<< Our Photo Pages >> Avort Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Avort Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de AvortCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saumur Nearest Village: Gennes
Latitude: 47.313462N Longitude: 0.279549W
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 19th Jun 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 15th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Found about 80 metres to the west of the D.70 road southwest of Gennes, with a trackway leading to it. Its a typical Angevine dolmen with a 4 m by 2.5 m chamber, made using large slabs covered by a single large capstone. The entrance, and its two porch stones, is to the east. It is still substantially within its mound, atop which a tree is growing. The southern side slab is broken, allowing easy access.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4
The entrance, and its two porch stones, is to the east. It is still substantially within its mound, atop which a tree is growing. The southern side slab is broken, allowing easy access.
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