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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by Rubis on Tuesday, 25 May 2010  Page Views: 3360

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.847 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Les Sables d'Olonne  Nearest Village: Le Bernard
Latitude: 46.456700N  Longitude: 1.4405W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 5 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
 4

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Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : The excavations in August 1904. Capstone leaning, north pillar visible. One of the working men has found an object. Under the capstone, all objects have been found and taken out. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85). This dolmen is in a middle of a field and is three hundred meters from the menhirs of Plessis located on the same area and village.

Note: Rubis has found some lovely old photos in a booklet from 1904
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Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : This one is better! Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : From another corner with wind erosions, but the picture is a little blurred! Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : Tried to see if i could for another way but it's impossible. All fields are closed. Site in Pays de la Loire: Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : The dolmen is very close from the menhirs du Plessis. Coming from them towards the center of the village Le Bernard, you must take the first little road on the right. This road finihes by a dirt track wich is also a dead end. The dolmen is in the last field on the left. Site in Pays de la Loire: Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : The dolmen is in a enclosed field with electricity. Some cows were intrigued by us and seemed not aggresive! Site in Pays de la Loire: Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : This is all that remains from the dolmen ! Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : Dolmen at the end of the excavations, August 1904. The excavations were leading by Marcel Beaudoun and G. Lacouloumère. A booklet was published in 1905 and these four photos are from it.

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : The dolmen during excavations in august 1904, capstone leaning this side, north pillar visible.

Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis
Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis submitted by Rubis : The dolmen before excavations, august 1904.

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Re: Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis by Andy B on Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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Fantastic photos, thanks Rubis, these are very precious.
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Re: Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis by Rubis on Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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Thanx. I used to know your name for a long time, i visited a lot of these sites (especially Vendée) because of your publications.

Well the position was written in the booklet of 1904. I have seen that it wasn't good on the map but didn't know how to change it.

Some photos of the booklet are coming yet.
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Re: Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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Hello Rubis.

Many thanks for sending us these sites, which I didn't know of when I visited the area in 2005. I have been trying to make your positions better when I can using geoportail, and have moved this one to nearby Le Plessis. Your original position had it in the ocean !
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