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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierre Virante - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by Rubis on Monday, 18 October 2010  Page Views: 3032

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 8.941 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Fontenay le Comte  Nearest Village: Xanton Chassenon
Latitude: 46.459835N  Longitude: 0.689741W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis : R. Joussaume has seen the same thing when he came here in 1970. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Excavations were made in 1970 (others were made at the beginning of the last century). Only two stones can be seen but they are lying upon a buried tumulus.

A booklet was published in 1971, written by Roger Joussaume. In the booklet, there are photos of the excavations where can be seen the tumulus.

It is now again buried and the farmer cultivates the nearest as possible from the dolmen, behind the wooden henges.

To go to the dolmen, you must take a little road behind the cemetery where stands a little green postsign ("dolmen de la pierre virante). The dolmen is on the right of the little road.

R. Joussaume said that it was not really a dolmen but a long-barrow. The only similars to it are in the south of England! A lot of skeletons and objects were discored: necklaces, axes, knifes...

An old person said to R. Joussaume that a capstone was sitll visible in 1914 but it has been found buried.

Legend says that one of the stone takes a bath in the river Autize, the night of Christmas.

Longitude and latitude taken from Geoportail (thanx for the lesson, Captain!).
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Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis : In fact, the postsign is blue! Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de la Pierre Virante Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante submitted by Rubis : The stones are bigger than it seems. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

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