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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Chausse Alternative Name: Dolmen de Mons (St-Georges)
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.042 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Auvergne:Cantal (15) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saint-Flour Nearest Village: Mons
Latitude: 45.043300N Longitude: 3.115200E
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4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
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0	no data

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TheCaptain visited on 26th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Signposted as tumulus from the village of Mons, just to the east of junction 28 of the A.75 Autoroute near to St Flour. The trackway leads you back over the A.75 and then about another 300 metres. It is probably possible to drive to it, but I parked and walked. The little dolmen is still mostly contained within its large cairn of stones, except that it has been dug into from the southern side. The cairn is about 16 metres in diameter and 2 metres high, made of loose small volcanic rocks. The dolmen has a capstone 3m by 2m sat on top of a chamber 2m by 1m, with two side slabs but no obvious backstone. The chamber is full of rocks, and opens southwards with fine views, spoiled slightly by the A.75 motorway screaming past ! A nice place to visit, with lots of yellow mullens growing on and around. Apparently there are many legends attached to this tomb, but I am not sure what any of them are.

johnstone visited on 19th Jul 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 4

**Dolmen du Chausse** submitted by thecaptain : The chamber is within its mound, and full of loose rocks, with lots of yellow mullens growing on and around. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This little dolmen is still mostly contained within its large cairn of stones, except that it has been dug into from the southern side. The cairn is about 16 metres in diameter and 2 metres high, made of loose small volcanic rocks.

The dolmen has a capstone 3m by 2m sat on top of a chamber 2m by 1m, with two side slabs but no obvious backstone. The chamber is full of loose rocks, and opens southwards with fine views, spoiled slightly by the A.75 motorway screaming past !

A nice place to visit, with lots of yellow mullens growing on and around. Apparently there are many legends attached to this tomb, but I am not sure what any of them are.

Signposted as tumulus from the village of Mons, just to the east of junction 28 of the A.75 Autoroute near to St Flour. The trackway leads you back over the A.75 and then about another 300 metres. It is probably possible to drive to it, but I parked and walked.

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