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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tumulus des Hogues - Round Barrow(s) in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3353

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulus des Hogues Alternative Name: Tumulus des Bignes
Country: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Falaise  Nearest Village: Habloville
Latitude: 48.806100N  Longitude: 0.1643W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
no data

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TheCaptain visited on 2nd May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 There are the remains of two burial mounds here the second one being about 50 metres to the southeast of the Dolmen des Bignes. The mound is much less disturbed than its neighbour but it has been dug into from its western side although there are no signs of any stones forming a chamber. Perhaps its still all in place underneath the mound ? The remains of the mound are about 3 metres high and again it has a diameter of about 15 metres. The ambience of these burial mounds is spoiled by it obviously used as a place where the local youth (or others) go to have a drink leaving all their detritus behind. There are broken bottles and other rubbish all over the place.

Tumulus des Hogues
Tumulus des Hogues submitted by thecaptain : Tumulus des Hogues. The second of the two round burial mounds here, this one has no obvious megalithic chamber to be seen, but its probably still inside. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are the remains of two burial mounds here, this, the second one being about 50 metres to the southeast of the Pierre-aux-Bignes.

The mound is much less disturbed than its neighbour but it has been dug into from its western side although there are no signs of any stones forming a chamber. Perhaps its still all in place underneath the mound ?

The remains of the mound are about 3 metres high and again it has a diameter of about 15 metres. The ambience of these burial mounds is spoiled by it obviously used as a place where the local youth (or others) go to have a drink leaving all their detritus behind. There are broken bottles and other rubbish all over the place.


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Re: Tumulus dit des Hogues by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 11 May 2005
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Tumulus des Bignes, Habloville, Orne, N 48.8061, W 00.1643
Visited Monday, 2nd May 2005. Access 4, Condition 2, Ambience 3.

There are the remains of two burial mounds here, the second one being about 50 metres to the southeast of the Dolmen des Bignes. The mound is much less disturbed than its neighbour, but it has been dug into from its western side, although there are no signs of any stones forming a chamber. Perhaps its still all in place underneath the mound ? The remains of the mound are about 3 metres high, and again it has a diameter of about 15 metres.

The ambience of these burial mounds is spoiled by it obviously used as a place where the local youth (or others) go to have a drink, leaving all their detritus behind. There are broken bottles and other rubbish all over the place.
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