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