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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5580

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 8.732 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: La Ferté-Macé  Nearest Village: Tessé-la-Madeleine
Latitude: 48.565700N  Longitude: 0.4635W
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.
3 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.
4 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 1st May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This much wrecked dolmen is found a mile or so walk westwards (signposted) along the GR22 from La Croix Gautier. It seems to be the remains of a large single dolmen but now just 3 large slabs remain so it is difficult to tell. One stone is upright on its edge with a dislodged capstone and another slab a few metres away. The large capstone is about 3 m by 2.5 m by 0.5 m thick. A bank surrounding the forest track has been built into whatever was here. There is a nice legend about the stone which is written on a little board alongside but of which I am not really sure of the details. It basically concerns the old fairy Gione who did bad things to the local farmers before dying in the dolmen after some sort of intervention from a priest.

Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione
Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione submitted by TheCaptain : Le Lit de la Gione. Amuch wrecked dolmen, but with a nice legend. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Le Lit de Gione dolmen, near Tessé-la-Madeleine in Orne

This much wrecked dolmen is found a mile or so walk westwards (signposted) along the GR22 from La Croix Gautier. It seems to be the remains of a large single dolmen, but now just 3 large slabs remain so it is difficult to tell. One stone is upright on its edge, with a dislodged capstone and another slab a few metres away. The large capstone is about 3 m by 2.5 m by 0.5 m thick. A bank surrounding the forest track has been built into whatever was here.

There is a nice legend about the stone which is written on a little board alongside, but of which I am not really sure of the details. It basically concerns the old fairy Gione who did bad things to the local farmers before dying in the dolmen after some sort of intervention from a priest.

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Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione submitted by TheCaptain : Le Lit de la Gione. Signpost telling the legend of the stones. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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