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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre a Cerclet - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4247

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre a Cerclet Alternative Name: Dolmen dit la Pierre-à-Cerclet
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.057 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Libourne  Nearest Village: Pommiers-Moulons
Latitude: 45.343200N  Longitude: 0.3523W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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TheCaptain visited on 3rd Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 2 Access: 5 This dolmen is a complete wreck, and can be found beside the D.134 road south of Charnac. It has had a little area of field left unplanted around it, but there's not much to see. There is just what seems to be a broken capstone and a few other bits and pieces laying about. I have since found out that this dolmen was destroyed as recently as 1978,

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : La Pierre à Cerclet. Pommiers and Moulons was two different villages before they united. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This dolmen is a complete wreck, and can be found beside the D.134 road south of Charnac. It has had a little area of field left unplanted around it, but there's not much to see. There is just what seems to be a broken capstone and a few other bits and pieces laying aboout.

I have since found out that this dolmen was destroyed by a tractor as recently as 1978.


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La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : La Pierre à Cerclet Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : Damaged by a tractor in the seventies, this dolmen is not easy to find in this very little village. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : La Pierre à Cerclet Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : Many little things in flint were found during excavations. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : The place where stands the ruined dolmen, is called "Jauriac". Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : Legend says that celtic druids made their ceremonies around it.

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : The other part of the capstone?

La Pierre a Cerclet
La Pierre a Cerclet submitted by Rubis : A part of the capstone.

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