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<< Our Photo Pages >> Avort Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49

Submitted by theCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4569

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Avort Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de Avort
Country: 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:
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
5

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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

Avort dolmen
Avort dolmen submitted by ocdolmen : Avort dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)
Found about 80 metres to the west of the D.70 road southwest of Gennes, with a trackway leading to it, this is 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.
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Avort Dolmen submitted by karolus : Site in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avort dolmen submitted by irundarra : Site in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avort dolmen submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avort Dolmen submitted by Martin_L : The damaged/robbed, but still splendid large Angevin dolmen is somewhat hidden in remains of its barrow. Also heavily overgrown with brambles on most sides in Summer 2022. With some difficulties it was possible to gain access to the chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avort Dolmen submitted by Martin_L : View from inside the chamber towards the passage/entrance. In July 2022 the two entrance orthostats were heavily overgrown with brambles. The passage capstone is lost as well as parts of the eastern chamber orthostat/s. The chamber is halfways filled with earth/remains of th eroded barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Avort Dolmen
Avort Dolmen submitted by Martin_L : A splendid large Angevin dolmen somewhat hidden in remains of its barrow. Also heavily overgrown with brambles on most sides in Summer 2022. With some difficulties it was possible to gain access to the chamber.

Avort Dolmen
Avort Dolmen submitted by karolus : Site in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 France

Avort Dolmen
Avort Dolmen submitted by karolus

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Avort Dolmen submitted by johnstone : Fairly overgrown, behind the tree on June 19, 2007

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Avort Dolmen submitted by johnstone : Close up, under the cherry-tree, June 19, 2007

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Avort dolmen submitted by irundarra : Site in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 France

Avort dolmen
Avort dolmen submitted by irundarra

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Avort dolmen submitted by irundarra : Site in Gennes (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire )

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Avort dolmen submitted by ocdolmen : Avort dolmen

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Avort dolmen submitted by ocdolmen

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