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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tuchenn Pol Alternative Name: Lann Porh MenechCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Ploemeur Nearest Village: Le Courégant
Latitude: 47.718526N Longitude: 3.47829W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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The three large tumuli are known as Tuchenn Pol, Tuchenn Hroeg and Tuchenn Gouc'h.
Unfortunately the site was significantly degraded during the second world war by occupational forces.
There is also an Iron Age circular monument
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