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Submitted by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 16 April 2008  Page Views: 11473

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Maison des Feins Alternative Name: Roche-aux-Fées (Tressé)
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.868 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Dinan  Nearest Village: Tressé
Latitude: 48.484800N  Longitude: 1.8766W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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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

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : La Maison des Feins is about 12 metres long, but it is not much more than a metre wide or high. Truly a house for the fairies. My Dad adds scale to the fairies house, viewed here from the southeastern end. (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Maison des Feins (the fairies house), 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 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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La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by Murph : Site in Bretagne: Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by Jozefs : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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La Maison des Feins submitted by w650marion : The carvings are right at the front! (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by postman : Getting nicely settled into Brittany now, could stay here forever. Taken whilst motor homing in 2004 (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by postman : My first ever Allee Couverte, and what a beauty, my old crappy picture doesn't do it the justice it deserves. Taken whilst motor homing in 2004

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : The western end cell of La Maison des Feins, Tressé. The exceptional carvings can be seen here on the inside of this chambers stones, carved within their cartouches. The two pairs on the chevet endstone have been crudely hacked off in the past, leaving just the outlines.

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La Maison des Feins submitted by greywether : N end showing one of the decorated stones.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by Murph : Site in Bretagne: Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France. Think we spotted something other worldly!!

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by Murph : Site in Bretagne: Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by Murph : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France. Maison Des Fees, Such a dramatic site, deep in the woods, one could almost expect to see a fairy coming out from the under world

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by brianlavelle : A view of la Maison des Feins, near Tressé in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, showing the carvings at one end of the passage. This photograph was taken on 1 September 2023.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by brianlavelle : A view of la Maison des Feins, near Tressé in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, showing the "entrance" to the passage. This photograph was taken on 1 September 2023.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by brianlavelle : A view of la Maison des Feins, near Tressé in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France. this photograph was taken on 1 September 2023.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by brianlavelle

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by w650marion : A lovely woodland setting for La Maison des Feins.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by johnstone : Information panel, June 8, 2004

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : 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...

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : The southern side of La Maison des Feins. 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.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : The carvings on the side stone of the western end chamber. Breasts and necklaces are the usual interpretations, although here hte "necklaces" are very faint, and hardly visible. I like to think of these more as smiley faces :) (1 comment)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : The western end of La Maison des Feins, Tressé, looking in the seperate cell. The remains of the two pairs of "breasts" carved on the chevet stone can be seen, but these have been crudely hacked off in the past, leaving just the outlines. The underlying "necklaces" are much more faint. (3 comments)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : Inside La Maison des Feins, Tressé. The fairies seem to have moved out. (1 comment)

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by thecaptain : La Maison des Feins, Tressé, seen here from the "front" end, as approached through the forest. So this will be the northern side from the east.

La Maison des Feins
La Maison des Feins submitted by greywether : From NW August 1990

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Re: La Maison des Feins by Anonymous on Sunday, 17 August 2008
I recently visited this site. I took several pictures. Two of them, taken from the location where the carvings are, are upside down! Strange. The camera was held right.
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