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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Folle de Thiré - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3882

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Folle de Thiré
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 6.531 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chantonnay  Nearest Village: Thiré
Latitude: 46.552500N  Longitude: 0.99806W
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
2 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
5

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La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : Real latitude and longitude : Latitude :46.552500 Longitude : -0.899722 Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dolmen in Vendée



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La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de la Pierre Folle de Thiré Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : Two booklets have been written on this dolmen. The first one by Roger Joussaume, published in the seventies. And the second by Hyacinthe Brabant called Le dolmen angevin de Pierre Folle à Thiré (Vendée). This last one only talks about the teeth found on this site. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : This dolmen is angevin. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : The narrow entry opens towards south-east and should extend by a missing antechamber whose the establishment moats of the orthostates (4 meters long) have found back. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : The capstone has disappeared. There are seven orthostates who demmarcate a large and rectangular room, from seven meters on 5 meters, with some remains of paving. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : 500 hundred teeth were discovered. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : In the middle of the village, you can find the church. Then you must take one of the three roads going to the east (all three join together). At the final crossroad at the last houses of the village, you must take the road going to north. There is also a postsign "dolmen". The dolmen is on the right, about 100 meters from that road. A special path was made for it. It is a listed ...

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de la Pierre Folle de Thiré Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : The paving stone of chevet shoud be particulary important because its size is 5,60 meters long. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : The dolmen was excavated by P. Chaigneau and Roger Jousseaume, from the 6th of April, 1968 down to the 12th July, 1969, just before the excavations of the dolmen de la Pierre Virante in Xanton Chassenon. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

La Pierre Folle de Thiré
La Pierre Folle de Thiré submitted by Rubis : Dolmen de la Pierre Folle de Thiré, hamlet of Le Pu. Site in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) France

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