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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Peyre d'ErmaleCountry: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Périgueux Nearest Village: Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien
Latitude: 45.343100N Longitude: 0.528500E
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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oldman visited on 1st Sep 2018 A little tricky to find but worth it.
johnstone visited on 27th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
alchemille visited on 24th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Surreal, eery. Superb place.
TheCaptain visited on 17th May 2005 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 3 Marked on my ign map as a menhir but signposted along a track from the road as Dolmen I parked and walked to see what I could find.
What I eventually found after about a kilometre walk was a strange lump of natural rock which has been shaped has a squarish cut out in one side and a round basin to the south with little channels cut in the surrounding rocks to presumably collect water.
I have no idea what this is meant to be and indeed no idea whether this is the proper megalithic remains! Later I find out that this is indeed the remains of a megalithic burial chamber (dolmen a bit incorrect perhaps). And thet there is also a menhir nearby. I wonder where that was then.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 4
What I eventually found after about a kilometre walk was a strange lump of natural rock which has been shaped, has a squarish cut out in one side, and a round basin to the south with little channels cut in the surrounding rocks to presumably collect water.
I had no idea what this is meant to be and indeed no idea whether this is the proper megalithic remains! Later I find out that this is indeed the remains of a megalithic burial chamber (dolmen a bit incorrect perhaps). And that there is also a menhir nearby. I wonder where that was then.
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