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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Balma del Moro - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 5439

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Balma del Moro Alternative Name: L'Abri du Maure
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.861 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Le Boulou  Nearest Village: Laroque-des-Albères
Latitude: 42.500970N  Longitude: 2.939500E
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 1 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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Dolmen de la Balma del Moro
Dolmen de la Balma del Moro submitted by Petercastle : A view from the fromt of the dolmen. As you can see there has been some dubious reconstruction to one side. The dolmen is off the main path in a woodland clearing. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A large dolmen with an entry passage, the capstone is 3 metres in length, and 2 metres high.
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Dolmen de la Balma del Moro
Dolmen de la Balma del Moro submitted by ocdolmen : La Balma del Moro dolmen (the Cave of the Moor dolmen) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de la Balma del Moro
Dolmen de la Balma del Moro submitted by Petercastle : The site is at around 600 metres in the Alberes Mountains. The nearest towns / villages are Sorede and laroque des Alberes. It can be reached from either Sorede or Laroque des Albere, but the most direct route is to follow the path from Laroque to Puig Neulos and the dolmen is marked from the path. The main path up is easy to follow as it has yellow markers on stones and trees all the way up. The ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Balma del Moro by Petercastle on Saturday, 18 August 2007
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