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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 6956

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) Alternative Name: Rocher de Tréal
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Redon  Nearest Village: Saint-Just
Latitude: 47.775300N  Longitude: 2.0056W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
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aolson visited on 19th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Quite nicely reconstructed. Impressive length and proportions.

johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 13th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A fine lateral entry allée couverte at the top of a hill just to the northwest of the Saint Just megaliths and signposted from there. The main chamber is about 13 metres long 1.2 m wide and oriented 102°. The entrance is on the south side with a couple of laterally set portal stones near the east end. There are 8 capstones in place and all the stones get larger to the west end. The stones are made from the strange lumpy local Schist.

ShamrockStone Martin_L DrewParsons have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.67

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by greywether : From NW. June 1994 - shortly after it was restored. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A fine, recently restored lateral entry allée couverte at the top of a hill just to the northwest of the Saint-Just megaliths and signposted from there.

The main chamber is about 13 metres long 1.2 m wide and oriented 102°. The entrance is on the south side with a couple of laterally set portal stones near the east end. There are 8 capstones in place and all the stones get larger to the west end. The stones are made from the strange lumpy local Schist.

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Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : A delightful site visited in September 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by Martin_L : Photo from archive (taken February 1991) showing the Allée Couverte before reconstruction. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : A view along the passage grave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : This fine passage grave is set in woods some 200 metres from the road along an obvious path (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by johnstone : View from the back side along the path, June 25, 2013 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : View inside the passage grave

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : A misty morning view of the end of the passage grave

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : A view into the passage grave

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in September 2009 on my last day in Brittany

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by johnstone : Information panel, June 25, 2013

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign showing the alternative name Rocher de Tréal

Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by greywether : Interior looking W.

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