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<< Text Pages >> Pierre Lée (Appeville) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Normandie:Manche (50)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3933

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Lée (Appeville) Alternative Name: La Grosse Pierre
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carentan  Nearest Village: Appeville
Latitude: 49.329900N  Longitude: 1.3459W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
3 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
4

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Large stone about 2.5 metres by 2.2 metres, thought to be the capstone of a dolmen, which can be found in a field near to the village of Appeville, on the Cotentin peninsula of Normandy.



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Appeville : église Saint-Etienne XIIIe
Appeville : église Saint-Etienne XIIIe
Appeville : église Saint-Etienne XIIIe
Appeville : église Saint-Etienne XIIIe
Appeville : église Saint-Etienne XIIIe

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Re: Pierre Lée (Appeville) by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 23 April 2014
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Following a pleasant lunch at Carentan, on the way up to Cherbourg for the evening ferry, decided to have another look for this stone, as it has been some while since I was last there.

Getting to Appeville can be a bit tortuous, and once there, the local roads and lanes even harder to follow, but once at the centre by the old church, the village has several colour coded cycling and walking routes with places of interest marked. Unlike on my last visit, a map on the noticeboard show a couple of these routes to pass by the Pierre Lee, which is marked, with a couple of sentences about what may or may not have been found there. Great I thought, so tried to follow one of these routes in the car, which although passable, there was very little place to park and have a proper look round, and with typical Normandy bocage (ditches and hedgerows) made seeing into the fields impossible from the car.

Obviously, this one needs a couple of hours proper investigation by walking or cycling, and preferably with some local knowledge to find. I have however, been able to update the position a bit on the maps, and it is not in the high security fenced off horses fields by the chateau where I previously thought it to be, so one day perhaps this stone will reveal itself to the world!
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Re: Pierre Lée (Appeville) by TheCaptain on Monday, 31 May 2010
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Looking carefully at the latest aerial pictures of this site, and I can no longer see a possible stone in the fields. In fact it seems to have had some sort of building or shelter built where it was. (still there on the Bing map, but not Google Earth or Geoportail) I wonder whether it has indeed now been removed and destroyed. :(
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Re: Pierre Lée (Appeville) by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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On the way from Cherbourg to my sister's, I wanted to try and find the Pierre Lée dolmen of which the capstone remains in a field somewhere near the village of Appeville, but I didn't know where to find it. First port of call is normally the village map near to the Mairie or in the village centre, but there wasn't one. A man I asked near the church had never heard of any megalithic stones in the area.

Before giving up, there was a viewpoint over the Marais marked on a cycling route along a little lane, so I thought I would go there for a look before leaving. Here I found a couple of farming people who I asked about the stone. They seemed a bit unwilling to tell me at first, but then told me that I could find the stone near La Picotiere. Cross the bridge, continue for about 800 metres, and it is in the field there on the right.

I wasn't 100% sure of his directions, and at first parked by the bridge and walked 800 metres to the right, out into the Marais towards a duckpond, which was nice, but no signs of any stone, and an unlikely place. On returning to the car, I asked a lady out in her garden, and she indicated that the stone was further up the lane (as per original directions), but that it was all private, and no way could I get to see the stone.

Driving up the lane, there were several fields beside the road which had obviously recently been recently fenced off, and which were no longer just pasture. It looked as though a new person has bought the old farm, and is spending a lot of money on doing it up, as is happening to a lot of these old places in Normandy, and closing off the fields to keep their horses in.

Another dolmen seems lost to the public, let's hope it doesn't get destroyed.
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Re: Pierre Lée (Appeville) by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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A picture of this stone can be found here.
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