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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Limousin:Corrèze (19)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5257

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup
Country: France Département: Limousin:Corrèze (19) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Uzerche  Nearest Village: Espartignac
Latitude: 45.422400N  Longitude: 1.593200E
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:
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
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3 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
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TheCaptain visited on 1st Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 About a kilometre from the village of Espartignac, this dolmen can be found along a signposted track from the village square near to the Bar Le Dolmen. It is found in thick woodland on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. The dolmen is in part made from natural rocks, with a couple of sideslabs and a capstone (now broken into two pieces) resting on a rocky outcrop. The capstone is about 3 metres by 2 metres, and sits about 2 metres above the floor of the chamber. The headland has been fortified for many hundreds of years, perhaps even thousands. But what can be seen today, with a Motte surrounded by another flat and defended area, dates to post Roman times. There are also double ditches and banks at the south to defend from the landward side of the headland not surrounded by the river. This place is at the site of an important ford across the Vézère river, on the important route from northern France to the Mediterranean.

Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup
Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup submitted by thecaptain : This dolmen is found in thick woodland on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. The dolmen is in part made from natural rocks, with a couple of sideslabs and a capstone (now broken into two pieces) resting on a rocky outcrop. (Vote or comment on this photo)
About a kilometre from the village of Espartignac, this dolmen can be found along a signposted track from the village square near to the Bar Le Dolmen.

It is found in thick woodland on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. The dolmen is in part made from natural rocks, with a couple of sideslabs and a capstone (now broken into two pieces) resting on a rocky outcrop.

The capstone is about 3 metres by 2 metres, and sits about 2 metres above the floor of the chamber.

The headland has been fortified for many hundreds of years, perhaps even thousands. But what can be seen today, with a Motte surrounded by another flat and defended area, dates to post Roman times. There are also double ditches and banks at the south to defend from the landward side of the headland not surrounded by the river.

This place is near the site of an important ford across the Vézère river, on the important route from northern France to the Mediterranean.


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Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup
Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup submitted by thecaptain : About a kilometre from the village of Espartignac, this dolmen can be found on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. This place is near the site of an important ford across the Vézère river, on the important route from northern France to the Mediterranean. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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