Dolmen de Loubaresse, Megalithic monument in Le Broc, France

The dolmen de Loubaresse is a Neolithic megalithic monument in the village of Le Broc, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It consists of a small stone chamber made from basalt blocks, covered by a large oval capstone and partly buried under a low earth mound known as a tumulus.

The dolmen de Loubaresse was built during the Neolithic period, when early farming communities first settled in this part of France and began creating lasting stone monuments. It was officially classified as a historical monument in 1978, giving it legal protection.

The dolmen de Loubaresse is built from basalt, a volcanic rock found right on the spot where the monument stands. This choice of local stone suggests that the people who built it had a strong connection to the land around them.

The dolmen stands at the roadside northeast of Le Broc, in the south of the Puy-de-Dôme department. It is still partly embedded in its tumulus, about 12.7 m wide and 0.82 m high, so the chamber and capstone are seen from the edge of the road rather than by walking up to them. The menhirs of Loubaresse lie nearby.

The capstone is 3.30 m long, 1.76 m wide and 0.60 m thick, and it is convex outside but smooth inside. The chamber beneath it measures about 2.60 m by 1.15 m and stands 0.82 m high. The menhirs of Loubaresse lie nearby, a second megalithic site in the same area.