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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3613

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Country: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: L'Aigle  Nearest Village: La Ferté-Frênel
Latitude: 48.839600N  Longitude: 0.497300E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
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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
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johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 2nd May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 The remains of this dolmen are now within a ploughed field just to the northwest of the village of Ferté Frêsnel on the road to Bocquencé. There is a small signpost to the dolmen but as seems almost always in these parts there is nowhere at all to park. The dolmen is now very badly looked after ploughed right up to the edges and indeed hit with the machinery in one or two places and covered in muck from muckspreading. The large broken capstone is 4 m by 3 m and there are three collapsed support slabs.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 2 Access: 4

Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre Couplée, Ferté Frênel, is a poor broken and mistreated dolmen, barely left with enough room to survive in its ploughed field. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of this dolmen can be found within a ploughed field just to the west of the village of Ferté Frênel on the road to Bocquencé in Orne.

The dolmen is now very badly looked after, being ploughed right up to the edges and indeed hit with the machinery in one or two places and covered in muck from muckspreading. The large broken capsone is 4 m by 3 m and there are three collapsed support slabs.

There is a small signpost to the dolmen but as seems almost always in these parts there is nowhere at all to park.


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Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée submitted by johnstone : Close up of the ruins, June 16, 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée submitted by johnstone : The remains of a dolmen, June 16, 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée submitted by johnstone : The situation on June 16, 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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