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Submitted by thecaptain on Monday, 06 December 2004  Page Views: 7383

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre au Rey Alternative Name: la Pierre Aurey, le dolmen du Trépied
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Cherbourg  Nearest Village: Flamanville
Latitude: 49.522200N  Longitude: 1.8825W
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
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5 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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johnstone visited on 1st Jul 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Perched high on the cliff top near Cap de Flamanville can be found this strange antiquity, situated in the small garden behind a café, right on the cliff edge. Easily found to the west of Flamanville, just follow signs to “Semaphore” and where the road runs out there is a car park and picnic site as well as the café. It consists of four large rounded rocks, and doesn’t look like any other dolmen I have ever seen. At first, the rocks look like natural big rounded pebbles, in some kind of pile, but how did they get there like that ? Closer inspection reveals several other stones on the landward side, obviously placed in their position, which would have at one point formed some kind of entranceway to the main chamber, which consists of three large rocks forming a triangular shape, with the fourth rock balanced on top. A couple of the large rocks have carvings on them, including a human form on the top boulder, but it is unknown as to whether these carvings are ancient or from more modern times, when it was used as a lookout point by the customs men. Some theories suggest that this is not a dolmen in the usual sense of the word, but some kind of ancient seagoing navigational mark. There were in years gone past, other megalithic monuments in this area, in the form of large menhirs now destroyed, but of which the names and records survive. One of these called La Pierre-aux-Serpents, was 9 metres in height, but was destroyed around 1725 during construction of the chateau. Another, to the southeast at Percaillerie, was 5 metres in height but destroyed in 1890. It is also thought that there may once have been another of these cliff top dolmens at Corb to the north, destroyed before 1880 and of which no trace remains today under the nuclear power station.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 5

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre au Rey dolmen on the clifftops at Flamanville in Normandie, seen in its cafe garden. There are strange carvings on a couple of the stones, including a human figure on the top boulder. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Perched high on the cliff top near Cap de Flamanville can be found this strange antiquity, situated in the small garden behind a café, right on the cliff edge.

Easily found to the west of Flamanville, just follow signs to “Semaphore” and where the road runs out there is a car park and picnic site as well as the café.

It consists of four large rounded rocks, and doesn’t look like any other dolmen I have ever seen. At first, the rocks look like natural big rounded pebbles, in some kind of pile, but how did they get there like that? Closer inspection reveals several other stones on the landward side, obviously placed in their position, which would have at one point formed some kind of entranceway to the main chamber, which consists of three large rocks forming a triangular shape, with the fourth rock balanced on top.

A couple of the large rocks have carvings on them, including a human form on the top boulder, but it is unknown as to whether these carvings are ancient or from more modern times, when it was used as a lookout point by the customs men.

Some theories suggest that this is not a dolmen in the usual sense of the word, but some kind of ancient seagoing navigational mark.

There were in years gone past, other megalithic monuments in this area, in the form of large menhirs now destroyed, but of which the names and records survive. One of these called La Pierre-aux-Serpents, was 9 metres in height, but was destroyed around 1725 during construction of the chateau. Another, to the southeast at Percaillerie, was 5 metres in height but destroyed in 1890. It is also thought that there may once have been another of these cliff top dolmens at Corb to the north, destroyed before 1880 and of which no trace remains today under the nuclear power station.

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Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : Thought a visit here was in order again, on the way back to an early evening ferry at Cherbourg, which prompted Dad to say something along the lines of "I've not seen one like this before"! (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : Risking life and limb to get a picture from behind! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : Thought a visit here was in order again, on the way back to an early evening ferry at Cherbourg, which prompted Dad to say something along the lines of "I've not seen one like this before"! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre au Rey dolmen on the clifftops at Flamanville in Normandie, seen in its cafe garden from the northeast. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pierre au Rey submitted by karolus : Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France

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Pierre au Rey submitted by johnstone : The dolmen from another side, July 1, 2009

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : We took the time to walk north along the clifftop path for a while, hoping to be able to see the strangely smoothed and curved rocks, but did not find anything. Here the site is seen looking south from the slopes of Camp du Castel.

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Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : The cafe is now a restaurant, with no bar or cafe facilities, but it is still possible to view the stones behind it.

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by theCaptain : Thought a visit here was in order again. Here the site is viewed from the south at the parking area on the headland.

Pierre au Rey
Pierre au Rey submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre au Rey dolmen on the clifftops at Flamanville in Normandie, seen in its cafe garden from the southeast. The stones in the foreground are thought to have once been part of an entrance structure.

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