<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Sorcière - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre SorcièreCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 3.829 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Vendome Nearest Village: Villiersfaux
Latitude: 47.743900N Longitude: 0.988700E
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 |
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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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 9th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 I have seen this referred to as both a dolmen and a polissoir, and can be found by the roadside just outside the village of Villiersfaux, and signposted from the Mairie. It is a big 5 m by 3 m lump of puddingstone, with a few other stones around and about it. It may well be the capstone of a collapsed dolmen, but on the top it has clearly been used as a polissoir stone. There are at the south end a couple of small grooves, and a couple of flats. This is not overly impressive, but its certainly here, and findable, unlike lots round here.
It is a big 5 m by 3 m lump of puddingstone, with a few other stones around and about it. It may well be the capstone of a collapsed dolmen, but on the top it has clearly been used as a polissoir stone. There are at the south end a couple of small grooves, and a couple of flats.
This is not overly impressive, but its certainly here, and findable, unlike lots round here.
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