Allée couverte des Grèves de Frécul

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The covered driveway of the Grèves de Frécul was initially located in Barbuise, before being moved to the courtyard of the Saint-Loup museum in Troyes.

Location: Originally, the covered driveway was located 100 m north of the dolmen des Grèves de Frécul, east of the farm of Frécul (in the commune of La Saulsotte, about 3.5 km east of the village) but in the wood of Charnier (in the commune of Barbuise, about 3.5 km south-south-west of the village). The immediate surroundings, in this alluvial plain of the Seine, were largely occupied in the Neolithic and Bronze Age:

Gargoulottes, on La Saulsotte and on Barbuise (buildings, monuments of the Passy type and burials of the Middle Neolithic, burials and enclosures of the Final Bronze); Freculum, on Barbuise (neolithic burials and enclosures); the Ferme du Frécul, on La Saulsotte (collective burial, dolmen de La Saulsotte destroyed in 1936; l'Érable, sur Barbuisee (Cerny enclosure, habitats and enclosures of the bronze final-Hallstatt ancient, occupation of La Tene middle-Augustéen, ancient parcellaire); The Frécule Strikes, on Barbuise (pultures, dolmen); buildings of the final Neolithic between the Farm of the Frécul and the Gargoulottes;...