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<< Our Photo Pages >> Outre Tombes - Stone Circle in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by thecaptain on Sunday, 05 July 2009  Page Views: 4554

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Outre Tombes Alternative Name: Tombes de Vaujour, Tombes de Saint-Broladre
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.416 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dol-de-Bretagne  Nearest Village: St Broladre
Latitude: 48.573900N  Longitude: 1.6872W
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.
3 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
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Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

johnstone visited on 17th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 12th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This horseshoe of megalithic stones has alternatively been considered as a megalithic enclosure (cromlech) or perhaps the stones once surrounding a dolmenic burial chamber. Seven stones are shaped in a sort of semi circle, of diameter about 7 metres. This monument was classified as a historical monument in 1966, but by 1977 had disappeared, being the victim of an expansion of the local quarry at Vaujour. When this was discovered, the police were called in, but it was all thought to be too late. However, in 1989 it was found that most of the stones hadn't simply been destroyed, but had been moved and dumped into a nearby field, although one had gone through the stonecrusher. With the help of a plan and photograph of the site taken in 1962, the local people (with the help of the quarrying company) had the site recreated in 1998, just a few hundred metres from its original position. There is also a small menhir erected at the site, the origins of which I do not know, but the stone does not look modern. Today, the site sits in a little meadow near to the top of the quarry, and can be found beside the little road which runs along the top of the hills to the northeast of the massive Vaujour quarries. There are several information plaques at the site, telling of its history and with diagrams and pictures.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.67

Outre Tombes
Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : Today, the site sits in a little meadow near to the top of the quarry. There are several information plaques at the site, telling of its history and with diagrams and pictures. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This horseshoe of megalithic stones has alternatively been considered as a megalithic enclosure (cromlech) or perhaps the stones once surrounding a dolmenic burial chamber. Seven stones are shaped in a sort of semi circle, of diameter about 7 metres.

This monument was classified as a historical monument in 1966, but by 1977 had disappeared, being the victim of an expansion of the local quarry at Vaujour. When this was discovered, the police were called in, but it was all thought to be too late.

However, in 1989 it was found that most of the stones hadn't simply been destroyed, but had been moved and dumped into a nearby field, although one had gone through the stonecrusher.

With the help of a plan and photograph of the site taken in 1962, the local people (with the help of the quarrying company) had the site recreated in 1998, just a few hundred metres from its original position.

There is also a small menhir erected at the site, the origins of which I do not know, but the stone does not look modern.

Today, the site sits in a little meadow near to the top of the quarry, and can be found beside the little road which runs along the top of the hills to the northeast of the massive Vaujour quarries. There are several information plaques at the site, telling of its history and with diagrams and pictures.

Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)

Note: Thought to have been destroyed by quarrying in the 1970's, the stones of this megalithic oddity were found and re-erected in 1998.
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Outre Tombes
Outre Tombes submitted by johnstone : In France, they call it a “hemicycle” (hemisphere) but it’s more like a square corner, June 17, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Outre Tombes submitted by johnstone : The corner from the other side, June 17, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : Seven stones are shaped in a sort of semi circle, of diameter about 7 metres. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Outre Tombes
Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : Today, the site sits in a little meadow near to the top of the quarry, and can be found beside the little road which runs along the top of the hills to the northeast of the massive Vaujour quarries. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Outre Tombes
Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : Seven stones are shaped in a sort of semi circle, of diameter about 7 metres.

Outre Tombes
Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : This horseshoe of megalithic stones has alternatively been considered as a megalithic enclosure (cromlech) or perhaps the stones once surrounding a dolmenic burial chamber.

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : There is also a small menhir erected at the site.

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : The photograph from 1962 which aided in the reconstruction.

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : The recent history of this site.

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain : There are several information plaques at the site.

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Outre Tombes submitted by thecaptain

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