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

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 10 December 2005  Page Views: 4881

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Créchaudes Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de Créchaudes
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne  Nearest Village: St Hilaire-la-Foret
Latitude: 46.451344N  Longitude: 1.511695W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 6th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Unless I somehow missed this dolmen, it is a wreck, not much more than several stones in a field. Alternatively, it may still be in its mound, of which there is an overgrown example at the side of the field.

Créchaudes dolmen
Créchaudes dolmen submitted by thecaptain : Créchaudes dolmen This dolmen is either a wreck, not much more than several stones in a field, or alternatively, it may still be in its mound, of which there is an overgrown example at the side of the field. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ruined dolmen a kilometre or so to the northwest of the village of St Hilaire-la-Foret.

Unless I somehow missed this dolmen, it is a wreck, not much more than several stones in a field. Alternatively, it may still be in its mound, of which there is an overgrown example at the side of the field.

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