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Allée Couverte de Saint-Eugène
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Submitted bythecaptain
AddedMar 14 2006
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Description Up on top of a pine covered hill is an open flattish area, upon which is built this lovely tomb. It has all been much restored, so quite how much is original I do not know. The first thing you see is a circular stone wall containing a stone cairn, about a metre high and about 25 metres in diameter, with upright slabs every 5 metres or so around its circumference. Within this is the remains of a massive structure, and a partitioned chamber.

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thecaptain
(2006-03-14)
I have now twice found this only by luck. This time I took a wrong turning (one road too soon) and ended up on a stone track across private land where I could not turn round to go back out, and then I saw a little sign to dolmen, up the hillside I remember. I managed to park the van in a wider part of the track about 500 metres away, and went back on foot to look for the site. Quite how one is meant to get here properly, I do not know !
Jonzjob
(2007-06-10)
Is this site near Periac Minervois by any cahnce. If it is we were up there last tuesday being shown it by some French friends. It is a very tranquille, lovely place and as far as we can make out it has been done to what they think is original? We were shown there by a retired history teacher...

John.

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