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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Martine Alternative Name: Dolmen de la Pierre MartineCountry: France Département: Midi:Lot (46) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Figeac Nearest Village: Livernon
Latitude: 44.660732N Longitude: 1.820930E
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 24th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Well, I had to come here, didn’t I. It is signposted from the main road, and places all around, to the northwest of the village of Livernon. It has its own little parking area, and the dolmen is found about 200 metres walk away across the fields and an intriguing limestone pavement.
This is the biggest dolmen in the departement of Lot, the capstone being 7 metres in length and 2 metres wide, held up on just two, equally long sideslabs, helped out these days by two concrete pillars, one at each end. The capstone is now broken in two pieces, and before it broke, it used to rock on top of its supports with just the gentlest of persuasion. The main chamber is at the eastern end of the monument, while at the western end there is a blocking stone and what seems to be a side entry from the south. The chamber is aligned eastwards on 093°.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 4
Signposted from the village of Livernon, and many other places around, there is a little parking area, with a walk of a couple of hundred metres to the dolmen, past an area of limestone pavement which was used for the extraction of slabs.
The dolmen consists of two large sideslabs, with a single (but now broken in two) capstone sitting on top. The chamber is seven metres in length and two metres wide, aligned eastwards on 093°. Near the western end of the chamber is an internal stone seperating the chamber into two compartments.
As with many of the dolmens in this part of France, the capstone was arranged to rock on top of the two sideslabs, before it broke into two pieces. There are now concrete pillars to hold it in place.
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