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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Baucouyé TumuliCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 10.95 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Tarbes Nearest Village: Ger
Latitude: 43.237800N Longitude: 0.0837W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Tumuli in Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques. 5.5 kms SW from the 'Menhir du Ger'. 1.2 kms South , from the old Route Nationale road from Tarbes to Pau. The site is approached along lanes and level stony tracks.
Shown on the IGN 1:25000 Série Bleue , N°:1645E 'Ger' map.
On this map are marked two 'tumuli', in an area marked as 'Baucouyé'. IGN is fairly notorious (or so I have been told) for misnaming sites. (Some 'tumuli' in the departement of the Gers32 shown on IGN maps, are actually medieaval castle mottes!)
In this case the site markings appear accurate.(?)
This site is pretty near the Autoroute from Toulouse to Biarritz, so the sound of the traffic , combined with the rustling of the rather sinister maize, makes the 'ambiance' questionable.......
I have named these 'Baucouyé Tumuli' as they are in this area (as marked on the map). I ought to ask locally........
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