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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dissignac Tumulus - Chambered Cairn in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 07 June 2008  Page Views: 15369

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dissignac Tumulus Alternative Name: Bosse de la Prière
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Saint-Nazaire  Nearest Village: Dissignac
Latitude: 47.270800N  Longitude: 2.2791W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
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
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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johnstone visited on 28th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 14th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Signposted from miles around and it has its own little parking area picnic site bus stop and kiosk but when I arrived here (on a Saturday morning in mid May) it was all shut and fenced off and it looked pretty permanent. It’s a restored tumulus with two large passage graves inside with the chambers facing southeast. It was fairly substantially rebuilt at some point in the past which doubled the size of the mound and extended the chambers by 4 metres.

DrewParsons Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Overall view showing the two entrances and tumulus. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dissignac Tumulus is a restored tumulus with two large passage graves inside with the chambers facing southeast. It was fairly substantially rebuilt at some point in the past which doubled the size of the mound and extended the chambers by 4 metres.

Signposted from miles around and this wonderful monument has its own little parking area, picnic site, bus stop and kiosk but when I arrived here on a Saturday morning in mid May it was all shut and fenced off and it looked pretty permanent.

Two Dolmenic chambers are covered by 15 metre diameter tumulus with corridors 11 metres in length, surrounded by small kerbstones, which are possibly stepped remains like those at Mousseaux.

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Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)

Note: Lots of pictures just in of this classic French tumulus. Is that a map of Australia I see within ???
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Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : View showing the entire mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : View showing the twin entrances. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : View into the right hand passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : View into the left hand passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique:

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique: Entrance

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : entrance from inside

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique France:

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Martin_L : The restored Tumulus de Dissignac (February 1991)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by greywether : W passage.

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by AlexHunger : 15 Meter diameter cairn with 2 entrances, surrounded by small kerbstones, which are possibly the remains of steps like at Mousseaux. Unable to visit interior as site closed out of season. Again similarities with Maltese temples.

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by johnstone : The left entrance, also closed on June 28, 2013

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by johnstone : The right entrance with iron fence, June 28, 2013

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by karolus : Site in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique France

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by karolus

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique France Site sign in April 2010. The interior of the tumulus is only open during July and August.

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique: Postcard ca 1900.

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Postcard ca 1900.

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Interior chamber

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Carvings on ceiling cap stone

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Dipo : Interior

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by Martin_L : Passage of the western chamber (February 1991)

Dissignac Tumulus
Dissignac Tumulus submitted by greywether : E chamber. (1 comment)

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