<< Our Photo Pages >> Puy de Bon Temps Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Puy de Bon Temps Dolmen Alternative Name: Peyrelevade de la Prunerède, Dolmen de Peyra Levada, Piera Levado (Puits de Bontemps)Country: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Périgueux Nearest Village: Limeyrat
Latitude: 45.185000N Longitude: 1.002700E
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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johnstone visited on 30th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 20th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This dolmen can be found about a kilometre walk up a forest track from the D68 between Ajat and Cubjac just north of where it passes under the new motorway and opposite a quarry entrance. It is just about signposted from the road but they are very easy to miss and when the track gets to the top of the hill you need to turn left and then left again.
The dolmen is all a bit of a jumble with many of the stones fallen and broken but the main part of the capstone about 3 by 2 metres in size is still there in position although held up by what I can only assume are roof timbers from some old building.
Just beside the dolmen is one of the cute little drystone beehive shelters (Gariotte?) that they have round here (and you can buy guide books and coffee table picture books of). Its in excellent condition with a terrific roof all covered in moss. I assume its been made using stone from the cairn for the dolmen although there is no shortage of stone round here.
alchemille visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Easy to find following the D68. lots of stone heaps all around, maybe the area was a necropole.
paulcall have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.67
The dolmen is all a bit of a jumble with many of the stones fallen and broken but the main part of the capstone about 3 by 2 metres in size is still there in position although held up by what I can only assume are roof timbers from some old building.
Just beside the dolmen is one of the cute little drystone beehive shelters (Gariotte?) that they have round here (and you can buy guide books and coffee table picture books of). Its in excellent condition with a terrific roof all covered in moss. I assume its been made using stone from the cairn for the dolmen although there is no shortage of stone round here.
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