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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Puy de Pauliac Cromlech Alternative Name: Aubazines cromlechCountry: France
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Département: Limousin:Corrèze (19) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brive-la-Gaillarde Nearest Village: Aubazines
Latitude: 45.184700N Longitude: 1.682900E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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johnstone visited on 6th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
alchemille visited on 9th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Cromlech near the village of Aubazine, near the summit of the Puy Pauliac.
TheCaptain visited on 1st Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 At the top of the lovely Puy de Pauliac hill to the east of the historical village of Aubazines, is an orientation table, and fantastic views stretching for many miles in nearly all directions, with the high point of the Massif Central, the Puy de Sancy to be seen way off in the east. Near to the top of this hill is marked a cromlech, and I almost didn't find it. The cromlech can be found a bit downhill to the north of the summit, and it is signposted, although the tiny little wooden sign is easily missed, hiding in the woodland.
In a clearing in the forest covered slopes, the cromlech is made with many stones, nearly all less than a metre tall, set up almost touching each other making an enclosure which is a sort of rounded square about 40 to 50 metres across. At the southern, upslope side, is a large outcrop of natural rocks, probably 10 to 15 metres high from which the cromlech extends, joining between other significant natural rocks, to close off the area.
It is very easy to imagine a gathering of people here, with the leader stood on top of the large natural rocks giving his sermon. Within the cromlech are several nicely weathered natural granite slabs, one of which has a large break in it. These would make good seats for the best view !
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 4
The cromlech can be found a bit downhill to the north of the summit, and it is signposted, although the tiny little wooden sign is easily missed, hiding in the woodland.
In a clearing on the forest covered slopes, the cromlech is made with many stones, nearly all less than a metre tall, set up almost touching each other making an enclosure which is a sort of rounded square about 40 to 50 metres across.
At the southern, upslope side, is a large outcrop of natural rocks, probably 10 to 15 metres high from which the cromlech extends in both directions, joining between other significant natural rocks, to close off the area.
It is very easy to imagine a gathering of people here, with the leader stood on top of the large natural rocks giving his sermon.
Within the cromlech are several nicely weathered natural granite slabs, one of which has a large break in it. These would make good seats for the best view !
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