<< Our Photo Pages >> Bessèges Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Languedoc:Gard (30)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bessèges DolmenCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 1.103 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Alès Nearest Village: Bessèges
Latitude: 44.288320N Longitude: 4.091230E
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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Access is a little difficult. It features in a National Park's walk "La Ronc Rouge" which starts in Bessèges and is a 13 km circular route. The Dolmen is the only ancient site on the route but it also takes in an old mine, a chapel, a bell, caves and a capitale (old shepherds' shelter)
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