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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de Savatole 1 - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by thecaptain on Friday, 09 December 2005  Page Views: 4849

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Savatole 1
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne  Nearest Village: Le Bernard
Latitude: 46.443705N  Longitude: 1.464266W
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
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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
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johnstone visited on 9th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The remains of this dolmen are in the middle of a field of barley, and are not easy to get to, but following some tractor wheel marks it was possible for me to get to it without doing any damage to the crop (and I was not the first). This dolmen is larger, but less complete than the first two dolmens here. What would appear to be a 4 metre by 2.5 metre chamberis only covered at the western end by a capstone resting on three support stones. As at the other dolmens here, there is a large smoothed stone slab paving the floor.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4

Dolmen de Savatole 1
Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by thecaptain : This dolmen is larger, but less complete than it's two neighbours. What would appear to be a 4 metre by 2.5 metre chamber is only covered at the western end by a capstone resting on three support stones. As at the other dolmens nearby, there is a large smoothed stone slab paving the floor. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This dolmen is larger, but less complete than the other two dolmens here. What would appear to be a 4 metre by 2.5 metre chamber is only covered at the western end by a capstone resting on three support stones. As at the other dolmens here, there is a large smoothed stone slab paving the floor.

The remains of this dolmen are in the middle of a field of barley, and are not easy to get to, but following some tractor wheel marks it was possible for me to get to it without doing any damage to the crop (and I was not the first).

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Dolmen de Savatole 1
Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France April 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by DrewParsons : Viewed from Savatole 2 across a field in April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by johnstone : Close up of the chamber, Sep.9, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by johnstone : As seen from another side on Sep.9, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by johnstone : Seen from the third side, Sep.9, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Savatole 1
Dolmen de Savatole 1 submitted by thecaptain : The remains of this dolmen are in the middle of a field of barley, and are not easy to get to, but following some tractor wheel marks it was possible for me to get to it without doing any damage to the crop.

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Re: Savatole Dolmen 3 by holger_rix on Sunday, 27 March 2016
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Not far: The School of the Dolmens, megalithic.co.uk french training center..


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