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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sépulture circulaire de Pontivy Alternative Name: Nillizien TumulusCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Pontivy
Latitude: 48.063050N Longitude: 2.96825W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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It is a remarkable size: 15.93 metres in circumference, 5.4 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres in height. Slightly conical, it contained three urns, these are now held by the museum of archaeology and history in Vannes. It was classified as an ancient monument in 1892.
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