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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Petite Roche allée couverte Alternative Name: Pierres aux Druides, Allée couverte de la Petite RocheCountry: France
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Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Valognes Nearest Village: Rocheville
Latitude: 49.493589N Longitude: 1.593516W
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 |
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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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4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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oldman visited on 14th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Another ancient place. Well worth a visit. Difficult to determine where one tomb ends and the next begins and a view of the whole site is just not possible.
johnstone visited on 30th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 In the woods around the village of Rocheville can be found the remains of three Allées Couverte, only one of which is marked on the IGN maps, which is known as the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche. To the southeast of Rocheville is a wooded area known as Bois de la Grosse Roche, and in the southwest corner of this wood, almost right beside the lane, is found the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche.
About 20 metres in length, it runs in an east west direction. The width between the stones, of which there would have been about 20 in each row, is between 1 and 1,5 metres, and the height is about the same. At the east end of the allée the end stone remains in place, while at the west end it is open, but with a large stone across the rows about 3 metres distant, possibly a removed roofstone. About 5 cover stones remain in position, in two groups, two near the east end, and the other three nearer to the west end. There are many other stones lying around in the wood, probably some parts of the monument.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 4.67
To the southeast of Rocheville is a wooded area known as Bois de la Grosse Roche, and in the southwest corner of this wood, almost right beside the lane, is found the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche. About 20 metres in length, it runs in an east west direction. The width between the stones, of which there would have been about 20 in each row, is between 1 and 1,5 metres, and the height is about the same. At the east end of the allée the end stone remains in place, while at the west end it is open, but with a large stone across the rows about 3 metres distant, possibly a removed roofstone. About 5 cover stones remain in position, in two groups, two near the east end, and the other three nearer to the west end.
There are many other stones lying around in the wood, probably some parts of the monument.
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