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Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 09 December 2005 Page Views: 5922

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cour du Breuil Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen dit de la Cour du Breuil
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne Nearest Village: Le Bernard
Latitude: 46.432910N Longitude: 1.45325W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3 Access:

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
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1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Right by the roadside, this is a pleasant dolmen to find, with the large skeletal remains standing slightly hidden by a surrounding hedge, from where they suddenly jump out at you as you pass. The main chamber would have been about 4 metres by 2 metres, but the single remaining capstone covers only half of this, balanced as it is on 3 side slabs at 1.5 metres above the ground. There are plenty of other stones laying around, and the remains are kept in a nicely tended but small gardenlike area.

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**Cour du Breuil dolmen** submitted by thecaptain : Right by the roadside, this is a pleasant dolmen to find, with the large skeletal remains standing slightly hidden by a surrounding hedge, from where they suddenly jump out at you as you pass along the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Right by the roadside, this is a pleasant dolmen to find, with the large skeletal remains standing slightly hidden by a surrounding hedge, from where they suddenly jump out at you as you pass along the road.

The main chamber would have been about 4 metres by 2 metres, but the single remaining capstone covers only half of this, balanced as it is on 3 side slabs at 1.5 metres above the ground.

There are plenty of other stones laying around, and the remains are kept in a nicely tended but small garden like area.

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