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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierrelée - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5496

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierrelée Alternative Name: Montsoreau Dolmen
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.364 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saumur  Nearest Village: Montsoreau
Latitude: 47.205200N  Longitude: 0.043600E
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
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
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3 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Silver1 visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 So overgrown you could barely get to it - certainly couldn't see inside any more

johnstone visited on 20th Jun 2007 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 16th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Just to the south of Montsoreau, on the hills above the Loire valley can be found this strange dolmen. It was difficult to find and to park nearby, but its close to the Tete Loire cycle route, and signposted about 50 metres into a field under some trees. What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancientthe mound is I wouldn't like to say. But the odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough. A most odd place.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.33 Ambience: 2.5 Access: 4

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain : What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancient the mound is I wouldn't like to say. The odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the south of Montsoreau, on the hills above the Loire valley can be found this strange dolmen. It was difficult to find and to park nearby, but its close to the Tete Loire cycle route, and signposted about 50 metres into a field under some trees.

What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancient the mound is I wouldn't like to say.

The odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough.

A most odd place.

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Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain : What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancient the mound is I wouldn't like to say. The odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain : The odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain : What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancient the mound is I wouldn't like to say. The odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebuilt with stone blocks to allow a doorway and stairs down into it, which are not in the original entrance. It also has a fireplace and a chimney complete with pot, and a water trough. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by TheCaptain : Just to the south of Montsoreau, on the hills above the Loire valley can be found this strange dolmen. It was difficult to find and to park nearby, but its close to the Tete Loire cycle route, and signposted about 50 metres into a field under some trees.

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by dt44 : A view of the modern interior of the Pierrelée dolmen ! Best regards

Dolmen de la Pierrelée
Dolmen de la Pierrelée submitted by dt44 : Dolmen de la Pierrelée

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