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LE DOLMEN DES FADOS |
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| 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. |
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| 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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