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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Monpalais Alternative Name: Taizé dolmensCountry: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Thouars Nearest Village: Taizé
Latitude: 46.945300N Longitude: 0.1383W
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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horseloaf visited on 1st Dec 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 18th Jul 2005 - their rating: Amb: 3 Access: 4 There are a couple of dolmens marked here on my map, but when I get here there is a sign and a parking area, and before I even get out of the van I can see four dolmens ! In all there are remains of about a dozen dolmens here, many of which have been recently restored. It is a pity about the busy road and the open fields, which make for low ambience scores for an otherwise very good place.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Ambience: 3 Access: 4
There are a couple of dolmens marked here on the ign map, and when I got here there was a sign and a parking area, and before I even got out of the van I could see four dolmens !
In all there are remains of about at least seven very varied dolmens here, most of which have been recently (2005) restored. It is a pity about the busy road and the open fields, which make for low ambience scores for an otherwise very good place.
Please note that the individual numbering used here on the portal is just the order in which I visited the dolmens that I found in July 2005, and is not based upon any official numbering system that I know of.
The geographic coordinates for this main site page are for the car park.
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82m N 360° Monpalais Dolmen 1* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
86m NNW 326° Monpalais Dolmen 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
298m NW 315° Monpalais Dolmen 3* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
351m NNW 341° Monpalais Dolmen 4* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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