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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005 Page Views: 5068
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre-Folle allée couverteCountry: France Département: Poitou:Vienne (86) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Loudun Nearest Village: Bournand
Latitude: 47.110300N Longitude: 0.081400E
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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Rubis visited on 21st Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Wonderful! Marvellous! A jewel with the Renaissance farm as a case!
TheCaptain couldn't find on 17th Jul 2005 To the north of Bournand, but in a very vaguely marked place on my map, is marked the Pierre Folle allée couverte. In the village of Bournand, there is a sign pointing to the Pierre Folle, but as is often the case, there are no more signs later, and try as I might, without a detailed map I could not find this. After my failed visit, I found out that it is an 18 metre long allée couvert, on inaccessible private land within a Renaissance Lodge. It is said to be a superb megalithic monument.
From Rubis
Only opened for Les journées du patrimoine, this is what was sticked up at the entrance of the Farm.
It said that the allée couverte is 4000 years before J.C..
No bones were discovered during excavations. The entrance is oriented towards the sunset, during the winter solstice.
The main capstone pounds 130 tonnes. Celtic druids and pagans made ceremonies around it. Il all stopped in the sixth century when Saint Martin came there.
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