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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs - Stone Circle in France in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 24 July 2007  Page Views: 4597

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs Alternative Name: Carnac Pyrénéen, Cromlechs de Peyrelade
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.307 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Luchon  Nearest Village: Benqué
Latitude: 42.815000N  Longitude: 0.538900E
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.
5 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.
3 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 9th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 The first cromlechs I arrive at are about 200 metres from the track, and signposted down a little footpath past some sheep pens at 1345 metres altitude. I saw 4 cairn circles up here, plus perhaps one large open circle. At first I thought I had seen a big open circle, but I am not completely sure. If it is one, it is made of natural rocks pushed into position, with a diameter of about 40 metres, and the stones 8 to 10 metres apart. I will look at this more later. Just beyond the first fence is a group of 4 cromlechs on the ridgetop. The uppermost is diameter 6 metres and a nicely formed circle using a couple of large natural rocks. There are 19 tightly packed stones around the circumference, and the ground level is substantially higher within. The next nearest cromlech is a small circle 2.5 metres in diameter, with 12 stones around the circumference, and again the ground level is higher within than outside. This is right adjacent to the third cromlech, again 6 metres in diameter and there are 17 visible stones surrounding slightly higher ground within. In the centre of this ring are a few stones which probably once made up a burial cist. One or two of the stones in this circle are quite large, up to 1 metre high. The fourth cromlech, a bit further down the hillside, is a bit ruinous. 5 metres in diameter, the upper half is well defined, but the lower half is just big natural rocks and a few packing stones. There are 18 stones still to be seen making up this circle, and again a possible burial cist in the middle.

Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Midi: Haute-Garonne (31) France: Larboust site near Benqué village. (Vote or comment on this photo)
I saw 4 cairn circles up here at 1345 metres altitude, plus perhaps one large open circle. At first I thought I had seen a big open circle, but I am not completely sure. If it is one, it is made of natural rocks pushed into position, with a diameter of about 40 metres, and the stones 8 to 10 metres apart. More investigation needed.

Just beyond the first fence is a group of 4 cromlechs on the ridgetop. The uppermost is diameter 6 metres and a nicely formed circle using a couple of large natural rocks. There are 19 tightly packed stones around the circumference, and the ground level is substantially higher within.

The next nearest cromlech is a small circle 2.5 metres in diameter, with 12 stones around the circumference, and again the ground level is higher within than outside.

This is right adjacent to the third cromlech, again 6 metres in diameter and there are 17 visible stones surrounding slightly higher ground within. In the centre of this ring are a few stones which probably once made up a burial cist. One or two of the stones in this circle are quite large, up to 1 metre high.

The fourth cromlech, a bit further down the hillside, is a bit ruinous. 5 metres in diameter, the upper half is well defined, but the lower half is just big natural rocks and a few packing stones. There are 18 stones still to be seen making up this circle, and again a possible burial cist in the middle.

It is quite possible that there are more remains to be found up here - a look on the geoportail aerial photos suggest several more circles here.

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Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by irundarra : Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs in Haute Garonne (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs
Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

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