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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Larcuste cairns 1Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Vannes Nearest Village: Colpo
Latitude: 47.805300N Longitude: 2.793W
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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TheCaptain visited on 12th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Cairn 1, the northern of the two, contains two dolmens with entry passageways, which both open to the east. The chambers are made up of alternating slabs and drystone walling. Only the northern chamber has its capstone in place, along with one of its passageway covers.
If the reconstruction is accurate, then it looks to me as if this was built in two stages, the southern single dolmen built first in a smaller cairn, with the northern chamber being added at a later dateto the outside of the original cairn. Each chamber is about 3 metres by 2.5 metres, with a 3 to 4 metre long entry passageway.
I have read that there are some very faint engravings and carvings of crooks and serpents on a few of the large stones inside this cairn 1.
johnstone visited on 7th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
If the reconstruction is accurate, then it looks to me as if this was built in two stages, the southern single dolmen built first in a smaller cairn, with the northern chamber being added at a later date to the outside of the original cairn.
Each chamber is about 3 metres by 2.5 metres, with a 3 to 4 metre long entry passageway.
I have read that there are some very faint engravings and carvings of crooks and serpents on a few of the large stones inside this cairn 1.
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