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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen des Grandes-Chaumes Alternative Name: Dolmen du Chatelard, Dolmen des GrougesCountry: France Département: Poitou:Charente (16) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Angoulême Nearest Village: Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure
Latitude: 45.872260N Longitude: 0.237670E
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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johnstone visited on 24th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
In few historical notes, this monument is named "Dolmen du CHATELARD" but the surrounding place is called "Les Grandes Chaumes".
It is situated on the right of a white agricultural track between a cropfield and a Woodland. It is a little monument: about 2,5m long, 2m in width and 1,3m high biased along a N,S direction.
Three main slabs support the capstone about 0,5m on thickness and two other big stones at the entrance of the cella.
There are also many big rocks in the environment of this dolmen. Maybe the quarry was not so far?
It have been studied in the past and partially re-built.
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