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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4719

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) Alternative Name: Dolmen de Morancez
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.508 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chartres  Nearest Village: Morancez
Latitude: 48.398500N  Longitude: 1.493500E
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
3 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
0No data.
5 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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TheCaptain visited on 8th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Not much more than a pile of stones, La Pierre qui Tourne, or Morancez dolmen can be found amongst the houses of Residence du Dolmen, just off the main D.935 road through the village, a bit to the north of the church. I suspect the locals think of it as a bit of a nuisance, getting in the way of the road and car parking. It was obviously once very large, the capstone remains here on the ground at 7 metres long by 4 metres wide, with a few other bits of stone standing nearby. While I was here, there were several young children playing on it, who were very inquisitive as to what I was doing there, and why I couldn't speak properly !

La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez)
La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) submitted by theCaptain : I suspect the locals think of it as a bit of a nuisance, getting in the way of the road and car parking. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Now not much more than a large pile of stones, La Pierre qui Tourne, or Morancez dolmen, can be found amongst the houses of Residence du Dolmen, just off the main D.935 road through the village, a bit to the north of the church.

It was obviously once very large, the capstone remains here on the ground at 7 metres long by 4 metres wide, with a few other bits of stone standing nearby.

I suspect the locals think of it as a bit of a nuisance, getting in the way of the road and car parking.

While I was here, there were several young children playing on it, who were very inquisitive as to what I was doing there, and why I couldnt speak properly !


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La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez)
La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) submitted by theCaptain : La Pierre qui Tourne, or Morancez dolmen, can be found amongst the houses of Residence du Dolmen, just off the main D.935 road through the village. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) by TheCaptain on Thursday, 29 March 2012
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As seen here on streetview, it's just behind the third house on the left

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