<< Our Photo Pages >> Mont Joly - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Mont JolyCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 2.036 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Falaise Nearest Village: Soumont-Saint-Quentin
Latitude: 48.970300N Longitude: 0.2213W
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 |
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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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 7th May 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 What an intriguing place this is, and deserving of much more thorough exploration.
TheCaptain visited on 23rd Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This is a promontory site surrounded on three sides by the steep gorge of the river Laizon and the eastern end has been defended by ramparts little of which can now be seen between the church and water tower. The site has been inhabited and defended since Paleolithic times and artefacts have been found from all times since this. It is said that although little ancient remains can be seen they are everywhere underfoot and every molehill will contain several flints and pottery sherds. This region was a major supplier of flint tools in the past and there is much to be found here.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
The site has been inhabited and defended since Paleolithic times, and artefacts have been found from all times since this. It is said that although little ancient remains can be seen, they are everywhere underfoot, and every molehill will contain several flints and pottery sherds.
On the top of Mont Joly, it is clear that there are large rocks all over the place, and it is easy to imagine that there was once an alignement of large stones running along the top of the hill into the ancient settlement. Walking along the edge of the field, and then the pathway to the end of the promontary, and large stones can be seen laying around everywhere, many clearly not just a local outcropping of rock, but various shapes, sizes and types of stone. Many of these rocks were now incorporated into garden features, but many more are just laying there, slowly getting buried by the undergrowth.
It really is a fascinating area, nearby are fields/lieu-dits with names "les menhirs" to the east and "La Pierre" to the south. I do wonder what a proper survey of this ancient hilltop and surrounds would turn up.
This region was a major supplier of flint tools in the past and there is much to be found here, including the two Bons Tassily polissoir stones in the gorge below.
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