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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Monpalais Dolmen 5 Alternative Name: Taizé dolmen 5, Dolmen de Maranzais (E)Country: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Thouars Nearest Village: Taizé
Latitude: 46.946400N Longitude: 0.1433W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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johnstone visited on 5th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 18th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Further west from the first four dolmens, towards the new houses, can be found another little dolmen in the middle of a field, which again has been nicely restored. It is a simple thing with a 2 m by 2 m capstone sitting on top of two side slabs and a back stone. It opens up to the east on about 060°, and in fact is looking directly at what I have called dolmens 3 and 4. It has about a 5 metre cairn of little red stones surrounding it, and a few other larger pieces are sort of scattered around.
I would not be at all surprised if there weren't more of these dolmens around here. This was obviously an important place thousands of years ago.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
It is a simple thing with a 2 m by 2 m capstone sitting on top of two side slabs and a back stone. It opens up to the east on about 060°, and in fact is looking directly at what I have called dolmens 3 and 4. It has about a 5 metre cairn of little red stones surrounding it, and a few other larger pieces are sort of scattered around.
I would not be at all surprised if there weren't more of these dolmens around here. This was obviously an important place thousands of years ago.
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