Saillac (Tarn-et-Garonne)
Commune de Caylus
IGN SERIE BLEUE (1:25.000) 2140 E
Christianised a thousand years or so later than the dolmen at Clauzel
and much less enhancingly, this tomb, still largely-embedded in what remains
of its cairn,
is easy to find on the S side of the GR 46 long-distance footpath
about 500 metres SW of the church at Saint-Amans-le-Vieux, and 2.2 kms South
of the mediæval village of Caylus.
If the hideous iron cross and its ridiculous plinth were
removed,
it would still be unusual for the many natural basins or solution-pits on
the capstone
which has been swung to one side.
I visited this tomb in February 2006, just before a deep snowfall had finally melted.
The front of the tomb.
The tomb from the rear, photographed in mid-March.
A view from the S side showing some of the water-filled
solution-pits which recall Irish
bullauns.
About 15 kms West of Caylus, along the D.926 in the direction of Caussade
and Montauban,
are several tombs at Septfonds
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A half-hour's drive North of Caylus are the
dolmens with gariotes built on top of them at Beauregard
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South of Caylus are the many
Dolmens
of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val >
Another (less depressingly) Christianised tomb is about half an hour's drive
to the East at L'Espinassière
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