A Day Seeking Dolmen Near the Coast
Getting ready to go off on another day of exploring. Our gite may not look like much from this side but once through that gray lattice door there is nothing but one WOW! after another. The areas of the coast we have been visiting have been lowlands. Today we had our first glimpse of the coast was from a promontory. We could see a small island in the distance. Sharp eyed Linda said she could see something on it, but exactly what we couldn’t tell. Birds, just birds. Not much of a sign and not so easy to find a place to park, but it didn’t matter, we were off to see our first dolmen. A very excited Linda. So, exactly what is a dolmen? It is a prehistoric burial chamber. Large upturned flat stones form the sides, and even larger flat stones placed atop them form the roof. The size is such that by bending down, we could easily walk through them. I like to think of it as Linda being in “dead guy” heaven. As long as we were near one a huge smile never left her face, somethin