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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3096

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Country: France Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Clermont-Ferrand  Nearest Village: St-Etienne-des-Champs
Latitude: 45.796620N  Longitude: 2.595310E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
4

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alchemille visited on 27th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 dolmen in the lieu dit Chez Gailles near the village of St Etienne des Champs, departement of PUY DE DôME.

johnstone visited on 14th Jul 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by alchemille : Dolmen de la pierre Fade, lieu dit chez Geilles, St Etienne des Champs. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dolmen at lieu dit Chez Gailles in the community of St Etienne des Champs, departement of Puy-de-Dôme

Very nice dolmen with 5 uprights and an oval capstone.

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Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by johnstone : Close up of the front, July 14, 1999 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by alchemille : La pierre Fade en Puy de Dôme, Auvergne. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by alchemille : Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp), St Etienne des Champs in Puy-de-Dôme (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by johnstone : Side view on July 14, 1999 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Pierre Fade (Lachamp) by alchemille on Thursday, 27 August 2015
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my GPS has shown the following co ordinates: N 45.80576 and E2.59804 [Updated, but those coordinates are wrong]
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