Wéris Dolmen [Wéris I; Allee Couverte Norde; Dolmen de Nord] Burial Chamber or Dolmen : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wéris Dolmen Alternative Name: Wéris I; Allee Couverte Norde; Dolmen de Nord
Country: Belgium Province: Luxembourg Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Barvaux Nearest Village: Wéris
Latitude: 50.333400N Longitude: 5.522670E
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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5 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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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
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**Wéris Dolmen** submitted by madcat : This is an impressive dolmen or "Allee Couverte". (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Weris dolmen features a rectangular chamber 6 Meters long by 1.70 Meters wide and 1,50 Metes tall with a short corridor in front of it. The chamber is edged by four pillars. The Dolmen was once covered by a tumulus.

Excavations found flints, stone arrows, pottery fragments and human remains.

Information about this burial chamber is also included on The Journal of Antiquities webpage for the Dolmen De Weris, Wallonia, Belgium, which gives directions for finding this easily missed burial chamber, includes a photograph, a description and details of other dolmens in the area.

The Journal adds: "At the south side of the dolmen are two stone rows or an avenue of 30 menhirs that form an alignment with this – the northern dolmen – and with a curious stone to the north-east called ‘the Stone of the Ancients’ or ‘White Stone’ that is often referred to as a standing stone but, in fact, it is a naturally-formed stone some 3 metres high that leans at a 45 degree angle and stands on a hillside. At the bottom of the hill another stone ‘the Devil’s Stone’ or ‘Devil’s Bed’ is a flatish stone that is 0.6 metres high by 2.45 metres long". Wikipedia has a basic entry which gives a few more details of the dolmens, plus the Museum of Megaliths in the village of Wéris.
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