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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Centre:Loiret (45)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3670

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) Alternative Name: Koraïre dolmen
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 6.121 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Centre:Loiret (45) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Etampes  Nearest Village: Andonville
Latitude: 48.258420N  Longitude: 2.022040E
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.
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.
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
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TheCaptain visited on 6th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 La Pierre Clouée dolmen can be found in a field to the south of the village of Andonville, beside the little road to Annemont. It was a bugger to get to, with shut roads and suchlike. When I got there the field it stands in was being ploughed, so I nearly gave up. However, I asked the farmer and he told me it was OK to go and look, and told me about the polissoir as well. The dolmen is falling apart a bit, but the basics are still there to be seen. It has a rectangular chamber, about 4.5 metres by 3 metres, with large side slabs and a back slab still in place. The capstone has broken, but the back end is still sat on top of its supports. It seems to open to the north, and whether there was any sort of entranceway is hard to tell. On the outside of the eastern side slab are the polished grooves of a stone used as a polissoir - three of them. This is something of a rarity, as it's unusual to find the actual stones of a burial chamber re-used in this way. A nice find.

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen is falling apart a bit, but the basics are still there to be seen. It has a rectangular chamber with large side slabs and a back slab still in place. The capstone has broken, but the back end is still sat on top of its supports. (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Pierre Clouée dolmen can be found in a field to the south of the village of Andonville, beside the little road to Annemont. When I visited in 2005 it was difficult to get to, with many shut roads and suchlike. When I got there the field it stands in was being ploughed, so I nearly gave up. However, I asked the farmer and he told me it was OK to go and look, and told me about the polissoir as well.

The dolmen is falling apart a bit, but the basics are still there to be seen. It has a rectangular chamber, about 4.5 metres by 3 metres, with large side slabs and a back slab still in place. The capstone has broken, but the back end is still sat on top of its supports. It seems to open to the north, and whether there was any sort of entranceway is hard to tell.

On the outside of the eastern side slab are the polished grooves of a stone used as a polissoir - three of them. This is something of a rarity, as it's unusual to find the actual stones of a burial chamber re-used in this way. A nice find.
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La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain : On the outside of the eastern side slab are the polished grooves of a stone used as a polissoir - three of them. This is something of a rarity, as it's unusual to find the actual stones of a burial chamber re-used in this way. A nice find. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain : The dolmen is falling apart a bit, but the basics are still there to be seen. It has a rectangular chamber with large side slabs and a back slab still in place. The capstone has broken, but the back end is still sat on top of its supports. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain : When I got there the field it stands in was being ploughed, so I nearly gave up. However, I asked the farmer and he told me it was OK to go and look

La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Centre: Loiret (45) France: Scan of an old photo of "la Pierre Clouée" (The nailed stone) dolmen near Andonville.

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Re: La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 07 August 2012
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