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<< Text Pages >> Maisoncelle tumulus - Chambered Tomb in France in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maisoncelle tumulus
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.35 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Parthenay  Nearest Village: Assais-les-Jumeaux
Latitude: 46.816000N  Longitude: 0.01W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Maisoncelle tumulus
Maisoncelle tumulus submitted by karolus : Site in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Maisoncelle tumulus
Maisoncelle tumulus submitted by karolus : Although the camera seems to have shrunk it, this tumulus seems enormous to the eye upon approach. One of the biggest in France, though stll unexcavated, Roger Jousseaume quotes it's structure to be a major link to long earth barrows in the UK. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Maisoncelle tumulus
Maisoncelle tumulus submitted by karolus : Slightly overgrown but lovely site, full of every colour of flower and masses of butterflies. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Maisoncelle tumulus
Maisoncelle tumulus submitted by karolus : One of several aborted attempts at vertical entry, the site has yet to be excavated. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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