LE DOLMEN DES FADOS
	“Historic Monument THE FAERIES DOLMEN Megalithic tomb constructed more than 5000 years ago”
This monument is the largest dolmen tomb in the Midi region of France, it consists of a Megalithic gallery twenty four metres long, divided into three sections.   A corridor of twelve metres, built of pillars and dry stone walling.   An antechamber, six metres long with a huge stone “table” for a roof, estimated to be between nine and ten tonnes in weight.   A final cell, separated by a thick stone slab.
Dolmen : prehistoric megalithic sepulchre formed by a large unhewn stone resting on two or more unhewn uprights. [Breton, tol, table; men, stone.]
Fados : probably Occitan for Faeries. [Fades in Catalan.]
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