<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Levée de Soubise - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Levée de Soubise Alternative Name: Dolmen dit la Pierre Levée de SoubiseCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.805 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne Nearest Village: Bretignolles-sur-Mer
Latitude: 46.611724N Longitude: 1.8494W
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 11th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 7th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 4 I cant see much of a future for this poor little dolmen, which is currently pleasantly situated on a little mound on some sandy heathland. Marker tape and trenches are set out around it, with diggers and other heavy plant, and I would think that before too long this whole area will be a building site for yet more holiday homes in this very popular beach and holiday area.
The dolmen is a simple thing, with its 2.5 by 2 metre capstone sat at a jaunty angle on top of three support stones. A few other stones lay scattered around on the remains of its tumulus. A sarcophagus and three bodies were found here in 1901. According to legend, the table spins at the sound of the bells of the nearby St Nicholas-de-Brem church.
Rubis visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 It has survived!
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 2.67 Access: 4
Until 2005, this dolmen sat on a nice big bit of open grassland heath. But the profit potential of this land near to the sea was obviously too much to leave it as it was.
A sarcophagus and three bodies were found here in 1901.
According to legend, the table spins at the sound of the bells of the nearby St Nicholas-de-Brem church.
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