ritual place for neolithic communities. Dolmens, widespread in southern France, illustrate funeral practices and beliefs of ancient societies.

In Valderiès, as in other rural areas of Occitania, these monuments mark the landscape and recall human occupation for millennia. Their preservation allows us to study the construction techniques and social organization of the people of the period.