page_title: Tumulus of Bougon
section_title: Tumulus E
hierarchical_section_title: Tumulus of Bougon / The archaeological site / Tumulus E
caption_attribution_description: English: Image under GNU licence from german wiki. There: Bild:NOR1563.JPG submitted by Joachim Jahnke
context_page_description: The Tumulus of Bougon or Necropolis of Bougon is a group of five Neolithic barrows located in Bougon near La-Mothe-Saint-Héray, between Exoudon and Pamproux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Their discovery in 1840 raised great scientific interest. To protect the monuments, the site was acquired by the department of Deux-Sèvres in 1873. Excavations resumed in the late 1960s. The oldest structures of this prehistoric monument date to 4800 BC.
context_section_description: This doubly stepped mound, 22m long and 10 m wide, has two chambers accessible by near-central passages from the east. Originally, the chambers were contained in separate circular mounds.
caption: Tumulus E
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