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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Levée du Grand GâtCountry: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Thouars Nearest Village: Moutiers-Sous-Argenton
Latitude: 46.943100N Longitude: 0.3918W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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johnstone visited on 5th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 19th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 A couple of kilometres south of the village of Moutiers-Sous-Argenton, on the little lane to nowhere really, and there is a sign to dolmen, 250m. I walked at least a kilometre along the main track without finding it ! The trick is to not stay on the main track, but to keep straight on always, and yes, the dolmen is there about 250 metres from the road to the left of the track.
This appears to be a dolmen with entrance corridor, but I cannot be certain. The main chamberis about 3m by 2m and has a couple of sidestones and a capstone, though the backstone is missing. At the southeast end is a closing stone and an entrance passage of some sort, though this is mostly fallen, and I cannot be sure of the arrangement. This was a nice little country walk, and I got a very close view of a heron circling around and fishing.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
A couple of kilometres south of the village of Moutiers-Sous-Argenton, on the little lane to nowhere really, and there is a sign to dolmen, 250m. I walked at least a kilometre along the main track without finding it ! The trick is to not stay on the main track, but to keep straight on always, and yes, the dolmen is there about 250 metres from the road to the left of the track.
This was a nice little country walk, and I got a very close view of a heron circling around and fishing.
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