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Submitted by thecaptain on Tuesday, 05 July 2005  Page Views: 3650

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Bois del Rey Alternative Name: Dolmen du Bois de Margues
Country: France Département: Midi:Aveyron (12) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Villefranche-de-Rouergue  Nearest Village: Martiel
Latitude: 44.408000N  Longitude: 1.905700E
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.
4 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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johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 30th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is quite a nice dolmen but starting to deteriorate badly, supposedly mostly over the last 100 years. The 4 metre long by 3 metre wide capstone has now broken into two bits, still sitting on its two crumbling 4 metre long side supports. It has a nice backstone and remains of a front entry stone, with the chamber facing east at 110°. It is found a couple of hundred metres along a signposted footpath in a lovely oak forest.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Dolmen du Bois del Rey
Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by greywether : This is a photo of a site known as Bois del Rey 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)
To the north of the village of Martiel, are signposted some dolmens, which can be found on a lovely walk through an oak forest.

This, the first dolmen you reach, is quite a nice dolmen, but starting to deteriorate, which is supposedly only in the last 100 years, probably due to all the visitors it gets. The 4 metre long, 3m wide capstone has broken into two bits, still sitting on its two crumbling 4 metre long side supports, with an orientation of 110°. The back stone is still in position, and there are remains of a front entry stone.

I didn’t find an dolmens de Bois-del-Rey with higher numbers, but expect they are there somewhere if you look.

Just a couple of dozen metres from dolmen de Bois-del-Rey 1, is a large flat slab of rock with a 40 cm diameter, 10 cm deep circular basin cut into it. Its purpose is completely unknown, but no doubt in some way is connected with the local dolmens.

johnstone added:
The supports are 4.80m and 3.60m long.
A second dolmen (du Bois del Rey #2) can be found in the wood at about 550 m north-east of this one.
This spot is the first megalith of “Parcours des Dolmens de Martiel”
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Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France, Dolmen du Bois del Rey (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by johnstone : Look into the chamber on June 16, 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Bois del Rey
Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France

Dolmen du Bois del Rey
Dolmen du Bois del Rey submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France

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