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<< Our Photo Pages >> Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3680

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
Country: France Département: Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chateaudun  Nearest Village: Nottonville
Latitude: 48.131999N  Longitude: 1.512759E
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.
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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TheCaptain visited on 8th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Just to the south of the La Brosse chateau and farm can be found the Palet de Gargantua dolmen, sitting right at the D.357 roadside. It has a lovely capstone sitting at a jaunty angle partly on the ground, and partly on a couple of support stones. It is sort of trapezoidal shaped, about 4m by 4m. I found it difficult to make out any semblance of structure underneath, as most of the support stones have all collapsed.

Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) submitted by theCaptain : Just to the south of the La Brosse chateau and farm can be found the Palet de Gargantua dolmen, sitting right at the D.357 roadside. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the south of the La Brosse chateau and farm can be found the Palet de Gargantua dolmen, sitting right at the D.357 roadside.

It has a lovely capstone sitting at a jaunty angle partly on the ground, and partly on a couple of support stones. It is sort of trapezoidal shaped, about 4m by 4m.

I found it difficult to make out any semblance of structure underneath, as most of the support stones have all collapsed.
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Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) submitted by theCaptain : Just to the south of the La Brosse chateau and farm can be found the Palet de Gargantua dolmen, sitting right at the D.357 roadside. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) submitted by theCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) submitted by theCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville)
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