Dolmen dit les Pierres Chavattes [Hamel Dolmen, La Pierre Havattes, Le Dolmen du Bois, La cuisine des fées] Burial Chamber or Dolmen : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen dit les Pierres Chavattes Alternative Name: Hamel Dolmen, La Pierre Havattes, Le Dolmen du Bois, La cuisine des fées
Country: France Département: Nord:Nord (59) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Arras Nearest Village: Hamel
Latitude: 50.283771N Longitude: 3.056947E
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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 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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**Dolmen dit les Pierres Chavattes** submitted by LaDragonne : Ce qui reste du dolmen du Hamel, autrefois au moins deux fois plus long. Une dalle enfouie devant le trilithe. Commune Le Hamel Site in Nord:(59) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

5 metres in length, by 1.3 metres wide, this dolmen was largely reconstructed in 1936, when several bones were found inside the chamber.
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