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The Caixa de Rotllan is made of three upright stones in a H-shape, supporting a thick roofing stone and delimiting a rectangular, medium-sized chamber. The entrance faces south-east, as do many other dolmens in Pyrénées-Orientales. The building has been listed as a
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department. Some have been destroyed or are attested by old sources but have been lost and not rediscovered by modern scholars. They are all located in hilly or mountainous areas of the department, usually on a
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carried Roland's corpse back to Vallespir and buried him under this dolmen. Dolmens are actually tombs, but they were erected many centuries before the legendary knight's adventures.
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Like most of the dolmens in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Caixa de Rotllan has a simple plan — that is, without a corridor — which relates it to other dolmens from the
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was made by Alexandre-Félix Ratheau in 1866, in «Note sur un monument celtique du département» ("Note On A Celtic Monument Of The Département") published in the
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was made of pieces of abandoned granite grindstones and clarified Companyo's correction. Indeed, reading Companyo's paper, people may have thought that no
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is not a dolmen and warning its readers against the frequent confusion between some natural stones and dolmens. The first scientific description of the
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river leads near it, but one must leave this track for a 60-metre (66 yd) walk to the dolmen. The
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Itinéraires mégalithiques: dolmens et rites funéraires en Roussillon et Pyrénées nord-catalanes
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dolmen existed. In 1887, an engraving, made from a photograph, of the dolmen was published in
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Renard de Saint-Malo, Jean-Baptiste (1837). "Monument druidique (entre Arles et Batère)".
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it marked the boundary between Arles and Montbolo. The current boundary between these two
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Like others, this dolmen is situated on a ridge line. It is on the southern side of the
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Other nearby places are named after Roland. 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) north of the
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Bulletin de la Société agricole, scientifique et littéraire des Pyrénées-Orientales
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Bulletin de la Société agricole, scientifique et littéraire des Pyrénées-Orientales
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also runs near the dolmen. This part of the GR 10 is an old track leading to
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Oriol Lluis Gual. Association de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine de Prats de Mollo
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ARCHÉO 66, Bulletin de l'Association archéologique des Pyrénées-Orientales
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Two ways lead to the dolmen from Arles town. A passable track along the
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The first paper that mentioned this dolmen was an article written by
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from Arles-sur-Tech. This route takes an hour and a half to walk.
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The dolmen from the north, with the tumulus in the foreground
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The Caixa de Rotllan is indicated by a star on the 1:25000
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La création de l'homme et les premiers âges de l'humanité
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Histoire naturelle du département des Pyrénées-Orientales
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Lieux et légendes du Roussillon et des Pyrénées catalanes
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Histoire naturelle du département des Pyrénées-Orientales
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of Roland's horse") where the legendary knight's horse
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Carreras VigorĂłs, Enric; TarrĂşs Galter, Josep (2013).
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The Caixa de Rotllan may have been erected during the
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period, during the second half of 3rd millennium BC.
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and their corpses were brought to and buried in the
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It refers to an ancient game named 21:Megalithic sites in PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Orientales 2804: 1159: 1123:Le Publicateur des PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Orientales 479: 329:the historical and geographical region 244:, southern France, dating back to the 1133: 832: 830: 828: 826: 629:near the place where he used to play 1029:, Ministère français de la Culture. 781:, p. 21 lists 147 dolmens. The 251:A legend holds that Roland lived in 1385:Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 685:Monument druidique (entre Arles et 299:The Caixa de Rotllan is one of 148 13: 1110:Raison Du Cleuziou, Henri (1887). 823: 681:Jean-Baptiste Renard de Saint-Malo 335:. It stands on the border between 14: 2833: 1922:Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja 1097:Ratheau, Alexandre-FĂ©lix (1866). 255:and that, after his death at the 1058:(in French). Canet: Trabucaire. 467: 455: 443: 429: 417: 405: 54: 47: 16:Dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, France 2409:List of recumbent stone circles 1049:(in French). Canet: Trabucaire. 1016: 1003: 964: 695:with another stone, the nearby 562:abeurador del cavall de Rotllan 2812:Dolmens in PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Orientales 1487:List of multiple-stone circles 893: 843:Institut GĂ©ographique National 772: 558:Further to the north lies the 379: 366:Institut GĂ©ographique National 271:since 1889 but has never been 1: 1038: 531:along the ridgeline lies the 2786:Photographs of stone circles 785:was discovered in 2011: see 766: 37:View of the Caixa de Rotllan 7: 1937:Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech 1907:Barreira Megalithic Complex 1405:Route of Megalithic Culture 795:(in French). Archived from 664:runs very near the dolmen. 592:where Roland used to rest. 282: 10: 2838: 2257:Long Meg and Her Daughters 2055:Dolmen del prado de Lácara 1902:Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro 1482:List of five-stone circles 1456:La Gran'mère du Chimquière 1125:(in French). 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2308: 2305: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2295: 2293: 2290: 2288: 2285: 2283: 2280: 2278: 2275: 2273: 2270: 2268: 2267:Merry Maidens 2265: 2263: 2260: 2258: 2255: 2253: 2250: 2248: 2245: 2243: 2240: 2238: 2235: 2233: 2230: 2228: 2225: 2223: 2222:Gardom's Edge 2220: 2218: 2215: 2213: 2210: 2208: 2205: 2203: 2200: 2198: 2195: 2193: 2190: 2188: 2187:Craddock Moor 2185: 2183: 2180: 2178: 2175: 2173: 2170: 2168: 2165: 2163: 2160: 2158: 2155: 2153: 2150: 2148: 2145: 2143: 2140: 2138: 2135: 2133: 2130: 2129: 2127: 2123: 2120: 2114: 2108: 2105: 2104: 2102: 2098: 2092: 2089: 2088: 2086: 2082: 2076: 2073: 2071: 2068: 2066: 2063: 2061: 2058: 2056: 2053: 2051: 2048: 2046: 2043: 2041: 2038: 2036: 2033: 2031: 2028: 2026: 2023: 2021: 2018: 2017: 2015: 2011: 2005: 2002: 2000: 1999:Stone circles 1997: 1995: 1992: 1990: 1987: 1986: 1984: 1980: 1974: 1971: 1969: 1966: 1964: 1963:Thunder Stone 1961: 1959: 1956: 1955: 1953: 1949: 1943: 1940: 1938: 1935: 1933: 1930: 1928: 1925: 1923: 1920: 1918: 1915: 1913: 1910: 1908: 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1012: 1006: 999: 994: 992: 984: 983:Companyo 1861 979: 973:, p. 67. 972: 971:AbĂ©lanet 2008 967: 961:, p. 207 960: 959:AbĂ©lanet 2011 955: 953: 951: 949: 947: 940:, p. 22. 939: 938:AbĂ©lanet 2011 934: 932: 918:on 2013-12-03 914: 910: 903: 896: 889: 888:AbĂ©lanet 2011 884: 878:, p. 206 877: 876:AbĂ©lanet 2011 872: 870: 868: 866: 858: 853: 851: 844: 839: 833: 831: 829: 827: 820:, p. 35. 819: 818:AbĂ©lanet 2011 814: 799:on 2013-12-06 798: 794: 790: 784: 780: 779:AbĂ©lanet 2011 775: 771: 761: 756: 752: 750: 746: 744: 738: 734: 730: 726: 722: 718: 714: 710: 706: 702: 698: 694: 690: 688: 682: 674: 669: 665: 663: 659: 654: 652: 648: 638: 636: 632: 628: 624: 620: 616: 612: 608: 604: 600: 599: 595:According to 593: 591: 587: 583: 581: 580: 573: 569: 565: 563: 556: 554: 550: 546: 542: 538: 536: 530: 525: 523: 521: 515: 511: 507: 503: 495: 491: 486: 470: 465: 458: 453: 446: 441: 440: 432: 427: 420: 415: 408: 403: 402: 401: 399: 395: 386: 377: 375: 373: 367: 362: 360: 356: 352: 347: 345: 341: 338: 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Index

Megalithic sites in Pyrénées-Orientales
View of the Caixa de Rotllan
Caixa de Rotllan is located in France
Arles-sur-Tech
Pyrénées-Orientales
France
42°28′52″N 2°36′04″E / 42.48111°N 2.60111°E / 42.48111; 2.60111
Granite
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Roland
Catalan
dolmen
Arles-sur-Tech
Pyrénées-Orientales
Neolithic
Vallespir
Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Veillantif
Monument historique
excavated
archaeologists

tumulus
dolmens
Pyrénées-Orientales
mountain pass
ridge
Canigou
granitic

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