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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 07 July 2006  Page Views: 5354

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) Alternative Name: La Pierre Sanglante, La Guillotine
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.716 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Clermont-Ferrand  Nearest Village: St-Pierre-Colamine
Latitude: 45.539584N  Longitude: 2.999058E
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.
4 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.
3 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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 24th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Blimey, it was an effort to get here from Mont Dore, along miles and miles of windy narrow roads in the mountains. From the hamlet of Le Cheix on the D.978 road, take the small lane to the south across the river and then winding up into the hills. Despite some trepidation, the camper van got through the narrow gaps between the buildings, and up the ferociously steep windy lanes. Eventually I came to a junction signposted Le Lac, managed to find a place to park, and got out and walked along this other lane for about half a kilometre. The dolmen is squashed between a football pitch and a big holiday home, near to a lake. It has got itself a mound, and on top of the mound a 4 metre by 2.5 metre capstone sort of sits on several other stones, but it is all sort of collapsed, and not very high off the ground. It is not very well cared for either, with all sorts of junk piled up around it. This is a nice place to be, but was it worth all the massive effort to get here ? After visiting the dolmen, I went to look for the Jonas Caves troglodite dwellings, which are way up in the hills beyond the dolmen. This basically consisted of climbing up the cliff in the camper van, first gear for several kilometres. What an absolutely fantastic view from above, with the house and lake seen right below, nestling in amongst all the volcanic cones. Superb.

Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix)
Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) submitted by thecaptain : This dolmen is mostly still within its mound, but largely collapsed, and not very high off the ground. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This dolmen is squashed between a football pitch and a big holiday home, near to a lake. It has got itself a mound, and on top of the mound a 4 metre by 2.5 metre capstone sort of sits on several other stones, but it is all sort of collapsed, and not very high off the ground.

It is not very well cared for either, with various junk piled up around it.

From the hamlet of Le Cheix on the D.978 road, take the small lane to the south across the river and then winding up into the hills. Despite some trepidation, the camper van got through the narrow gaps between the buildings, and up the ferociously steep windy lanes. Eventually I came to a junction signposted Le Lac, managed to find a place to park, and got out and walked along this other lane for about half a kilometre.
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Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix)
Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) submitted by thecaptain : After visiting the dolmen, I went to look for the Jonas Caves troglodite dwellings, which are way up in the hills beyond the dolmen. What an absolutely fantastic view from here, with dolmen and lake seen right below, nestling in amongst the volcanic cones. Superb. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix)
Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) submitted by thecaptain : This dolmen is squashed between a football pitch and a big holiday home, near to a lake. It has got itself a mound, and on top of the mound the capstone sort of sits on several other stones, but it is a bit collapsed, and not very high off the ground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: La Pierre Sanglante by TheCaptain on Friday, 07 July 2006
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After visiting the dolmen, I went to look for the Jonas Caves troglodite dwellings, which are way up in the hills beyond the dolmen. This basically consisted of climbing up the cliff in the camper van, first gear for several kilometres. What an absolutely fantastic view from above, with the house and lake seen right below, nestling in amongst the volcanic cones. Superb.
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