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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Couverte de la Planche - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2892

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Couverte de la Planche Alternative Name: La Pierre Couverte du Gué au Poirier, Dolmen dit Pierre couverte de la Planche
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: La Flèche  Nearest Village: Broc
Latitude: 47.580034N  Longitude: 0.153126E
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.
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
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TheCaptain visited on 12th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Just to the west of Broc, along the D.138 road towards Chigné, an after about 800 metres this dolmen can be seen in the middle of the field to the north. I went to Broc hoping for a map, but saw nothing, so was lucky to find this. The dolmen is left in a little unploughed area which has recently been cleared of undergrowth and bushes, but it is also unfortunately used for field clearance stones. There is a single capstone, 2.5 metres roundish shape, sitting on top of a single long slab on the south side, and two side supports to the north. It is possibly the remains of an allée couverte. A pleasure to find this at the start of the day after a bad evening.



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La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by theCaptain : There is a single capstone, 2.5 metres roundish shape, sitting on top of a single long slab on the south side, and two side supports to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the west of Broc, along the D.138 road towards Chigné, and after about 800 metres this dolmen can be seen in the middle of the field to the north. I went to Broc hoping for a map, but saw nothing, so was lucky to find this.

The dolmen is left in a little unploughed area which had recently been cleared of undergrowth and bushes, but it is also unfortunately used for field clearance stones.

There is a single capstone, 2.5 metres roundish shape, sitting on top of a single long slab on the south side, and two side supports to the north. It is possibly the remains of an allée couverte.

A pleasure to find this at the start of the day after a bad evening.

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La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen is left in a little unploughed area which had recently been cleared of undergrowth and bushes, but it is also unfortunately used for field clearance stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by theCaptain : Just to the west of Broc, along the D.138 road towards Chigné, and after about 800 metres this dolmen can be seen in the middle of the field to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by theCaptain : There is a single capstone, 2.5 metres roundish shape, sitting on top of a single long slab on the south side, and two side supports to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen is left in a little unploughed area which had recently been cleared of undergrowth and bushes, but it is also unfortunately used for field clearance stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by johnstone : Only 3 supports remaining, June 26, 2007

La Pierre Couverte de la Planche
La Pierre Couverte de la Planche submitted by johnstone : Delicate balance for the capstone, June 26, 2007

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