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The (meaning "Roland's Tomb" in Catalan language) is a dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales, South of France, dating back to the Neolithic period, during the second half of 3rd millennium BC. A legend holds that Roland lived in Vallespir and that, after his death at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, his horse Veillantif 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. The Caixa de Rotllan is made of three upright stones making a H-shape, supporting a thick roofing stone and delimiting a rectangular, medium sized chamber. The entrance faces South-East, as many other dolmens do in Pyrénées-Orientales. This building is listed as a Monument historique since 1889 but has never been excavated by archaeologists. ==Location== The ' is one of the 148 dolmens listed in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Some of them have been destroyed or attested by old sources but lost and not yet found by modern scholars.〔 lists 147 dolmens. The dolmen de Castelló was discovered in 2011: see .〕 They are all located in hilly or mountainous areas of the department, usually on a mountain pass, a ridge or a high ground.〔.〕 As the others, this dolmen is situated on a ridge line. In the southern side of the Canigou, at above sea level,〔 just beneath a granitic chaos〔 in the historical and geographical region named Vallespir it stands on the edge between French communes Arles-sur-Tech and Montbolo.〔 Two ways lead to the dolmen from Arles town. A passable track along the Bonabosc river leads near it, but one must leave this track to have a walk to reach the dolmen. The GR 10 footpath also runs near the dolmen. This part of the GR 10 is an old busy track people used to tread to reach iron ore mines from Arles-sur-Tech. This way is an hour and a half's walk.〔.〕 On 1:25000 map by Institut Géographique National, the Caixa de Rotllan is indicated by a star, as a ''フランス語:curiosité'' (French word for "curiosity").〔フランス語:Carte de randonnée 2349 ET - Massif du Canigou, Institut Géographique National〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caixa de Rotllan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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