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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulus de la Motte Ronde Alternative Name: Tumulus du Bois de la ChasseCountry: France Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Royan Nearest Village: Semussac
Latitude: 45.593056N Longitude: 0.898333W
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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Near a campsite named "Bois de la Chasse" this circular mound is 30 meters long and 4 meters high. It had several stratums, first white (vegetable ground and charcoal), then black (clay and calcareous stones).
A the top there was a conical hole full of black ground and fragments of potteries.
During the World War II the German people used the tumulus as practise ground and as advance. They extended the hole.
In the fifties barbed wires and cases were still discovered.
The tumulus was also used as a house because of traces of hearthes in the Middle Ages.
Few things were discovered during two different excavations (in 1914 and in 1956) : bones, polished axes, a part of a spear in bronze and fragments of potteries.
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