EXCAVATION AT THE CHAMP-CHALON MONUMENT

Excavation of the Champ-Chalon monument at Benon in Charente-Maritime has revealed (foreground) the quarry pit that supplied the small slabs for the rectangular tumulus which is being cleared (further back). To the right can be seen the access passage to a circular chamber.

(Photo © R. Joussaume)

From The World of Megaliths by Jean-Pierre Mohen