<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen de la Barbière - Passage Grave in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la BarbièreCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Saint-Nazaire Nearest Village: Crossac
Latitude: 47.407120N Longitude: 2.16003W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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oldman visited on 17th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Another well cared for Dolmen/Allee couverte in France
johnstone visited on 29th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 9th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This dolmen appears in all the tourist literature, and is signposted for miles around, yet when you get there it is fenced off in private land, although in this case easy enough to access to nearby.
As with a few other dolmens around here, I struggled to identify just what it is the remains of. There are lots of big stones on a little hill top, with one large capstone sitting on three support stones nearest to the road, but there is much more. It is possible that it was once two dolmen chambers with entry corridors. The standing capstone is covering what would have been a 3 metre by 2 metre chamber with an entrance passage to the east, but the rest is too much of a jumble to determine properly.
hansdegroot visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 still in good condition, and beautifull!
Martin_L DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 4.25
One large capstone supported by 4 smaller uprights, with other stones nearby, including smaller capstone still half supported by one small upright. Probably an Allee Couverte rather than Dolmen. Cross made out of piece of megalith next to it. Small path leading up from main road.
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