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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Colombier Round TombCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 3.844 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Neuenburg Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Neuchâtel
Latitude: 47.006730N Longitude: 6.971210E
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 |
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Megalithic89 visited on 9th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
aolson visited on 20th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
Discovery site: 46.97012, 6.8698
The largest of the burials was moved to the park of the Latenium museum. The mound next to it is a reconstruction of what the burial would have looked like, and is not a prehistoric monument.
In 1876 the Auvernier Dolmen with 20 inhumations was found very close to three graves found in 2013.
Sources:
Trois tombes préhistoriques découvertes à Colombier Tribune de Genève
DÉCOUVERTE EXTRAORDINAIRE D'UN TUMULUS DU BRONZE MOYEN À COLOMBIER République et Canton de Neuchâtel Site Officiel
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