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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porz Guen Dolmens Alternative Name: Dolmens de Port-BlancCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Quiberon Nearest Village: St-Pierre-Quiberon
Latitude: 47.523900N Longitude: 3.1557W
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 |
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lichen visited on 29th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5
aolson visited on 18th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 At first I was wondering why so many people were on the path to visit the dolmen. As it turns out the beach was packed, but we were the only ones to hang around by the dolmens.
rrmoser visited on 8th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 15th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Found on the clifftop to the north of the Porz Guen beach on the Cote Sauvage of the Quiberon Peninsula, just a few minutes walk around the spectacular cliff path from various parking places.
These are the remains of two ruined dolmens with entry corridors facing to the south east, probably once within the same large mound, and possibly also remains of a third. The more inland is the most complete, with one capstone surviving on the entry couloir. The chamber is about 3 m by 3 m rectangular and would have been roofed with large corbelled capstones around it, many of which survive. The second chamber is only half there, with some of it now gone over the cliff edge. It has an oval chamber, and a long corridor of which several stones survive. There are other upright positioned stones between the two.
This really is a spectacular place, overlooking a splendid rough sea with surfers out in it below. Excellent.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4.75 Access: 3.75
These are the remains of two ruined dolmens with entry corridors facing to the south east, probably once within the same large mound, and possibly also remains of a third.
The more inland is the most complete, with one capstone surviving on the entry couloir. The chamber is about 3 m by 3 m rectangular and would have been roofed with large corbelled capstones around it, many of which survive fallen neaby.
The second chamber is only half there, with some of it now gone over the cliff edge. It has an oval chamber, and a long corridor of which several stones survive. There are other upright positioned stones between the two.
Remains of several skeletons were found within these chambers when excavated about the year 1900.
This really is a spectacular place, overlooking what was a splendid rough sea with surfers out in it below when I was there. Excellent.
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