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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Couverte d'Ambert - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 6136

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Couverte d'Ambert Alternative Name: Dolmen de Boisseyre
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.143 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Ambert  Nearest Village: Ambert
Latitude: 45.546151N  Longitude: 3.703377E
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.
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
4

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Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: La Pierre Couverte d'Ambert dolmen, Nice and imposant megalith with a 15 tons capstone (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Pierre Couverte d'Ambert dolmen, also known as the dolmen de Boisseyre is a nice and imposant megalith with a 15 tons capstone, found in the fields to the north of the D996 road a few kilometres to the west of Ambert, near to the village of Boisseyre.



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Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : Inside looking out - east towards Ambert (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : The entrance to the dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : Close-up of the back of the dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : Looking sideways inside the dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : Close-up of the front of the dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : View from the dolmen towards Ambert

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63): La Pierre Couverte d'Ambert dolmen, Nice and imposant megalith with a 15 tons capstone

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by johnstone : Couldn't get near because of the wheat, July 15, 1999

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by tone : A Dolmen en route to Ambert from Cuilhat/Auzelles. Can be seen from the road and even has a sign if you miss it.

Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by Bjorn : This sign is 3.6 km (2 miles) west of the beginning of road D996 near Ambert.

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