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<< Our Photo Pages >> Joselière Dolmen - Chambered Cairn in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5693

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Joselière Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de la Joselière
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Pornic  Nearest Village: Pornic
Latitude: 47.102370N  Longitude: 2.08007W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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johnstone visited on 8th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 14th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 As soon as I got here this nice quiet place was flooded with people either returning from the beach or a walk along the clifftop. It is superbly positioned in a field about 50 metres from the sea but it’s a shame about the wartime gun emplacement here also. This transepted burial mound has been restored recently and is in fine condition. It consists of a single entrance corridor which faces eastwards on a bearing of 112° with four internal chambers opening up on the sides which are about 2 metres in width and high enough for me to stand up inside. The cairn is very square with sides about 11 metres in length barely bigger than the internal structures and with a nice white quartz stone at the entrance.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger : Unusually square 4 chambered square Cairn with double entrances in Pornic. Chambers with apses similar to single Maltese temples. Excavated In 1970s and restored 1985. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Unusually square 4 chambered square cairn with double entrances. Chambers with apses similar to single Maltese temples. Excavated In 1970s and restored 1985.

Additional Notes from TheCaptain. It is superbly positioned in a field about 50 metres from the sea but it’s a shame about the wartime gun emplacement here also. This transepted burial mound has been restored recently and is in fine condition.

It consists of a single entrance corridor which faces eastwards on a bearing of 112° with four internal chambers opening up on the sides which are about 2 metres in width and high enough for me to stand up inside. The cairn is very square with sides about 11 metres in length barely bigger than the internal structures and with a nice white quartz stone at the entrance.

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Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Nice site located just inland from the cliffs and WWII gun emplacements. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View showing the passageway and entrance. Entrance into the interior of the site is roped off from the public but it is still possible to gain a good impression of it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Visited in fine weather in early April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View showing one of the capstones.

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by KeeleyJane : Solid little site looking out toward atlantic... built on magic land.. found a fairy ring and felt the resonance

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by johnstone : A view from outside into the chamber, July 8, 2013

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View looking into the passageway

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by greywether : Interior shot. June 1994

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger : Unusually square 4 chambered square Cairn with double entrances in Pornic. Chambers with apses similar to single Maltese temples. Excavated In 1970s and restored 1985.

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by TheCaptain : Le dolmen de la Joselière (1ère photo) - site remis en état vers 1985. From Michel Baconnais

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by johnstone : Take a look into the chamber, July 8, 2013

Joselière Dolmen
Joselière Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger : Joselière Dolmen Diagram Unusually square 4 chambered square Cairn with double entrances in Pornic. Chambers with apses similar to single Maltese temples. Excavated In 1970s and restored 1985.

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