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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Table aux Diables (Passais) - Passage Grave in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 10852

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Table aux Diables (Passais) Alternative Name: Allée couverte dite la Table-au-diable, Pierre des Sacrifices
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 6.757 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Domfront  Nearest Village: Passais
Latitude: 48.511033N  Longitude: 0.770412W
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.
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
5

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littleocky visited on 28th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Fairly easy to find because it is signposted and we could park in the field close to it. There are information boards and a picnic table. Certainly worth seeing.

thereddragon visited on 25th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Will visit again soon with my camera. Looked down the line of the stones and the entrance aligned with the spire at nearby passais la conception??

TheCaptain visited on 24th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Blimey what a pleasure to find this monument signposted from the Mantilly to Passais road as well as marked on the ign map. Heading south along the small road just west of Passais and turn right just before a little fishing lake is reached. A few hundred yards up a small track and the monument is found in a field to the right. A surprise find this is a smashing little lateral entry Allée Couvert is about 12 or 13 metres in length with an orientation of 049° Magnetic. The main chamber is about 1.5 metres in width with 4 large capstones still remaining on 6 pairs of uprights at the western end with a height of 2 metres at the end dropping to 1.5 metres at the open end. The eastern end is more ruinous and the entrance is near the eastern end on the south side. The internal faces of the chamber stones have been nicely smoothed and are very well aligned with each other the gaps being filled with drystone walling. The outer walling of the peristalith is almost complete around the northern side and there are many stones remaining of the cairn filling between the inner and outer walls in the northwest quadrant. Only about half of the outer wall of stones remain on the southern side.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 4 Access: 5

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by TheCaptain : La Table aux Diables allée couverte, Passais, Orne. The outer walling of the peristalith is almost complete, and there are many stones remaining of the cairn filling between the inner and outer walls in the northwest quadrant. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Allée Couvert south of the village of Passais in Orne

A surprise find, this is a smashing little lateral entry Allée Couvert is about 12 or 13 metres in length with an orientation of 049° Magnetic. The main chamber is about 1.5 metres in width, with 4 large capstones still remaining on 6 pairs of uprights at the western end, with a height of 2 metres at the end, dropping to 1.5 metres at the open end. The eastern end is more ruinous, and the entrance is near the eastern end on the south side. The internal faces of the chamber stones have been nicely smoothed, and are very well aligned with each other, the gaps being filled with drystone walling.

The outer walling of the peristalith is almost complete around the northern side, and there are many stones remaining of the cairn filling between the inner and outer walls in the northwest quadrant. Only about half of the outer wall of stones remain on the southern side.

Blimey, what a pleasure to find this monument signposted from the Mantilly to Passais road as well as marked on the ign map. Heading south along the small roadjust west of Passais, and turn right just before a little fishing lake is reached. A few hundred yards up a small track and the monument is found in a field to the right.
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La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by TheCaptain : La Table aux Diables allée couverte, Passais, Orne. A surprise find, this smashing little lateral entry Allée Couvert is about 12 or 13 metres in length, seen here from the southeast. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France La Table aux Diables (Passais) (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : Spot the strange face! (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by TheCaptain : La Table aux Diables allée couverte, Passais, Orne. The internal faces of the chamber stones have been nicely smoothed, and are very well aligned with each other, the gaps being filled with drystone walling. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by karolus : Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by karolus

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : Spot the strange face again! La Table aux Diables (Passais)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France La Table aux Diables (Passais)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by karolus : Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : La Table aux Diables (Passais) Legend

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by thereddragon : Noticeboard explanation La Table aux Diables (Passais)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by adriank999 : La Table aux Diables, Passais in Normandie: Orne La Table aux Diables (Passais)

La Table aux Diables (Passais)
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by adriank999 : La Table aux Diables (Passais) in Normandie: Orne

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Re: La Table au Diable by thereddragon on Sunday, 30 September 2012
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On the D835 again! Well signposted.
A further explanation of the site can be seen on the pictures.
Couldn't find the site nearby??
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Re: La Table au Diable by Anonymous on Friday, 01 September 2006
A carving on the Lintel?

Check out my photos at:

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/adriank999/my_photos

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email me via http://www.akk.me.uk
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    Re: La Table au Diable by Anonymous on Sunday, 31 August 2008
    The photos address is wrong but you will find them on my homepage http://www.akk.me.uk

    If anyone is going there a rubbing would probably show if there are carvings on the lintel
    Thanks Adrian
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Re: La Table au Diable by TheCaptain on Saturday, 07 May 2005
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La Table aux Diables allée couverte, Passais, Orne, N 48.5112, W 00.7704 by gps
Visited Sunday, 24 April 2005. Access 5, Condition 4, Ambience 4.

Blimey, what a pleasure to find this monument signposted from the Mantilly to Passais road as well as marked on the ign map. Heading south along the small roadjust west of Passais, and turn right just before a little fishing lake is reached. A few hundred yards up a small track and the monument is found in a field to the right.

A surprise find, this is a smashing little lateral entry Allée Couvert is about 12 or 13 metres in length with an orientation of 049° Magnetic. The main chamber is about 1.5 metres in width, with 4 large capstones still remaining on 6 pairs of uprights at the western end, with a height of 2 metres at the end, dropping to 1.5 metres at the open end. The eastern end is more ruinous, and the entrance is near the eastern end on the south side. The internal faces of the chamber stones have been nicely smoothed, and are very well aligned with each other, the gaps being filled with drystone walling. The outer walling of the peristalith is almost complete around the northern side, and there are many stones remaining of the cairn filling between the inner and outer walls in the northwest quadrant. Only about half of the outer wall of stones remain on the southern side.
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