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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 03 December 2005  Page Views: 7318

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulus de la Boixe B Alternative Name: Forêt de Boixe
Country: France Département: Poitou:Charente (16) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Angoulême  Nearest Village: Vervant
Latitude: 45.842900N  Longitude: 0.148800E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
5 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
5

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johnstone visited on 21st Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 16th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 This wonderful tumulus can be found signposted just to the west of the D.116 as it runs through the Forêt-de-Boixe. Said to be one of about 15 such tombs here in the 19th century, but now mostly destroyed. It’s a lovely tomb, which has been restored, with a chamber still contained fully within its cairn, which must be between 25 and 30 metres in diameter, with two walled and stepped rings around it. A large capstone is still visible from the top which covers the chamber. The entrance passage is slightly curved, and about 8 metres in length. It looks to me as though many of the stones are new, and indeed some seem to be concrete slabs. There is a side chamber on the right as you go in, which has nicely carved entrance stones giving a fine rounded doorway, with a finely carved edging. Its all very dark inside and you need to take a torch, although the birds like it as it is for nesting inside. The chamber is rectangular, about 3 metres by 1.5 metres. The passageway into the main chamber is exceptionally well made, with most of the stones being very squared, which turns out to be a feature of many of the dolmens around here. The main chamber, more than 8 metres into the tumulus, is another rectangular structure formed with well fitting and squared slabs, and is about 5 metres by 3 metres, wit slab floorstones also. At the opposite corner of this chamber to where the entrance is, is found another entranceway into a further chamber, this one being about 2 metres square, again made with fantastically fitted stone slabs. The entranceway is carved from two well fitted slabs, and has two grooves carved around it, rather like moulding round a more modern doorway. Above and to the right of this doorway, in the main chamber is a very visible axe carved onto the wall slabs. Since visiting this tomb, I have found that there are said to be carvings of crooks and axes on one or two of the stones. The monument is in a lovely flower filled clearing in the forest, with the air filled with birdsong, a cuckoo being particularly prominent this morning. It has a noticeboard which states that it is dated to between 4500 and 3700 BC, and that the corridor side stones are original. I went back to my van to get a torch and returned.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 5 Access: 5

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by thecaptain : In this region to the north of Angoulême are many, many megalithic remains, most of which are almost totally unknown. This is one of the known sites, the well restored and truly lovely Tumulus de la Boixe, well worth a visit. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This wonderful tumulus can be found signposted just to the west of the D.116 as it runs through the Forêt-de-Boixe. It is said to be one of about 15 such tombs here in the 19th century, but now mostly destroyed.

It’s a lovely tomb, which has been restored, with three chambers still contained fully within the large cairn, which must be between 25 and 30 metres in diameter, with two walled and stepped rings around it. A large capstone is still visible from the top which covers the main chamber.

The entrance passage is slightly curved, and about 8 metres in length. The passageway into the main chamber is exceptionally well made, with most of the stones being very squared, which turns out to be a feature of many of the dolmens around here. It looks to me as though many of the stones are new, and indeed some seem to be concrete slabs, including the roof, although the notice outside states that the sidestones are original.

There is a side chamber on the right as you go in, which has nicely carved entrance stones giving a fine rounded doorway, with a finely carved edging. Its all very dark inside and you need to take a torch, although the birds like it as it is for nesting inside. The chamber is rectangular, about 3 metres by 1.5 metres.

The main chamber, more than 8 metres into the tumulus, is another rectangular structure formed with well fitting and squared slabs, and is about 5 metres by 3 metres, with slab floorstones also. At the opposite corner of this chamber to where the entrance is, is found another entranceway into a further chamber, this one being about 2 metres square, again made with fantastically fitted stone slabs. The entranceway is carved from two well fitted slabs, and has two grooves carved around it, rather like moulding round a more modern doorway. Above and to the right of this doorway, in the main chamber is a very visible axe carved onto the wall slabs.

Since visiting this tomb, I have found that there are said to be other carvings of crooks and axes on one or two of the stones.

The monument is in a lovely flower filled clearing in the forest, with the air filled with birdsong, a cuckoo being particularly prominent this morning. It has a noticeboard which states that it is dated to between 4500 and 3700 BC, and that the corridor side stones are original.

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Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by thecaptain : The Tumulus de la Boixe B is in a lovely flower filled clearing in the forest, with the air filled with birdsong, a cuckoo being particularly prominent the morning of my visit. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by thecaptain : The entrance passage is slightly curved, and about 8 metres in length. It looked to me as though many of the stones were new, and indeed some including the roof seem to be concrete slabs, although the notice outside states that the sidestones are original. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by StoneLee : It really is wonderful here even if you do spend an hour following the Dolmen sign around the woods. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by thecaptain : At the far corner of the main chamber, is found another entranceway into a further chamber. The entranceway is carved from two well fitted slabs, and has two grooves carved around it, rather like moulding round a more modern doorway. Above and to the right of this doorway, in the main chamber is a very visible axe carved onto the wall slabs. (4 comments)

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe et son locataire The current owner of the second chamber :) Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe - La crosse datée vers 4000 ans avant notre ère The "real" crook in the second chamber. Around 4000 BC. Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe - La "hache" moderne. The modern carving inside the main chamber. Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe - La chambre principale The principal chamber Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe - Le couloir d'accès Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe - La chambre latérale The lateral chamber Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus de la Boixe Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by neolithique02

Tumulus de la Boixe B
Tumulus de la Boixe B submitted by thecaptain : Tumulus de la Boixe B A particularly poor picture of the noticeboard, which was hard to photograph due to the light and shade reflecting on the glass. I have tried to edit teh picture to make it a bit clearer, but without much luck. At least the plan of the tumulus and its passages and chambers can be made out.

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3D view of the Tumulus by Andy B on Friday, 17 July 2015
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neolithique02 writes: 3D view of the Tumulus can be seen here :
http://www.encharente.com/vervant-interieur-du-tumulus-de-la-boixe/

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