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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: L'Usteau du Loup Alternative Name: La Grotte aux Fées, La Cabane du Loup,Country: France Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Issoire Nearest Village: St-Gervazy
Latitude: 45.410110N Longitude: 3.207250E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 27th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 To the south of St-Gervazy, near to the hamlet of Unsac, can be found the remains of this fine dolmen, perhaps the largest in the region, and which is signposted from nearby. On a little granite outcrop, near to the village sports ground, surrounded by high hills, it sits under an oak tree.
The chamber is rectangular, 5 metres long by 3 metres wide, is constructed with three granite side slabs each side, and opens to the east. There is in place one very large backstone, along with one smaller one. Unfortunately there are no capstones in place, although one lays fallen behind the chamber with another one nearby. The dolmen would have been almost tall enough to stand up in, and is much larger than any other dolmens I have seen round here.
This is a fine place for a wolf to live, and there are many legends and stories associated to the place. This is also a megalithic monument which has been used for thousands of years, and was used until recently as a sort of changing room for the village football team which plays on the nearby sports field !
johnstone visited on 15th Jul 1999 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
On a little granite outcrop, near to the village sports ground, surrounded by high hills, it sits under an oak tree. The chamber is rectangular, 5 metres long by 3 metres wide, is constructed with three granite side slabs each side, and opens to the east.
There is in place one very large backstone, along with one smaller one. Unfortunately there are no capstones in place, although one lays fallen behind the chamber with another one nearby. The dolmen would have been almost tall enough to stand up in, and is much larger than any other dolmens I have seen round here.
This is a fine place for a wolf to live, and there are many legends and stories associated to the place.
This is also a megalithic monument which has been used for thousands of years, and was used until recently as a sort of changing room for the village football team which plays on the nearby sports field !
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