<< Our Photo Pages >> Coste-Caude Dolmen 1 - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Coste-Caude Dolmen 1Country: France Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Lodève Nearest Village: La Vacquerie
Latitude: 43.816436N Longitude: 3.456503E
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 |
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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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TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Leaving St Pierre towards La Vacquerie, take the first left after a kilometre, and then left again with signs towards a council works area. After 1.5 kilometres, the road gets to the top of a hill. Just below the top of the hill, there is a track to the west, with what looks like, and is marked on the maps as a menhir. It is however a sculpture of a prehistoric man from about the year 1910, and his features can be made out when looking closely.
About 150 metres along the track, it turns to the left, and on the top of the hill is this nice dolmen, restored in the 1970s. Still within its mound of stones, its a sort of double decker, with a high main chamber preceded by a lower entry corridor. The main chamber is 3 metres long, 1.5 metres wide and high enough to stand in. It has two good side stones, a nice back stone and a lovely overhanging capstone on top. In front of theis is a 4 or 5 metre long entry passageway, 0.5 metres wide and 1 metre high, and capped with two capstones. It opens towards the southwest at about 220°. A nice place to visit up here in the empty causse.
johnstone visited on 12th Jul 2001 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
regina have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5
A lovely dolmen situated on top of its tumulus.
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