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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmens des Grays - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 4008

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmens des Grays Alternative Name: Cairn-des-Grays
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.973 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Vannes  Nearest Village: Billiers
Latitude: 47.517100N  Longitude: 2.4904W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
4 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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markj99 visited on 13th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Dolmens des Grays is located 5 minutes E along the coastal path starting in Pen Lan Car Park. At first sight the monument is a jumble of stones. There is an interpretation board, suggesting that the cairn consists of an amalgam of 3 separate tombs. It divides the cairn into Tomb A,B & C. They are in the N, SW & SE respectively.

johnstone visited on 30th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 10th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Walking to the west along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland, and you get to the remains of this large cairn after about 500 metres. It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary. Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, two of which still have a few capstones in position.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 5 Access: 4

Dolmens des Grays
Dolmens des Grays submitted by thecaptain : East along the coast from Penlann headland are found the remains of this large cairn. It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary. Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, two of which still have a ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Walking to the west along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland, you get to the remains of this large cairn after about 500 metres.

It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary. Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, two of which still have a few capstones in position.

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Dolmens des Grays
Dolmens des Grays submitted by thecaptain : Walking to the west along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland, you get to the remains of this large cairn after about 500 metres. It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by markj99 : Dolmen B (SW) of Dolmens des Grays viewed from S. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by markj99 : Dolmen A (N) of Dolmen des Grays viewed from NE (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by markj99 : Dolmen A (N) of Golmens des Grays viewed from NE.

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by johnstone : Remarkable dent here, June 30, 2012

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by johnstone : This looks like the remains of a dolmen, June 30, 2012

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by johnstone : A ruined tomb with a capstone, June 30, 2012

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by regina

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Dolmens des Grays submitted by thecaptain : Dolmens des Grays The deteriorating signboard.

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Re: Dolmens des Grays by markj99 on Saturday, 23 September 2023
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While staying in Pen Lan, I visited this intriguing site on 13.09.23. Dolmens des Grays is located 5 minutes E along the coastal path starting in Pen Lan Car Park. At first sight the monument is a jumble of stones. There is an interpretation board, suggesting that the cairn consists of an amalgam of 3 separate tombs. It divides the cairn into Tomb A,B & C. They are in the N, SW & SE respectively.
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