This couple travels in the footsteps of dolmens and menhirs. The duo drew up an inventory of the megaliths of Corrèze. We went to meet them.
They have been dolmen hunters for seven years. This couple, passionate about history, leads the investigation in search of megaliths and Neolithic burials.
The couple follows in the footsteps of the megaliths.
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After Vienne, Haute-Vienne and Creuse, it’s time for Corrèze. The duo walks in the footsteps of the Palin dolmen, in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche, a 5,000-year-old funerary monument.
“The Gauls also used them. They also practiced cremation, which is why we were also able to find ash in these dolmens. I repeat, it was not at all the Gauls who built these monuments, but truly peoples who invented culture and livestock farming,” says Josette Marteau-Château enthusiastically.
Josette Marteau-Château is passionate about megaliths.
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Coming from the Middle East, these people colonized Europe and created polished stone tools. They also set up a social organization capable of cooperating to excavate and transport these stones weighing several tons.
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Two enthusiasts have drawn up an inventory of the megaliths of Corrèze. The couple takes you on a journey among dolmens and menhirs. Encounter.
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Josette looks at the dolmen with admiration, paying attention to the smallest detail. : “It always moves me when I am faced with a well-preserved monument like that, to imagine these people, who built this with means that we can no longer imagine. These human forces”, underlines- She.
During their research, the two amateur archaeologists identified thirty-seven megaliths in Corrèze: menhirs, cromlechs, dolmens which they patiently immortalized throughout the seasons.
Benoît Château is passionate about megaliths.
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“It’s not about immortalizing them, but about bringing them to life, explains Benoît Château. First, they live in different lights. There is a real interest, both documentary and aesthetic.”
The couple compiled their knowledge of megaliths into a book.
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There is a real interest, both documentary and aesthetic.
Benoît Château.passionate about megaliths
These immortal stones are a source of legend and ritual, of mystery. The couple brought together their knowledge in an erudite and poetic book in the footsteps of the first Corréziens, which is entitled “Dolmens and Menhirs of Corrèze, legends and walks.”
