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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Oppidum de la Pointe de Lostmarc'h Alternative Name: Kastell Lostmarc'h, Oppidum à éperon BarréCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Crozon Peninsula Nearest Village: Crozon
Latitude: 48.213000N Longitude: 4.5567W
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 |
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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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 19th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldn't be unusual for one to be in such a place. There are 6 stones still sticking out of the ground here about 2.5 metres apart from each other, and stumps of others to be seen, which sort of make a rectangle inside a circular cairn.
It is very windblown here today, and misty which is a bit of a shame. The views would be tremendous on a clear day.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldn't be unusual for one to be in such a place. There are 6 stones still sticking out of the ground here about 2.5 metres apart from each other, and stumps of others to be seen, which sort of make a rectangle inside a circular cairn.
It is very windblown here today, and misty which is a bit of a shame. The views would be tremendous on a clear day.
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40m SSW 214° Dolmen de la Pointe de Lost Marc'h* Chambered Cairn
428m NNE 28° Lostmarc'h menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
454m NNE 28° Alignement de Lostmarc'h 1* Stone Row / Alignment
735m SSE 162° Kastell Inizig Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
838m NE 43° Alignement de Lostmarc'h 2 Stone Row / Alignment
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1.6km NE 45° Menhir de Kerellot 2 Standing Stone (Menhir)
1.7km SSE 148° Dolmen de Kerdreux* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
1.9km SE 145° Menhir de Kerdreux Standing Stone (Menhir)
2.1km NE 41° Dolmen de Tromel Burial Chamber or Dolmen
2.3km NNW 344° Alignement de la Pointe de Dinan Stone Row / Alignment
2.4km NNW 342° Dolmen de la Pointe de Dinan* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
2.4km NNE 29° Dolmen de an Drustel Burial Chamber or Dolmen
2.5km SSE 166° Alignement de Menesguen Stone Row / Alignment
2.5km SSE 160° Menhir dit Ar Men Vras Zalous Standing Stone (Menhir)
2.8km SSE 168° Dolmen de Persig Burial Chamber or Dolmen
3.2km E 90° Alignements de Ty-ar-C'huré* Stone Row / Alignment
3.4km NE 44° Menhir de Belbeoch Standing Stone (Menhir)
3.4km SSE 152° Dolmen de Rostudel* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
3.4km NNE 23° Menhir de Goulien Standing Stone (Menhir)
5.5km NE 46° Menhir de Crozon Standing Stone (Menhir)
5.8km NE 54° Menhir dit Pierre du Cerceuil Standing Stone (Menhir)
5.9km ENE 57° Menhir ar Men Bris Standing Stone (Menhir)
6.0km NNW 333° Quadrilatère de Pen ar Yeun* Stone Circle
6.5km ENE 65° La Républicaine* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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