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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pièce Couverte Alternative Name: Clos Boscher allée couverteCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Ploërmel Nearest Village: Monteneuf
Latitude: 47.872232N Longitude: 2.188408W
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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aolson visited on 19th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 It is possible to drive fairly close, depending how much dust / mud you are willing to get on your vehicle.
TheCaptain couldn't find on 9th Jul 2005 This is now not much more than a line of a dozen or so slabs positoned in a line of about 10 metres length, and is probably the remains of an allée couverte. Several of the slabs are marked with cupules and symbols.
negus visited - their rating: Cond: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5
Several of the slabs are marked with cupules and symbols.
Can be found along marked footpaths through the forest from Les Pierres Droites.
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