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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Hutte-aux-Gabelous Alternative Name: Allée couverte de la LouvetièreCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 3.158 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Fougères Nearest Village: St-Mars-la-Futaie
Latitude: 48.421800N Longitude: 0.9717W
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 |
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| 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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 24th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 What a fantastic find this little Allée Couvert is a couple of kilometres to the east of the village of St Mars beside the D534 near the crossing with the D118 and is to be found in a nice little wooded area with its own little car park and picnic site.
The monument is the remains of a little Allée Couvert about 18 metres long by 5 metres width which was excavated and part restored in 1992 the northwestern 2/3rds being restored to as original condition. the southeastern 1/3rd being left in as found condition.. The chamber has its major axis on an alignment of 140° and is about 1.8 metres in both width and height with an unknown length due to the east end being in ruined condition. There are 5 large capstones in place on top of 6 pairs of uprights with a nice large slab forming the end of the chamber. The entrance is at the eastern end of the southern side.
This monument is said to be fairly unique because of the rectangular nature of the external peristalith which is formed with contiguous upright slabs. The gap between the external walling and the main chamber is filled with stones for the restored part. Flints and pottery were found within the chamber from a whole range of periods.
I almost missed this as it was getting late in the day but decided to have a quick little detour on the way back to look at the little dolmen symbol marked on the map. I ended up spending quite a long time here it’s suddenly become one of my favourite little megalithic sites. I was even moved to just sit on one of the rocks at the end and do a little drawing.
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.5
The chamber has its major axis on an alignment of 140° and is about 1.8 metres in both width and height, with an unknown length, due to the east end being in ruined condition. There are 5 large capstones in place on top of 6 pairs of uprights, with a nice large slab forming the end of the chamber. The entrance is at the eastern end of the southern side.
This monument is said to be fairly unique because of the rectangular nature of the external peristalith, which is formed with contiguous upright slabs. The gap between the external walling and the main chamber is filled with stones for the restored part. Flints and pottery were found within the chamber from a whole range of periods.
I almost missed this, as it was getting late in the day, but decided to have a quick little detour on the way back to look at the little dolmen symbol marked on the map. I ended up spending quite a long time here, it’s suddenly become one of my favourite little megalithic sites. I was even moved to just sit on one of the rocks at the end and do a little drawing.
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