<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Pierrelée - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Pierrelée Alternative Name: Montsoreau DolmenCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 1.601 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:
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 |
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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
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.
Location Source: T4T35.fr
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