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<< Our Photo Pages >> Goërem Dolmen - Chambered Tomb in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 3941

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Goërem Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen du Goërem, Pointe de Gâvres Tumulus, Tumulus de Gâvres
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.43 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Lorient  Nearest Village: Gâvres
Latitude: 47.697600N  Longitude: 3.3545W
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
4 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
5

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johnstone visited on 3rd Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 16th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I came all the way out to this poor depressed village at the end of a long peninsula and stayed the night on the harbourside in order to visit this, "the finest angled passage grave in existance". Take a good torch it says. So on a nasty dull grey day I walk round the seafront and through the village till I eventually find it. It is right on the western seafront, in amongst the houses, and has a reasonable amount of land reserved around it. It would probably have a spectacular view if there was one to be seen through all the murk. Its not a very big mound, just a big enough barrow to cover the passage grave, which is about 20 metres by 10 metres, and up to 3 metres in height maximum, perhaps more originally as the modern ground level is probably higher than it was, particularly with the sea wall here. The entrance is on the south side, but it's gated up, with an iron gate concreted in to the ground, so despite having two torches, I cannot enter and put them to use. But I have to say, that it's no doubt for the best, as the place is littered with broken bottles and other rubbish, with graffitti sprayed everywhere, and badly smelling of a toilet block. This poor little town is clearly suffering from a lack of jobs and investment, and seems to have a bit of a problem with bored youth compared to much of the rest of France. Its a great shame, as I was really looking forward to seeing this place properly. I would like to think that the excellent state of the internal structure is still as it was a few years ago, and that the engraved pillars of the passageway are still in good condition.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : The entrance is on the south side, but it's gated up, with an iron gate concreted in to the ground, so despite having two torches, I cannot enter and put them to use. But I have to say, that it's no doubt for the best, as the place is littered with broken bottles and other rubbish, with graffiti sprayed everywhere, and badly smelling of a toilet block. (Vote or comment on this photo)
I came all the way out to this poor depressed village at the end of a long peninsula and stayed the night on the harbourside in order to visit this, "the finest angled passage grave in existence". Take a good torch it says.

So on a nasty dull grey day I walk round the seafront and through the village till I eventually find it. It is right on the western seafront, in amongst the houses, and has a reasonable amount of land reserved around it. It would probably have a spectacular view if there was one to be seen through all the murk.

Its not a very big mound, just a big enough barrow to cover the passage grave, which is about 20 metres by 10 metres, and up to 3 metres in height maximum, perhaps more originally as the modern ground level is probably higher than it was, particularly with the sea wall here.

The entrance is on the south side, but it's gated up, with an iron gate concreted in to the ground, so despite having two torches, I cannot enter and put them to use. But I have to say, that it's no doubt for the best, as the place is littered with broken bottles and other rubbish, with graffiti sprayed everywhere, and badly smelling of a toilet block.

This poor little town is clearly suffering from a lack of jobs and investment, and seems to have a bit of a problem with bored youth compared to much of the rest of France. Its a great shame, as I was really looking forward to seeing this place properly.

I would like to think that the excellent state of the internal structure is still as it was a few years ago, and that the engraved pillars of the passageway are still in good condition.

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Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by binardino : gâvres chambered tomb (Vote or comment on this photo)

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : I came all the way out to this poor depressed village at the end of a long peninsula and stayed the night on the harbourside in order to visit this, "the finest angled passage grave in existence". Take a good torch it says. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Goërem Dolmen
Goërem Dolmen submitted by ShamrockStone : Dolmen de Goërmen, now mainly covered with sand (Vote or comment on this photo)

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : Looking through the iron gate, I would like to think that the state of the internal structure is still as it was a few years ago, and that the engraved pillars of the passageway are still in good condition. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : The sign is clearly suffering from the same sort of problems as the rest of this poor little town. No amount of photoshopping can bring the details back!

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : It is right on the western seafront, in amongst the houses, and has a reasonable amount of land reserved around it. It would probably have a spectacular view if there was one to be seen through all the murk.

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : Its not a very big mound, just a big enough barrow to cover the passage grave, which is about 20 metres by 10 metres, and up to 3 metres in height maximum

Goërem dolmen
Goërem dolmen submitted by binardino : gâvres tumulus inside (2 comments)

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Re: Goërem dolmen by jopplanje on Thursday, 08 October 2015
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Seems me the same as: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14735,
675m S 193° Pointe de Gâvres Tumulus* Chambered Tomb
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