Dolmen Goudour

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The Dolmen Goudour, also called Pierre des Goudours or Pierre des Boudours and more recently dolmen du Cluzeau or dolmen des Vergnes, is a dolmen located in Folles in the department of Haute-Vienne in France.

History: The dolmen was the victim of several clandestine excavations, which led to Roger Crédot and Michel Dominique conducting an urgent intervention in 1973. The building was searched and restored in 2003 under the direction of Roger Joussaume.

Architecture: The cover table is broken into two parts. The first measure is 3.80 m by 3.12 m with a weight of 13.2 tonnes and the second measure is 2.10 m by 2.60 m with a weight of 7.30 tonnes. Originally, it was to reach 6 m long by 3.50 m wide with an average thickness of 0.60 m for a weight of about 30 tonnes, making it the largest known dolmen in the Limousin. The excavation of the building determined its architecture. The room is facing north-south. It is slightly trapezoidal in shape. It extends over 5.50 m in length for a width of 2.50 m at the entrance and 2.30 m at the bottom of the bedroom, or about 14 m2. The whole was bounded by eleven orthostats: two at the bottom, four...