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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mons dolmen 1 Alternative Name: Dolmen du Champ de Belair
Country: France Département: Midi:Lot (46) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Figeac Nearest Village: Assier
Latitude: 44.678900N Longitude: 1.861700E
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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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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 24th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 In the Champ de Belair, to the northwest of the village of Assier, on the opposite (northwestern) side of the railway to the previous dolmens, are supposedly 4 dolmens, 2 tumulus and a menhir to be seen. But they don’t get any easier to find. Follow the trackway along the northern side of the railway, in a northwesterly direction for about a kilometre from the station. The track gradually fades out into an overgrown grassy path, with bushes everywhere, before completely fading away into nothing. In a field to the left of the path, having passed through some dense scrub and across a wall, I eventually found the first dolmen. A 4 metre long by 2 metres wide capstone sits on top of a bit of a wreck of a chamber, orientated at about 115°. The chamber seems to be made from a mix of slabs and dry stones, but its possible that the slabs are just crumbling, and the capstone has been held up by stones placed underneath it.

**Mons dolmen 1** submitted by thecaptain : Mons dolmen 1. A bit of a devil to find near the village of Asier in Lot. There are several dolmens, a menhir and a couple of tumuli in the fields around here, but this was the only one I could find, without crossing fences, walls and cropped fields. (Vote or comment on this photo)

In the Champ de Belair, to the northwest of the village of Assier, in Lot, are supposedly 4 dolmens, 2 tumulus and a menhir to be seen. But they are not easy to find.

To find the Mons dolmen 1 from the village, follow the trackway along the northern side of the railway, in a northwesterly direction for about a kilometre from the station. The track gradually fades out into an overgrown grassy path, with bushes everywhere, before completely fading away into nothing. In a field to the left of the path, having passed through some dense scrub and across a wall, I eventually found the first dolmen.

A 4 metre long by 2 metres wide capstone sits on top of a bit of a wreck of a chamber, orientated at about 115°. The chamber seems to be made from a mix of slabs and dry stones, but its possible that the slabs are just crumbling, and the capstone has been held up by stones placed underneath it.

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