Dolmen de la Frébouchère

The Dolmen of Frébouchère (aka Pierre-Couverte) is located to the north of the village of Bernard.

It probably dates from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age and is one of the largest dolmens in the region.

Long used as a sheepfold, the dolmen consists of a damaged entrance and a large rectangular chamber 3.5 metres wide, over seven metres long and two metres high, covered with a broken slab weighing more than 80 tonnes. Three supporting stones on one side and one supporting stone on the other as well as two end stones support the capstone. A tapered menhir in the chamber, which does not support the capstone, may have had religious significance.

Originally, the site was surrounded by a mound of earth. Three stones from the edge of the mound, which originally surrounded the dolmen, have been preserved.

Local floklore knows, that the dolmen is said to have been built by fairies and fadets. According to a testimony from 1840, the dolmen served as a banqueting hall on public holidays: the young girls danced on the ceiling while the old people were served wine in the burial chamber.