<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) Alternative Name: La Pierre au Diable, Dolmen dit de la Pierre CouvretièreCountry: 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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1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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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.
It is found squeezed in between two industrial units close to Avenue de Allies near Loire river East of town.
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