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

Submitted by Rubis on Tuesday, 25 May 2010  Page Views: 3319

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Marsais
Country: France Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Surgères  Nearest Village: Marsais
Latitude: 46.119591N  Longitude: 0.592467W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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 Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis : Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Christianised Dolmen, the Catholics had the very good idea to put a statue of Christ on it!!!!!

The dolmen and its Christ are on a little hill at the way out of the village towards Doeuil sur le Mignon, surrounded by cultivated fields.
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Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de Marsais Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Marsais
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Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis : Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de Marsais Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

Dolmen de Marsais
Dolmen de Marsais submitted by Rubis

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