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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 6310

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) Alternative Name: Dolmen de Griffoul, Peyrelevade
Country: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Sarlat-la-Canéda  Nearest Village: Vitrac
Latitude: 44.850900N  Longitude: 1.204500E
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.
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
0No data.
5 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
5

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alchemille visited on 4th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Easy to find in the road to Vitrac from Sarlat, in the area called Lieu dit Peyrelevade, Departamental road: D55.

TheCaptain visited on 20th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 What I found here was a tiny little dolmen right beside the road which is being incorporated into a garden wall a few kilometres south of Sarlat-le-Caneda on top of a hill towards Vitrac. The capstone is not 2 metres by 2 metres and sits on a couple of stones both less than a foot in size. Its probable that there was more to this dolmen which is now under some trees and in the garden wall.

davidmorgan regina have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3 Access: 5

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by thecaptain : Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) a tiny little dolmen right beside the road which is being incorporated into a garden wall a few kilometres south of Sarlat-le-Caneda on top of the hill towards Vitrac. (Vote or comment on this photo)
What I found here was a tiny little dolmen right beside the road a few kilometres south of Sarlat-le-Caneda on top of a hill towards Vitrac.

The capstone is not 2 metres by 2 metres and sits on a couple of stones both less than a foot in size. Its probable that there was more to this dolmen which is now under some trees and in a garden boundary.

ocdolmen: "Pierre du Diable" (Devil stone)
It is situated along the little road between Vitrac and Sarlat and marked on french IGN map. Interesting capstone with a lot of engraved cups.

Note: Positional co-ordinates taken from a gps receiver.
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Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by regina : Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by davidmorgan : La Pierre du Diable next to the road near Vitrac. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by regina : Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by alchemille : Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by ocdolmen : Photo of the Pierre du Diable dolmen capstone. A great number of cups are engraved and certainly some were made by prehistoric men. (1 comment)

Pierre du Diable (Vitrac)
Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) submitted by ocdolmen : As you can see, the Pierre du Diable dolmen (the Devil's stone) is very low.

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Re: Pierre du Diable by davidmorgan on Thursday, 22 August 2013
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Re: Pierre du Diable by ocdolmen on Sunday, 07 May 2006
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This dolmen is the same than Griffoul dolmen (see Griffoul dolmen description)
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    Re: Pierre du Diable by TheCaptain on Sunday, 07 May 2006
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    Ahhh. I visited the remains of this dolmen last year, and also spent a while looking for the supposedly nearby Griffoul dolmen, which I didnt find !
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