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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus Alternative Name: Tumulus Colombiers-sur-SeullesCountry: France
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Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Caen Nearest Village: Colombiers-sur-Seulles
Latitude: 49.296700N Longitude: 0.4943W
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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foz750 visited on 19th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 After a busy day looking at WWll history, I managed to get away and find some ancient history.
A wonderful site with great access, signage and parking.
The site is full of ambiance and well worth a visit.
DrTrojan visited on 1st Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
johnstone visited on 22nd Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 23rd Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 A long barrow which has been excavated and destroyed several times in the past but which has recently been restored to some form of its former glory by local enthusiasts. It is situated about half a kilometre east of the village just beyond the menhir signposted in a little copsed area just south of the road.
The barrow is about 50 metres in length and about 9 metres in width at the narrow west end and 18 metres width at the wide eastern end with an orientation of 280°. It is about 5 metres in height at its maximum and has several drystone walled sections running around it. In the middle of the mound is a little circular burial chamber about 2.5 metres in diameter with its entrance chamber running from the north side at an orientation of 010°. The chamber is made using 6 large upright stones with drystone walling between them but how much is now original is not known. The view along the entrance chamber does not see over the local horizon which is just a hundred metres or so distant. At the smaller western end there is a pair of large upright stones set into the external wall and as far as I can find once formed the entrance to another smaller burial chamber.
This is obviously now a well looked after and cared for monument set within a fenced off area using rustic fencing and also within the area are a mock up of an ancient oven and some hearths. with drystone walling between them but how much is now original is not known.
neolithique02 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.25 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
It is situated about half a kilometre east of the village, just beyond the menhir, signposted in a little copsed area just south of the road. The barrow is about 60 metres in length, and about 9 metres in width at the narrow west end, and 18 metres width at the wide eastern end, with an orientation of 280°. It is about 5 metres in height at its maximum, and has several drystone walled sections running around it.
In the middle of the mound is a little circular burial chamber, about 2.5 metres in diameter, with its entrance chamber running from the north side at an orientation of 010°. The chamber is made using 6 large upright stones, with drystone walling between them, but how much is now original is not known. The view along the entrance chamber does not see over the local horizon which is just a hundred metres or so distant.
At the smaller western end, there is a pair of large upright stones set into the external wall, and as far as I can find, once formed the entrance to another smaller burial chamber.
This is obviously now a well looked after and cared for monument, set within a fenced off area using rustic fencing and also within the area are a mock up of an ancient oven and some hearths.
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