Tumuli de Champ-Châlon
Champ-Châlon Tumuli B and C · Benon Tumuli
Middle Neolithic·Poitou-Charentes Atlantic·🇫🇷 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Charente-Maritime, Benon, France
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About Tumuli de Champ-Châlon
Neolithic necropolis on the Champ-Châlon plateau at Benon, Charente-Maritime, comprising Tumuli A, B, C and D (registered Monument historique PA00105322, 1992) built c.4000–3500 BCE. Tumulus B and C are large trapezoidal mounds with passage graves and Angoumoisin chambers; Tumulus A is a long mound. The group forms a regional counterpart to Bougon, 50 km northeast, linking Poitou-Charentes megalithism.
Why it mattersNeolithic necropolis on the Champ-Châlon plateau at Benon, Charente-Maritime, comprising Tumuli A, B, C and D (registered Monument historique PA00105322, 1992) built c.4000–3500 BCE. Tumulus B and C are large trapezoidal
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Tumuli sequence versus Bougon
Theories
- 01Plateau necropolis landscape
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000–3500 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Poitou-Charentes Atlantic
- Purpose
- Tumuli with passage graves
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000–3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1329 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
46.2025° N · 0.8125° W · 35 m · 2 mapped features
Tumulus B passage grave
passage tombTrapezoidal mound with Angoumoisin passage grave, registered MH PA00105322
46.2025° N · 0.8125° WTumulus C passage grave
passage tombAdjacent trapezoidal mound with chamber, paired with B
46.2023° N · 0.8123° W
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