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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Normandie:Eure (27)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5379

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) Alternative Name: Dolmen dit la Pierre Courcoulée
Country: France Département: Normandie:Eure (27) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Evreux  Nearest Village: Les Ventes
Latitude: 48.941800N  Longitude: 1.073900E
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 3rd May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This dolmen consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones with a couple more fallen inside. The capstone is about 4 metres by 2.5 metres and well over a metre thick. It is marked on my ign map but there are no signposts at all on the face of the world. Park where the road from the village of Ventes meets the D60 at Le Haut Bois – there’s plenty of space just to the west of the road at a big entrance area to the forest. Do not walk straight into the forest but take the track to the left (southeast) behind the houses. I just followed this track for about half a mile following my nose at each of the junctions and found the dolmen easily enough. Perhaps some unknown power was guiding me after all my recent failures. After my visit just after I got back into my campervan the heavens opened up and there was a massive thunderstorm. Somebody is on my side today.

La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes)
La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre Courcoulée, which can be found in the forest near to the village of Les Ventes, in Eure. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Pierre Courcoulée can be found in the forest behind the village of Les Ventes in Eure.

This dolmen consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones with a couple more fallen inside. The capstone is about 4 metres by 2.5 metres and well over a metre thick.

It is marked on my ign map but there are no signposts at all on the face of the world. Park where the road from the village of Ventes meets the D60 at Le Haut Bois – there’s plenty of space just to the west of the road at a big entrance area to the forest. Do not walk straight into the forest but take the track to the left (southeast) behind the houses. I just followed this track for about half a mile following my nose at each of the junctions and found the dolmen easily enough.

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La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes)
La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) submitted by TheCaptain : The Pierre Courcoulée consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones which is to be found in the forest behind the village of Les Ventes in Eure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes)
La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) submitted by TheCaptain : La Pierre Courcoulée consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones which is to be found in the forest behind the village of Les Ventes in Eure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes)
La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Pierre Courcoulée by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 11 May 2005
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Pierre Courcoulée, Les Ventes, Eure, N 48.9418, E 01.0739
Visited Tuesday, 3rd May 2005. Access 4, Condition 3, Ambience 4.

This dolmen consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones with a couple more fallen inside. The capstone is about 4 metres by 2.5 metres, and well over a metre thick. It is marked on my ign map, but there are no signposts at all on the face of the world. Park where the road from the village of Ventes meets the D60 at Le Haut Bois – there’s plenty of space just to the west of the road at a big entrance area to the forest. Do not walk straight into the forest, but take the track to the left (southeast) behind the houses. I just followed this track for about half a mile, following my nose at each of the junctions, and found the dolmen easily enough. Perhaps some unknown power was guiding me after all my recent failures.

After my visit, just after I got back into my campervan, the heavens opened up and there was a massive thunderstorm. Somebody is on my side today.
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