<< Our Photo Pages >> Croissonnière Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Croissonnière Dolmen Alternative Name: La Pierre Levée (Nanteuil), La CroissannièreCountry: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saint-Maixente-l'Ecole Nearest Village: Nanteuil
Latitude: 46.410600N Longitude: 0.1671W
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Rubis visited on 19th Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 20th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Up on the hill to the southeast of the village of Nanteuil, right behind a road of new houses (Rue du Dolmen) can be found the remains of this little dolmen, a few hundred metres walk from the road. It is not much of a dolmen now, more just a large capstone about 4.5 m by 3.5 m, and a pile of stones, tight up against the back hedge and fences of the new houses. It has seen better times!
While I was here, there is a young chap out in his back garden, sitting under an umbrella, seemingly randomly shooting at things with an air rifle.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Access: 4
It is not much of a dolmen now, more just a large capstone about 4.5 m by 3.5 m, and a pile of stones, tight up against the back hedge and fences of the new houses. It has seen better times!
While I was here, there is a young chap out in his back garden, sitting under an umbrella, seemingly randomly shooting at things with an air rifle. Time to move on!
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