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Submitted by alchemille on Thursday, 02 January 2014 Page Views: 3133
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cromlech de la Rouquette Alternative Name: Cromlech de CalvinetCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 16.983 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Auvergne:Cantal (15) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Calvinet Nearest Village: Airillac, Maurs
Latitude: 44.702721N Longitude: 2.344684E
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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This henge was not mentioned in the Revue archéologique du Cantal, however in a list of monuments mégalithiques d'Auvergne, published in this Revue a menhir near Calvinet was mentioned. I decided to head for Calvinet to have a look as it is quite peculiar that in the area of The Châtaigneraie cantalienne, in the south of the department of Cantal, there is hardly any megalithic sites indicated, however in the nearby departments of the Lot and the Aveyron hundreds of megalithic sites are mentioned.
This Cromlech is found near a gîte in the lieu dit Rouquettes or Roquettes south of Calvinet. I haven't got any other information yet, I should be going to the Archives Departamentales du Cantal to find something else about it.
Unfortunately the site is placed in a private property so access to the area is impossible, I had just permission to take some pictures from the wire barrier placed around the stones. It seems to me that two circles are placed side by side and there are also some randomly placed rocks nearby, however, as some small stone huts are now placed between the rocks it is difficult for an amateur like me to have a clear picture of the site.
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