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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chantecoq dolmen Alternative Name: dolmen de ChantecoqCountry: France Département: Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chartres Nearest Village: Ymeray
Latitude: 48.515500N Longitude: 1.703900E
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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TheCaptain visited on 7th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Marked on my ign map near to the village of Ymeray is the Dolmen de Chantecoq. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious signs to a dolmen of any kind, but there was a trackway called "Sentier des Roches" which I found near to the railway bridge, so I went for a walk up there. After several hundred metres was a little area being turned into a little public parkland, with picnic tables etc. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making. There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood. It looks like there are soon to be some interpretive signs put here, but without any more information, it was difficult to know exactly what there is here.
Within the soon to be grassy area is a slab of rock, half on the ground, half on another stone, which may be the remains of a dolmen. At the top of this stone are four grooves and a little basin, where it has been used as a polishing stone.
Within a grassy area is a slab of rock, half on the ground, half on another stone, which may be the remains of a dolmen.
At the top of this stone are four grooves and a little basin, where it has been used as a polishing stone.
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