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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by Rubis on Saturday, 22 January 2011  Page Views: 3069

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute
Country: France Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saintes  Nearest Village: Chermignac
Latitude: 45.692222N  Longitude: 0.656389W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute
Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute submitted by Rubis : Locality where stood the dolmen. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Legend says, that each year on the night of December the 25th, the capstone of this dolmen "jumps".

The locality kept the name of La Pierre qui saute and the ground is really stony.

An inhabitant of Chermignac told me that in the twenties, yet her grandfather ploughed the ground and there was nothing anymore.

For a long time the dolmen served a boundary stone between the two villages Chermignac and Thénac.
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Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute
Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute submitted by Rubis : This stone was found behind the cemetery which is very close from the locality where stood the dolmen. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute
Dolmen de la Pierre Qui Saute submitted by Rubis : The locality where stood the dolmen. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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