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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierres Closes de Charas 1 - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 18 January 2006  Page Views: 5523

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.133 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Rochefort  Nearest Village: St-Laurent-de-la-Pré
Latitude: 45.990000N  Longitude: 0.998W
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
4 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.
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
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oldman visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Only a short walk to this tomb as our sat nav took us down a dusty track and then we only had to walk across a bridge and a field to see it. We did not get to the other one as it was late and we assumed that it was in the middle of a field of sweetcorn being harvested.

johnstone visited on 12th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Its an odd one this, an oval shaped chamber about 1.7 metres long, 1 metre wide and 0.7 metres high has been carved out of a big block of rock. On top of this is a limestone capstone full of holes and cavities filled with lichens and wild flowers. It can be found just to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary. Not signposted, but marked on my ign map, I drove along some windy lanes to l'Houmee farm and walked about a kilometre along the track to the southeast and found it easily. The walk to this was really splendid, with Herons, Storks and other birds circling, Frogs making a noisy racket and insects chirrping away.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 4

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by thecaptain : This odd burial chamber can be found to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary. It consists of an oval shaped chamber which has been carved out of a big solid block of rock, on top of which is a limestone capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This burial chamber is an odd one. It consists of an oval shaped chamber about 1.7 metres long, 1 metre wide and 0.7 metres high which has been carved out of a big solid block of rock. On top of this is a limestone capstone full of holes and cavities filled with lichens and wild flowers.

It can be found just to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary. Not signposted, but marked on my ign map, I drove along some windy lanes to l'Houmee farm and then walked about a kilometre along the track to the northeast amongst the marsh and found it easily.

The walk to this was really splendid, with Herons, Storks and other birds circling, Frogs making a noisy racket and insects chirrping away.

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Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by thecaptain : This odd burial chamber can be found just to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by thecaptain : This burial chamber is an odd one. It consists of an oval shaped chamber about 1.7 metres long, 1 metre wide and 0.7 metres high which has been carved out of a big solid block of rock. On top of this is a limestone capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by oldman : Not only an odd tomb but an odd place to find it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by johnstone : Inside the dolmen, June 12, 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by johnstone : The capstone from the other side, June 12, 2014

Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by johnstone : Between the wood and the field on June 12, 2014

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