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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Prajou-Menhir allée couverteCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Lannion Nearest Village: Trebeurden
Latitude: 48.794800N Longitude: 3.5647W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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w650marion visited on 22nd Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Wonderful allée couverte, took us a while to find the carvings!
TheCaptain visited on 24th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is a terriffic allée couverte approaching 14 metres long and facing towards its indicator menhir at orientation 103°. Seven capstones of varying sizes are still in place, the two westernmost being the covers for a separate end cell of about 2.5 metres length. Within this end cell are many carvings, including pairs of breasts, cartouches, palettes and many others. Approaching 2 metres wide, it is not much more than a metre in height.
It has probably been helped in its survival by being incorporated into a wall at some stage in the past, but of which all immediate traces have now been removed.
It is easily found in a little grassy area just to the south of the road to Ile Grande, with a signpost, and is a part of a local "Megalith Trail", details of which can be obtained from the local tourist office. There are several other menhirs in this area of land, just above the high tide level and marshy.
johnstone visited on 22nd Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 30th May 1993 Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones.
DrewParsons Martin_L rrmoser have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4.33
Seven capstones of varying sizes are still in place, the two westernmost being the covers for a separate end cell of about 2.5 metres length.
Within this end cell are many carvings, including pairs of breasts, cartouches, palettes and many others.
It has probably been helped in its survival by being incorporated into a wall at some stage in the past, but of which all immediate traces have now been removed.
It is easily found in a little grassy area just to the south of the road to Ile Grande, with a signpost, and is a part of a local "Megalith Trail", details of which can be obtained from the local tourist office.
There are several other menhirs in this area of land, just above the high tide level and marshy.
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