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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulus Des Mousseaux Alternative Name: Dolmen des Mousseaux, Pierres Druidiques, Les MousseauxCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Pornic Nearest Village: Pornic
Latitude: 47.115600N Longitude: 2.11485W
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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johnstone visited on 8th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 14th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This monument is signposted from all sorts of places and easy to find if approaching from the north but probably not so if coming from the south as the fortified harbour and seaside town of Pornic is a maze of small streets and indeed barred to a campervan. The tumulus is enclosed by houses and reaches right up to the roadside but does have its own little area with a sign telling about it but its all a bit busy and noisy. This is a superbly restored double chambered tomb enclosed in a triple stepped cairn. The two chambers both have double transept (side) chambers and open towards the southwest the southern one being double sided while the northern one is single sided and they are about 9 metres in length. The height of the chambers increases as you enter from about 1.8 metres at the entrance to well over 2.4 metres inside this being achieved because the capstones do not sit adjacent to one another but rest on top of each other as they progress inwards. Excavations showed this tomb to date to about 3500 BC. Obviously once known as the Dolmen des Mousseaux this has been renamed Tumulus des Mousseaux as can be seen on all the multitude of signposts pointing to it which have been changed !
DrewParsons Ripley423 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 5
The height of the chambers increases as you enter from about 1.8 metres at the entrance to well over 2.4 metres inside this being achieved because the capstones do not sit adjacent to one another but rest on top of each other as they progress inwards.
Excavations showed this tomb to date to about 3500 BC.
This monument is signposted from all sorts of places and easy to find if approaching from the north but probably not so if coming from the south as the fortified harbour and seaside town of Pornic is a maze of small streets and indeed barred to a campervan.
The tumulus is enclosed by houses and reaches right up to the roadside but does have its own little area with a sign telling about it but its all a bit busy and noisy.
Obviously once known as the Dolmen des Mousseaux this has been renamed Tumulus des Mousseaux as can be seen on all the multitude of signposts pointing to it which have been changed !
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates taken from a gps receiver. Additional Info by TheCaptain
Note: Thanks to Chris Scarre for making this fascinating paper available: Choosing stones, remembering places: geology and intention in megalithic monuments - link in the comment
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