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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen dit la Pierre Fouquerée Alternative Name: Pierre FoucréeCountry: France Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Rochefort Nearest Village: Ardillières
Latitude: 46.049800N Longitude: 0.8888W
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 |
0 | no data |
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johnstone visited on 12th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 This dolmen is not so easy to find as its neighbour, La Pierre Levée, but is in the middle of a field of maize to the west of the farm of Bois des Mottes near the village of Ardillières. The 3 metre by 2 metre limestone capstone sits at an angle on top of one full support stone, and several other broken stones. The chamber is very neatly rectangular, about 3 m by 2 m, and the builders of this one did a very fine job of squaring and lining up the stones.
It has recently had weedkiller applied around the stones, which reside in a little unploughed area, and is obviously relatively well looked after.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3
The 3 metre by 2 metre limestone capstone sits at an angle on top of one full support stone, and several other broken stones. The chamber is very neatly rectangular, about 3 m by 2 m, and the builders of this one did a very fine job of squaring and lining up the stones.
When I was here, it had recently had weedkiller applied around the stones, which reside in a little unploughed area, and is obviously relatively well looked after.
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