Dolmen du Coll de la Llosa

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The Coll de la Llosa dolmen is a megalithic structure located on the border of the communes of Bouleternère, Casefabre, and Saint-Michel-de-Llotes in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales in the Occitanie region. The corridor dolmen is surrounded by a tumulus measuring ten meters in diameter, and is covered with a slab being numerical engravings in the form of crosses and cup marks. Its function is likely that of a collective burial of the chamber or corridor type; it dates from the 4th millennium BC, which would link it to the Neolithic culture of the south Chasseen, well identified in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Geography: The dolmen is located on a pass called Coll de la Llosa, at an altitude of 592 m, in the Aspres natural region in the eastern foothills of the Canigou massive, to the east of the Pyrenees mountain range. Like all the other dolmens in the region, the archaeological site is located on a high point overlooking the surrounding area. The Coll de la Llosa dolmen has the added distinction of dominating the deep valley of the Boulès river to the west, just above one of its springs. Administratively, it is located in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales...