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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Etiau Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de l'Etiau, Dolmen de Bourg DionCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Angers Nearest Village: Coutures
Latitude: 47.385590N Longitude: 0.35389W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 15th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 In an area to the west of the hamlet, in an area rich in natural rock outcrops, can be found this strange little dolmen. It would appear that a large capstone has been positioned over a natural chamber, which is about 4 metres by 2 metres, this being a sort of split in the rocks. But there is more to it than that, as an entranceway has also been constructed, using two slabs set on their sides, and a backstone nicely in place also. Within the chamber, and on other stones in the vicinity, are lots of marks and grooves, which look like they have been used for polishing blades etc, although it is possible that they are just natural.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
But there is more to it than that, as an entranceway has also been constructed, using two slabs set on their sides, and a backstone nicely in place also.
Within the chamber, and on other stones in the vicinity, are lots of marks and grooves, which look like they have been used for polishing blades etc, although it is possible that they are just natural.
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