Dolmen of Sainte-Madeleine
Dolmen of Sainte-Madeleine From Glyn Daniel's book 'Megaliths in History' 1972: "The capstone was fourteen and a half feet long by twelve foot broad by three and a half feet thick, supported by columns of Romanesque design with twelfth-century capitals. The site was originally a single simple rectangular chamber: each pillar was inserted separately under the capstone and the site was translated into a Christian chapel. On the underside of the capstone you will find today two incised symbols - a cross and a hafted axe. Here indeed, in art and architecture, the elder faith and Christianity appear to be wedded." This dolmen was transformed in the Middle Ages into a chapel, with columns surmounted by carved capitals. Excavations carried out in 1878 made it possible to discover a medieval burial ground with a jug and a terracotta altar-cruet. This unusual chapel was classified as a historic monument in 1900. According to local legend St. Madeleine arrived on the isla...