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<< Our Photo Pages >> Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac - Misc. Earthwork in France in Midi:Gers (32)

Submitted by Nick- on Monday, 10 March 2008  Page Views: 4399

Multi-periodSite Name: Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac
Country: France Département: Midi:Gers (32) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Nogaro
Latitude: 43.783890N  Longitude: 0.008890E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0no data
4

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Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac
Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac submitted by Nick- : 15th February 2008, looking at the mound from the East... Ste Christie church tower is in the background, some of the village houses on the left. (Vote or comment on this photo)
'Motte de Ste-Christie-d'Armagnac' is an old earthwork in the department of Gers.

There is a large (aprox. 3 storeys high) mound, sited on a flat grass platform , with a further straight bank to the South (running from West to East). Like all these sort of hilltop sites round here, it was most probably occupied before the Early Middle Ages (English 'dark ages') and was possibly an oppidum /hillfort....

The church is nearby to the East, and the remmants of a medieval castle including a mud brick wall and 18th century(?) timbered (beamed) presbitary, the last two structures being both in rather a dire state....

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Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac
Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac submitted by Nick- : 15th February 2008, Looking Northwards up at the mound. The dark green horizontal line beneath the mound is a hedge and beneath that is a long straight bank. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac
Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac submitted by Nick- : 15th February 2008, Looking North Westwards at the mound. Handrailed path to the summit visible. Also the very flat 'raised platform' on which the mound sits.... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Motte de Ste Christie d'Armagnac by Nick- on Monday, 10 March 2008
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