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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 01 December 2005  Page Views: 6373

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze Alternative Name: Dolmen la Pierre Pèse
Country: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Poitiers  Nearest Village: Limalonges
Latitude: 46.143100N  Longitude: 0.214500E
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.
4 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
5

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oldman visited on 1st Sep 2018 Very impressive site

johnstone visited on 24th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 15th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 After a long wet day of driving and getting frustrated by a lack of nice things to see and getting lost in a couple of big towns (Niort Fontenay) I needed this. On the D948 road just to the west of the railway station to the east of Limilonges (where there is lots of space to park) is a large sign to the dolmen which can be found a few hundred metres walk along the woodland path. It consists of a massive vegetation covered triangular shaped capstone 6 metres in length up to 3 metres in width and a metre thick doing an incredible balancing act held up high on only three supports although there are in total about ten side slabs for the original chamber most of which do not reach the capstone. The chamber would have been oval in shape six metres long and probably about 4 metres in width. All of the stones are of a kind of limestone which shows I am moving into a different kind of region. The dolmen is positioned in a lovely woodland glade and despite the noise of the busy road and the TGV trains rushing (quietly) by the place is full of birdsong and a nice place to spend some time.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre-Pèze is positioned in a lovely woodland glade and despite the noise of the busy road and the TGV trains rushing (quietly) by, the place is full of birdsong and a nice place to spend some time. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the D948 road just to the west of the railway station to the east of Limalonges (where there is lots of space to park) is a large sign to the dolmen, which can be found a few hundred metres walk along the woodland path.

It consists of a massive vegetation covered triangular shaped capstone 6 metres in length up to 3 metres in width and a metre thick doing an incredible balancing act held up high on only three supports although there are in total about ten side slabs for the original chamber most of which do not reach the capstone. The chamber would have been oval in shape six metres long and probably about 4 metres in width. All of the stones are of a kind of limestone.

The dolmen is positioned in a lovely woodland glade and despite the noise of the busy road and the TGV trains rushing (quietly) by the place is full of birdsong and a nice place to spend some time.

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Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by Rubis : In the sixties. 1960s postcard copyright "Gilbert" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre-Pèze is a lovely dolmen in a delightful woodland clearing full of flowers and birdsong. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by karolus : Site in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by karolus (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by johnstone : A view into the chamber, June 24, 2014

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by johnstone : The short side of the dolmen, June 24, 2014

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by thecaptain : Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze consists of a massive vegetation covered triangular capstone 6 metres in length up to 3 metres in width and a metre thick doing an incredible balancing act held up high on only three supports, although there are in total about ten side slabs for the original chamber most of which do not reach the capstone

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by karolus : Bit of a misleading sign, depicting inner chamber as the common rectangular of the region, when under the capstone it's clearly cunic

Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze
Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze submitted by karolus : Site in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) France

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