Dolmen des Aguals

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The Dolmen des Aguals is a dolmen that was built on the ridge line overlooking a large doline, the Combe de l'Ours (comune of Montbrun in the Lot department). In fact, it lies exactly on the administrative boundary that separates this commune from that of Gréalou, a cadastral boundary to which it is likely to have served as a reference. Because of this location, it is sometimes also called Dolmen de la Combe de l'Ours, which can lead to confusion with two other dolmens who also bear this name (Dolmens de la Combe de l'Ours), several hundred meters distant and entirely located in the commune of Montbrun.

The site was searched by Jean-Pierre Lagasquie in the early 2000s. This building, which is large in comparison with other buildings in Lotois, is an amazing synthesis: "It has the central quartish cairn classic, an internal circle of erect stones, and an orientation to the rising sun, which is probably indicative of an Atlantic influence." This dolmen benefited from "a remarkable continuity of funeral use of the site". It was the subject of an inscription to historical monuments by order of 19...