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

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4325

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen dit Palet-de-Gargantua Alternative Name: Dolmen Brise, Palet de Gargantua
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Le Mans  Nearest Village: Torcé-en-Vallée
Latitude: 48.133469N  Longitude: 0.390822E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Dolmen dit Palet-de-Gargantua submitted by FleaMarket : Postcard from about 1900. Dolmen in Loire, Sarthe (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Re: Dolmen dit Palet-de-Gargantua by lafemmedepierre on Wednesday, 27 September 2017
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Very easy to find, this dolmen sits on a big place at the crossing of D 180 (Rue du Dolmen) and D 25 (rue de la Paix), et the entry of the village.

It's huge, it's table is more than 7,5 metres large in diagonal.
Under the table, two or more orthostats are lying, but there's no way of reaching them. The top of the table is interesting, with a many many "cupules" that seemed to me as natural. On the contraty, the first basin (cuvette) I saw when climbing on it seemed fairly of the king of a polissoir's one. Also to mention are some "rigoles" that need to be better studied before deciding if they are natural or not.

Very impressive and interesting piece indeed !
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