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<< Text Pages >> Truffert Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Normandie:Manche (50)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3589

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Truffert Dolmen
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Cherbourg  Nearest Village: La Glacerie
Latitude: 49.618000N  Longitude: 1.57W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 no data

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Dolmen, said to be destroyed, near to Cherbourg in Normandy.



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 2.7km SW 231° Menhirs de la Glacerie* Standing Stones
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Re: Truffert Dolmen by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 25 September 2007
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Despite having read that this dolmen is supposedly destroyed, that does not always mean there is nothing left to see or find...

So, having got off the car ferry at Cherbourg at some unearthly time in the pitch dark of the morning a few days ago, I decided to go for a drive round the area, firstly in the hope that there may be something marked on the village map (if it had one) or secondly that I might just happen to pass something that looked like a dolmen or a significantly named house or road.

Well, with all the modern roadworks and massive shops and factory outlets being built around here, it was not at all easy to find the village of La Glacerie, but eventually after negotiating roadworks and fighting the dustbin lorry for space on the steep windy lanes, I eventually got to La Glacerie-L'Eglise. Yes, there was a map, but no, there was no dolmen marked, nor any Rue du Dolmen, but there was a museum marked.

So, as it was still well before any normal getting up time, I couldn't ask anyone, so decided to drive past the museum, and through the hamlet of Truffert on the way back to the main road out of Cherbourg to continue heading south. The museum was no help (not while it was closed anyhow), and there was nothing obvious driving slowly through Truffert. But, the hamlet was on the side of a ridge, with a trackway running along the top. What better place for a dolmen I thought, but wasn't going to spend any more time on what would no doubt be a complete wild goose chase.
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