<< Our Photo Pages >> Bignon Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bignon DolmenCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 12.432 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Mayenne Nearest Village: Niort-la-Fontaine
Latitude: 48.440800N Longitude: 0.5562W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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TheCaptain visited on 1st May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 A little Mayenne allée couverte still largely within its mound but its all falling down and a bit of a wreck. However it is now living in a little fenced off area and is signposted from the hamlet and included on a couple of mapped and signposted walks from the village.
Only one capstone 2.5 m by 2 m remains on its supports but a couple more can be seen. The main chamber is orientated 080° and several side slabs can be seen sticking out of the mound which is approximately rectangular 11 metres long 6 metres wide and up to 2 metres in height.
However, it is now living in a little fenced off area and is signposted from the hamlet, and included on a couple of mapped and signposted walks from the village. Only one capstone, 2.5m by 2m remains on its supports, but a couple more can be seen. The main chamber is orientated 080° and several side slabs can be seen sticking out of the mound, which is approximately rectangular, 11 metres long, 6 metres wide and up to 2 metres in height.
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