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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus - Chambered Tomb in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

Submitted by thecaptain on Sunday, 22 January 2006  Page Views: 3634

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus
Country: France Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Lourdes  Nearest Village: Lamarque
Latitude: 43.159700N  Longitude: 0.07154W
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:
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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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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TheCaptain visited on 6th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 When at the Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs, instead of turning left towards the Pouey-Majou dolmen continue southwest for a few hundred yards along the farmtrack, and there is a large mound at the top of the hill. It can be clearly seen against the skyline while walking towards it from quite some distance off, all covered in bracken and scrub. Unfortunately, it has all been fenced off, so I couldnt get a closer look. It looks to be about 20 metres in diameter, by 3 metres high. The northwest side looks to have been recently cut away with earth moving equipment. In fact, it is in such a badly cared for state, that at first I assumed that it might be just a modern mound of earth, for some reason piled there by the farmer. But it is indeed an ancient burial mound, which is in desperate need of some proper care. It wouldn't be the only one of these large burial mounds round here to be destroyed in recent times, as one was ploughed out less than 10 years ago.

Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus
Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus submitted by thecaptain : Remains of a large round mound, probably with a chambered tomb inside, which can be seen near to the more well known Pouey-Majou, a few kilometres to the southwest of Tarbes in southwestern France. There are many of these large mounds around on the hills here, but many more have been destroyed in the last century. This one has recently been attacked with earthmoving equipment on its far side, ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of a large round mound, probably with a chambered tomb inside, which can be seen near to the more well known Pouey-Majou, a few kilometres to the southwest of Tarbes in southwestern France. There are many of these large mounds around on the hills here, but many more have been destroyed in the last century. I am unsure of a correct name for this mound, if it has one, and have given it this name as it is near to the spring of this name.

When at the Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs, instead of turning left towards the Pouey-Majou dolmen continue southwest for a few hundred yards along the farmtrack, and there is a large mound at the top of the hill. It can be clearly seen against the skyline while walking towards it from quite some distance off, all covered in bracken and scrub.

Unfortunately, it has all been fenced off, so I couldnt get a closer look. It looks to be about 20 metres in diameter, by 3 metres high. The northwest side looks to have been recently cut away with earth moving equipment. In fact, it is in such a badly cared for state, that at first I assumed that it might be just a modern mound of earth, for some reason piled there by the farmer. But it is indeed an ancient burial mound, which is in desperate need of some proper care.

It wouldnt be the only one of these large burial mounds round here to be destroyed in recent times, as one was ploughed out less than 10 years ago.


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