Dolmen du Prédaire

  • Dolmen du Prédaire
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  • Dolmen du Prédaire
  • Dolmen du Prédaire
  • Dolmen du Prédaire
  • Dolmen du Prédaire
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Presentation

The Prédaire dolmen is located in the south-east of Pornic towards La Bernerie on the seashore. It's set on a rocky ground called "Le Prédaire".
This severely damaged megalithic site is one of the transept dolmens found on both sides of the Loire estuary.
This monument , also known as the Pré d'Air dolmen, is made up of scattered blocks of sandstone and slabs in place that delineate its different parts quite clearly.
To the west, the main terminal chamber was partly covered by an imposing block which, for safety reasons, was removed nearby in 2003.
The location of the corridor and the two other chambers can still be seen on the ground.

Baron Olivier de Wismes (1814-1887), a learned man from Nantes, carried out archaeological the site in 1878. In the drawings he made on this occasion
Baron Wismes accurately depicts the "basin stone" characteristic of the site
characteristic of the site, which also earned it the name of the "Pierre Creusée dolmen".

The funerary furnishings he discovered are kept at the Musée Dobrée in Nantes. It consists of :
  • an oval fibrolite pendant,
  • a round pendant,
  • two Grand Pressigny flint daggers (knives),
  • a small axe and a fragment of an axe,
  • fragments of pottery
  • and flint fragments.
This dolmen has been listed as a historic monument since 1983.
 
Situated 500 metres to the east of the Fontaine aux Bretons beach, the dolmen is accessible via the coastal path, following the fishing huts tour hiking trail.
Information
  • PERIOD OF SITE OR HISTORIC MONUMENT :
    • Prehistoric
  • MEGALITH :
    • Dolmen
  • Geographical zone :
    • Pornic

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Le dolmen du Prédaire
Lieu-dit Le Prédaire
Le Clion sur Mer
44210
PORNIC
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Latitude : 47.09820
Longitude : -2.06618
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Dolmen du Prédaire
Lieu-dit Le Prédaire
Le Clion sur Mer
44210
PORNIC
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