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<< Our Photo Pages >> Croix St Pierre east - Chambered Cairn in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 19 November 2005  Page Views: 5549

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Croix St Pierre east
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Redon  Nearest Village: St Just
Latitude: 47.765500N  Longitude: 1.9884W
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.
3 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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aolson visited on 19th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Even though it was hard to get close to the dolmens and cist, the setting was magnificent. I wish we had had more time to enjoy this end of the site!

johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 13th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 A large long mound with two large dolmenic chambers within it opening to the side and also a smaller one near one end. This has been excavated and restored in 1990/91 and was dated to 3500 to 4000 BC. As with all of these chambers it is fenced off to keep the masses out.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3.33

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by greywether : Dolmen C (Vote or comment on this photo)
A large long mound with two large dolmenic chambers within it opening to the side and also a smaller one near one end, which makes up part of the Saint-Just group of megalithic sites.

This has been excavated and restored in 1990/91 and was dated to 3500 to 4000 BC.

As with all of these chambers it is fenced off to keep the masses out.
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Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by irundarra : La Croix St Pierre cist. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by greywether : Dolmen B (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by ShamrockStone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by irundarra : La Croix St Pierre cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by aolson : Croix St Pierre south dolmen

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by aolson : Croix St Pierre north dolmen

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by irundarra : La Croix St Pierre cist.

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by thecaptain : Croix St Pierre north and south dolmens can be seen in the background of this picture amongst the long grass, with in the foreground the simpler and smaller burial chamber. I think these three structures were once in a single long mound, but I may be wrong, and perhaps they were once in seperate individual round mounds.

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by AlexHunger : Saint-Just Dolmen Sud. This is a medium dolmen with originaly a cairn. It had a cap stone with "cupules" (indentations) and some "pediform" (Feet shaped) markings, which were not visible from this distance or have been moved. It dates to the Chalcolithique transitional era between Neolithic and Bronze Age and was again re-utilised in the Bronze Age. The area was fenced off and the authorities ...

Croix St Pierre east
Croix St Pierre east submitted by AlexHunger : Saint-Just Dolmen Nord. This is a smaller dolmen with originaly a cairn with room for a child in a carved out tree trunk. It dates to the Chalcolithique transitional era between Neolithic and Bronze Age and was again re-utilised in the Bronze Age. The area was fenced off and the authorities let the grass grow. This is ver close to the 2 other small dolmen and the Tribunal Cromlech.

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 7m W 270° Croix St Pierre tertre* Long Barrow
 21m NW 311° Ciste de Croix Saint-Pierre* Cist
 70m W 269° Dolmen Ouest de la Croix de Saint-Pierre* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 110m WSW 252° Le Tribunal* Stone Circle
 179m W 281° Cupules de la Grée de Cojoux Rock Art
 217m W 274° Tombe nord-ouest de Croix St Pierre Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 261m E 101° Château Bû* Chambered Cairn
 266m W 273° Le Four Sarrazin* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 375m W 275° Monument du Four Sarrazin Ouest Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 427m ESE 104° Demoiselles Piquées* Stone Row / Alignment
 869m W 266° Debout-et-Bloc menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
 900m E 96° Alignement des Petites Roches Piquées* Stone Row / Alignment
 969m E 96° Alignements du Moulin W* Stone Row / Alignment
 1.1km E 94° Alignements du Moulin S* Stone Row / Alignment
 1.2km E 93° Alignements du Moulin N* Stone Row / Alignment
 1.2km W 273° Bocadeve Alignements Stone Row / Alignment
 1.3km N 8° Alignement de la Forgerais Stone Row / Alignment
 1.5km E 95° Croix Madame* Barrow Cemetery
 1.7km NW 310° Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 1.7km W 261° Rocher de Bocadève Standing Stone (Menhir)
 2.1km E 85° Cimetière St. Just* Stone Row / Alignment
 2.1km ESE 110° Dolmens de Gremel Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 2.2km NE 51° Menhirs des Pierres Chevêches 2 Standing Stones
 2.3km NE 47° Menhirs des Pierres Chevêches 1 Standing Stones
 2.4km SW 232° Roche à Cupules de Trohinat Rock Art
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