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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de Lugné - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by richardfrance on Sunday, 10 February 2008  Page Views: 3902

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Lugné Alternative Name: Pech de Lugne
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.598 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: St-Chinian  Nearest Village: Cessenon
Latitude: 43.471100N  Longitude: 3.017200E
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
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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Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by richardfrance : It's a rather humble affair, but very typical of the 'Garrigues Languedociennes' and its sandstone schist. Two low walls made of this handsome ruddy angular stone extend the entrance to the tomb with its flat and massive table, 3 m. long by 2 m. wide. It's 1 m. high and 1 m.wide, and the length overall could be 5 m. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just north of Cessenon-sur-Orb on the D14, is the hameau de Lugné, backed by an arbutus-clad hill, le Pech de Lugné. Up a well-maintained dirt-track (left, just before the hamlet) you reach the Col de Castel Pourtié. Park at the top, where you can see down into the next valley to the north.

It’s not easy finding the path on the right, but of the two or three narrow hunter’s tracks there’s one that has a little pile of rocks. Less than ten minutes walk through dense arbousiers and juniper there’s another small pile on the right, indicating an opening in the maquis where a short uphill path becomes mere cleared rubble, leading directly to the dolmen.

It's a rather humble affair, but very typical of the 'Garrigues Languedociennes' and its sandstone schist. Two low walls made of this handsome ruddy angular stone extend the entrance to the tomb with its flat and massive table, 3 m. long by 2 m. wide. It's 1 m. high and 1 m.wide, and the length overall could be 5 m.

Up a little and to the right about 20 metres is this rather low-rent construction, measuring less than 2 m. x 90 cm. With two naturaly-curved boulders forming the side-walls and a rough arrangement of stones - it suggests a real budget deal. A starter-tomb. It does face W-SW however - and therein may lie an explanation for the larger tomb's alignment.
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Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by richardfrance : Up a little and to the right about 20 metres is this rather low-rent construction, measuring less than 2 m. x 90 cm. With two naturaly-curved boulders forming the side-walls and a rough arrangement of stones - it suggests a real budget deal. A starter-tomb. It does face W-SW however - and therein may lie an explanation for the larger tomb's alignment. 3.010200 E , 43.281600 N My blog w... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by richardfrance : Here’s a dolmen that’s not on any map, and so hard to find that Jacques Cros, my village historian and guide would not even attempt to write me a detailed description - insisting he take me there himself. Some re-arrangement of the outer stones seems to have taken place: we were neither of us sure that a curved patio-area, suitable for aperitifs, was what the original designers had in mind. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by regina : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France Another view of the second (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by regina : Burial chamber in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France The second dolmen de Lugné, near the first 43.47206 3.01773 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by regina : Burial chamber in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by regina

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by regina : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France

Dolmen de Lugné
Dolmen de Lugné submitted by richardfrance : Particularly when its orientation is a chilly W-NW, at 300. This is, however, the point of the compass reached at sunset, on the longest day of the year.

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