<< Our Photo Pages >> La Maison des Feins - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Maison des Feins Alternative Name: Roche-aux-Fées (Tressé)Country: France
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Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Dinan Nearest Village: Tressé
Latitude: 48.484800N Longitude: 1.8766W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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brianlavelle visited on 1st Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Murph visited on 1st Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
oldman visited on 14th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Another magical site. Wonderful location in a wood. Must be one of the longest and most complete allee couvert we have visited in France. So many of the capstones are in place. In a way it is good that the tumulus is gone so we can appreciate the construction.
w650marion visited on 19th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Lovey woodland setting, easy to find - signposted from the village of Tresse (toilets in the village!)
Jozefs visited on 3rd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 20th Mar 2008 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 28th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 This is a lovely little allée couverte, deep inside a lovely oak forest just to the east of the village of Tressé, and signposted from there. There is a parking area, and a signposted and guided walk footpath from there to find it, along with many other items of interest.
The allée is about 12 metres long, at an orientation of 155°, but it is not much more than a metre wide or high. Truly a house for the fairies. All but the end capstone are still in place, and at the back end there is a nice little additional cell. Within this cell are some exceptional carvings on the southern sidestone, of two pairs of breasts with their collars, on a cartouche giving them a big relief. There are also the remains of two pairs on the chevet stone, but these have been crudely hacked off in the past, leaving just the outlines.
Of course, there are many legends of the fairies who live here in this forest, including the story of a farmer who was given some everlasting bread by the fairies because their cow had become ill, and the farmer had helped them with it. The bread would stay fresh and last forever so long as he never told the story. Of course, one day the farmer did tell the story, and the loaf of bread turned to stone - a stone which can still be seen here today.
johnstone visited on 8th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4.89 Access: 3.89
The allée is about 12 metres long, at an orientation of 155°, but it is not much more than a metre wide or high. Truly a house for the fairies. All but the end capstone are still in place, and at the back end there is a nice little additional cell.
Within this back cell are some exceptional carvings on the southern sidestone, of two pairs of breasts with their collars, on a rectangular cartouche giving them a big relief. There are also the remains of two pairs on the chevet stone, but these have been crudely hacked off in the past, leaving just the outlines.
Of course, there are many legends of the fairies who live here in this forest, including the story of a farmer who was given some everlasting bread by the fairies because their cow had become ill, and the farmer had helped them with it. The bread would stay fresh and last forever so long as he never told the story. Of course, one day the farmer did tell the story, and the loaf of bread turned to stone - a stone which can still be seen here today.
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