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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5619

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) Alternative Name: La Pierre au Diable, Dolmen dit de la Pierre Couvretière
Country: France
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Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Nantes  Nearest Village: Ancenis
Latitude: 47.368600N  Longitude: 1.17287W
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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TheCaptain visited on 14th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The remains of this dolmen can be found by following the road along the north bank of the river Loire to the east of Ancenis chateau for about 800 metres, beyond the little pleasure boat port and into the industrial estate. It is signposted, and there is a little grassy open area between industrial units. This dolmen is another of those which demonstrates the rising of the sea level over the last few thousand years, as now instead of there being a mound around it, it is in a little hollow, dug out for it. The dolmen, which consists of a 4 metre square capstone, partially sitting on two side supports, but fallen at the north side, is now within a sort of pond, the land around it having been reclaimed from swampland. The level of the water here is below that of the river Loire, just a hundred metres away.

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by AlexHunger : Large heavily listing 4 Meter by 4 Meter cap stone suported by 2 uprights, large underwater in hole close to Avenue de Allies near Loire river East of Ancenis. (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Pierre Couvretière consists of a large heavily listing 4 Meter by 4 Meter cap stone suported by 2 uprights, in large water logged hole near the banks of the River Loire.

It is found squeezed in between two industrial units close to Avenue de Allies near Loire river East of town.
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La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen, which consists of a 4 metre square capstone, partially sitting on two side supports, but fallen at the north side, is now within a sort of pond, the land around it having been reclaimed from swampland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by theCaptain : This dolmen is another of those which demonstrates the rising of the sea level over the last few thousand years, as now instead of there being a mound around it, it is in a little hollow, dug out for it. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen, which consists of a 4 metre square capstone, partially sitting on two side supports, but fallen at the north side, is now within a sort of pond, the land around it having been reclaimed from swampland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by dipo : ANCENIS La Pierre Couvretière (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by dipo (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by dipo : La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)

La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by AlexHunger : Large heavily listing 4 Meter by 4 Meter cap stone suported by 2 uprights, large underwater in hole close to Avenue de Allies near Loire river East of Ancenis.

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Re: La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) by TheCaptain on Friday, 13 January 2012
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the situation of this dolmen can be seen on streetview here


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Re: La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) by TheCaptain on Friday, 13 January 2012
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Notes from my visit on my visit 14 July 2005.

The remains of this dolmen can be found by following the road along the north bank of the river Loire to the east of Ancenis chateau for about 800 metres, beyond the little pleasure boat port and into the industrial estate. It is signposted, and there is a little grassy open area between industrial units.

This dolmen is another of those which demonstrates the rising of the sea level over the last few thousand years, as now instead of there being a mound around it, it is in a little hollow, dug out for it.

The dolmen, which consists of a 4 metre square capstone, partially sitting on two side supports, but fallen at the north side, is now within a sort of pond, the land around it having been reclaimed from swampland.

The level of the water here is below that of the river Loire, just a hundred metres away.
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Re: La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) by Dipo on Sunday, 10 January 2010
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Indications on the signpost near the site:
"This monument located to the Est of Ancenis today comprises three impressive slabs of sandstone, including a top stone and two pillars.
The top stone, which forms a near-perfect square measuring 4 meters on each side, now leans over following the collapse of the monument.
The dolmen rests on a platform of rock overlooking the bed of the river Loire, is slightly higher than in neolithic times.
Before landfill work was carried out; the monument lay in a water-meadow, called the Prairie Saint Pierre.
Excavation conducted in 1970 showed that La Pierre Couvretière dates from the late neolithic period."
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