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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Motte Alternative Name: Dolmen de la Pierre-Couverte, Dolmen du Moulin PiauCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Angers Nearest Village: Chemellier
Latitude: 47.342155N Longitude: 0.347965W
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 13th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I would have rated this higher but the next day we stopped at two of the biggest dolmen I have ever seen so this is just a small cottage compared to the mansions we saw on the following day
johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 15th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Just to the east of the village of Chemellier, and actually signposted from it, this dolmen is about 800 metres walk from where the road runs out, and just inside the forest. While I was there, there were a couple of deer mooching around nearby, and also a wasps nest inside the dolmen. Beware ! Until today, I would have called this a massive dolmen, but how things change - it looks quite small now ! It's a typical rectangular Angevine dolmen with the chamber about 4 metres by 3 metres, and standing up height inside. The entrance is to the east, but broken and largely non existant above ground level. The back stone has also fallen, leaving the broken in two pieces capstone just sitting on the large side slabs.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 3.33
While I was there, there were a couple of deer mooching around nearby, and also a wasps nest inside the dolmen. Beware ! Until today, I would have called this a massive dolmen, but how things change - it looks quite small now !
It's a typical rectangular Angevine dolmen with the chamber about 4 metres by 3 metres, and standing up height inside. The entrance is to the east, but broken and largely non existant above ground level. The back stone has also fallen, leaving the broken in two pieces capstone just sitting on the large side slabs.
Eleven polished stone axes, and flints were found here.
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