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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Croazou chapel Alternative Name: La Chapelle Notre Dame du CroazouCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Lesneven Nearest Village: Kerlouan
Latitude: 48.653300N Longitude: 4.3565W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 16th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Driving away from Men-Marz through the maze like country lanes and after about 10 mins I thought I was completely lost, and then all of a sudden I arrived at the road junction with this little chapel in the middle of it. Aha, fabulous, I hadn't intended coming here as there was no time, but now I'm here, better have a quick look. It's probably best not to just abandon your car in the middle of the junction, but I thought it would be OK for a few minutes!
This odd little chapel is said to be the smallest in Finistère, and is a place where many thousands of years of ritual and worship can all be seen together. The chapel has been built onto a stèle or menhir with it still standing there at one of the back corners about 2 metres tall. Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir supposedly in all being in their original positions. Around the outside of the chapel is also a fairly recent collection of other crosses from the region which includes one intriguing cross which has been mounted on the top portion of what was obviously once a lovely iron age stele with wonderful shaping and patterns carved into it.
The door to the chapel was unlocked, so I had a quick butchers inside, but it was slightly disappointing in that the corner menhir could not be seen from inside.
TheCaptain visited on 21st Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This is an odd little place where many thousands of years of ritual and worship can all be seen together. In the middle of a fairly busy road junction is built a little chapel which is said to be the smallest in Finistère. This chapel has been built onto a stèle with it still standing there at one of the back corners about 2 metres tall.
Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir supposedly in all being in their original positions. Around the outside of the chapel is also a fairly recent collection of other crosses from the region which includes one intriguing cross which has been mounted on the top portion of what was obviously once a lovely iron age stele with wonderful shaping and patterns carved into it.
Trouble is while I was there it must have been going home time and the junction was very busy and stopping and getting pictures was very difficult having enough time to stand in the road and get a photo without getting run down.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
In the middle of a fairly busy road junction is built a little chapel, which is said to be the smallest in Finistère. This chapel has been built onto a stèle, with it still standing there at one of the back corners, about 2 metres tall. Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir, supposedly in all being in their original positions.
Around the outside of the chapel is also a fairly recent collection of other crosses from the region, which includes one intriguing cross which has been mounted on the top portion of what was obviously once a lovely iron age stele, with wonderful shaping and patterns carved into it.
Trouble is, while I was there it must have been going home time, and the junction was very busy, and stopping and getting pictures was very difficult, having enough time to stand in the road and get a photo without getting run down.
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