<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Couverte de la Planche - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49
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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 PlancheCountry: 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:
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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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.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
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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