<< Our Photo Pages >> Dissignac Tumulus - Chambered Cairn in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dissignac Tumulus Alternative Name: Bosse de la PrièreCountry: 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:
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 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
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.
NOTE: Additional Info From TheCaptain
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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