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<< Our Photo Pages >> Amenon Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 16 December 2011  Page Views: 5704

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Amenon Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen d'Amenon, Allée couverte d'Amnon
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: La Flèche  Nearest Village: Saint-Germain-d'Arcé
Latitude: 47.636700N  Longitude: 0.253500E
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 11th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The Amenon dolmen is fairly easy to find, along the little roadsouth of the river Loir between Vaas and La Chapelle-aux-Choux. Just after the little stream, the dolmen remains can be found up a trackway, and can be seen from the road. There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having the trackway built right through it. It was excavated in the 1970s and is now protected, but perhaps just a little too late ! The remains now are a single capstone sitting defiantly on two side supports about 1.5 metres apart, and lots of other stones in piles around it.

Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen remains can be found up a trackway, and can be seen from the road. There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having the trackway built right through it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Amenon dolmen is fairly easy to find, along the little road south of the river Loir between Vaas and La Chapelle-aux-Choux. Just after the little stream, the dolmen remains can be found up a trackway, and can be seen from the road.

There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having the trackway built right through it.

It was excavated in the 1970s and is now protected, but perhaps just a little too late! The remains now are a single capstone sitting defiantly on two side supports about 1.5 metres apart, and lots of other stones in piles around it.

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Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain : The standing remains now are a single capstone sitting defiantly on two side supports. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain : It was excavated in the 1970s and is now protected, but perhaps just a little too late! The remains now are a single capstone sitting defiantly on two side supports about 1.5 metres apart, and lots of other stones in piles around it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen remains can be found up a trackway, and can be seen from the road. There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having the trackway built right through it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Amenon dolmen
Amenon dolmen submitted by theCaptain : There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having the trackway built right through it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Amenon dolmen by TheCaptain on Friday, 16 December 2011
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