In the centre of the circle lies the dolmen with its single long cover-slab.
None of the dolmens are covered by mounds.
The grandeur of an isolated mountain, even of a dolmen or single upright stone, is evident to all.
These dolmens, which were doubtless reserved for the burial of chiefs, often contain many valuable objects.
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Dolmenand long barrows are also mentioned.
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Archaeologists have unearthed small villages and megalithic burials (dolmens) from this period.
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The oldest graves consisted of wooden chambered cairns inside long barrows, but were later made in the form of passage graves and dolmens.
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The method of inhumation usually involves adolmen.
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The dolmens were constructed from glacial erratic boulders and red sandstone.
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Numerous megaliths, which local tradition attributes to a prehistoric population, are found in this area, as are ancient menhirs and almost unrecognisable dolmens.
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The localdolmenwere discovered with paintings, consisting of circular and spiral patterns, in addition to ceramics with undulating painted lines.
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Significant features include adolmen; a water supply system; a maze; and a temple site.
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The distribution of the dolmens would imply some relation to other global megalithic cultures.
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Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today.
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Stelae continued to be carved, though these were rich with geometric patterns and sometimes built out of olddolmen.
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This type of objects is known also in forest area, but very rarely and usually met there in context of dolmens.
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Not far from the megalithic tomb, is two round dolmens, one of which is heavily deteriorated though.
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The dolmens have been subject to looting over the centuries by robbers in search of treasures.
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Later, they erected dolmens for this purpose, but also continued the use of flat graves.
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