<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen du Grah-Niol - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Grah-Niol Alternative Name: Dolmen de Graniol-Tal-er-Men-GuenCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Vannes Nearest Village: Arzon
Latitude: 47.553631N Longitude: 2.890936W
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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markj99 visited on 15th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Yet another frustrating French site! Dolmen du Grah-Niol is surrounded by a low fence denying access. I took some unsatisfactory pictures from the perimeter and left in a huff.
johnstone visited on 28th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Jimwithnoname visited on 1st Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 10th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This initially looks to be an allée-couverte type monument, but which has been dated to about 5000BC, so is much older than a standard allée-couverte. It is still largely within its mound, but was restored in 1936 with the help of lots of concrete.
It is about 11 metres long, and has a stele placed outside of it near to the entrance which is at the east. There is a large end chamber at the west, and also a side chamber. Many of the upright stones have carvings and markings on them, Axes, Palettes, U shapes and squiggles, some of which were clear in the sunlight coming in through a hole in the roof. It seems that many of the stones are supposedly re used from elsewhere, and perhaps the large capstone on the side chamber was once a menhir.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.75 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 5
It is about 11 metres long, and has a stele placed outside of it near to the entrance which is at the east. There is a large end chamber at the west, and also a side chamber.
Many of the upright stones have carvings and markings on them, Axes, Palettes, U shapes and squiggles, some of which were clear in the sunlight coming in through a hole in the roof.
It seems that many of the stones are supposedly re used from elsewhere, and perhaps the large capstone on the side chamber was once a menhir.
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