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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierre ViranteCountry: France
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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:
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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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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