<< Our Photo Pages >> Allée Couverte de Menez Landu - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Allée Couverte de Menez Landu Alternative Name: Taol-VaenCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Pont l'Abbé Nearest Village: Plomeur
Latitude: 47.830700N Longitude: 4.3033W
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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bishop_pam visited on 9th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 17th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 This looks like a straightforward simple dolmen beside the busy D.785, a kilometre or so southwest of Plomeur. It has a single capstone on top of two side stones, and a large backstone, but it is almost lost within the undergrowth. But it looked a bit to me as if it is the possibly the end of an allée couverte with an end cell, or some other type of passage grave like there are around here.
johnstone visited on 11th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 2.33 Access: 5
But upon closer inspection it looked a bit to me as if it is the possibly the end of an allée couverte with an end cell, or some other type of passage grave like there are around here.
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