<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre-Levée (Chiroux) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Vienne (86)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre-Levée (Chiroux) Alternative Name: Chiroux dolmen, Dolmen de Chiroux dit La Pierre-LevéeCountry: France
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Département: Poitou:Vienne (86) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Poitiers Nearest Village: Plaisance
Latitude: 46.294900N Longitude: 0.852800E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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oldman visited on 12th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 21st Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Atop a little hill overlooking a pond can be found this fine dolmen, 150 metres from the road and signposted with a little parking area. It's chamber is a sort of Vee shape, about 5 metres long and up to 3 metres wide, with its entrance to the east, on a bearing of about 100°. The single large capstone sits about 1.5 metres high on top of two sideslabs each side, and with a single large backstone. There are many other boulders around on the ground nearby, probably natural rocks fallen from the hilltop.
johnstone visited on 12th Jul 1998 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
The single large capstone sits about 1.5 metres high on top of two sideslabs each side, and with a single large backstone. There are many other boulders around on the ground nearby, probably natural rocks fallen from the hilltop.
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