page_title: Tumulus of Bougon
section_title: Tumulus F
hierarchical_section_title: Tumulus of Bougon / The archaeological site / Tumulus F
caption_attribution_description: English: Image under GNU licence from german wiki. There: Bild:NOR1558.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 trapezoidal long mound, 72 m long and 12 to 16 m wide, is the largest monument of the Bougon complex. Its west end abutted a pit that has been filled in since prehistory. The pit was the source of the material of which the mound (originally 3 m high) was built. The mound contains two chambers (F0 and F2), one at each end. Between them are seven different chamber-less structures (F1).
caption: Tumulus F, other end
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