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<< Our Photo Pages >> Liscuis 2 allée couverte - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3645

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Rostrenen  Nearest Village: Laniscat
Latitude: 48.221600N  Longitude: 3.1291W
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.
3 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
5

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johnstone visited on 28th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 26th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 There are three allée couvertes here on the hilltop on the ridge overlooking the river Dourla, and beside the busy GR37 footpath. They are signposted from all around, and are several hundred metres walk uphill and along the ridge from a little car park. They are all suffering badly from neglect and vandalism, which is a great shame as I was reading a book from 25 years ago which says that they have only recently been discovered and are in a wonderful condition and almost complete. I guess it doesn't help that the rock is a very splitty dark grey slate type rock, which now it is exposed takes little to break it. While I was up there, many people walked past, many kicking the stones as they went, with children (and adults) jumping up and down on them. A bit further along the ridge than the other two, and off the main path, this one seems to have suffered a bit less from the vandalism. It faces north at 010° and is about 14 metres long, up to 2.5 metres wide, and 2 metres high, with the southern 3 metres being a seperate cell, both ends narrow down to only a metre wide. It has a paved floor, but there is only one capstone remaining in place. It is still mostly within its mound.

Ogham have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by greywether : Looking S over the end cell. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are three allée couvertes here on the hilltop on the ridge overlooking the river Dourla, and beside the busy GR37 footpath. They are signposted from all around, and are several hundred metres walk uphill and along the ridge from a litle car park.

They are all suffering badly from neglect and vandalism, which is a great shame as I was reading a book from 25 years ago which says that they have only recently been discovered and are in a wonderful condition and almost complete. I guess it doesnt help that the rock is a very splitty dark grey slate type rock, which now it is exposed takes little to break it.

Liscuis 2 is a bit further along the ridge than the other two, and off the main path, this one seems to have suffered a bit less from the vandalism. It faces north at 010° and is about 14 metres long, up to 2.5 metres wide, and 2 metres high, with the southern 3 metres being a seperate cell, both ends narrow down to only a metre wide.

It has a paved floor, but there is only one capstone remaining in place. It is still mostly within its mound.

While I was up there, many people walked past, many kicking the stones as they went, with children (and adults) jumping up and down on them.

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Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by Ogham : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by Ogham (Vote or comment on this photo)

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by johnstone : A single capstone left over, June 28, 2005 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by Ogham : Site is now fenced to protect it and it seems to be working. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by greywether : Interior looking S. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Liscuis 2 allée couverte
Liscuis 2 allée couverte submitted by johnstone : Inside the chamber, looking north, June 28, 2005

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Re: Liscuis 2 allée couverte by Ogham on Monday, 09 July 2012
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This site is located at 48 13.240N 003 07.668W taken with hanheld GPS.
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