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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vaon Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen de VaonCountry: France Département: Poitou:Vienne (86) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Loudun Nearest Village: Trois-Moutiers (Les)
Latitude: 47.061400N Longitude: 0.001700E
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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oldman visited on 13th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 What a wonderful site. Views in all directions. Clearly a resting place of importance.
TheCaptain visited on 17th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This nice dolmen can be found about a kilometre southeast of the village of Trois-Moutiers, and is easy to find because it is signposted. It is about a 300 metre walk from where you can park near to a barn. It is a fairly complete Angevin dolmen with a 5m by 2.5m main chamber fronted at the east end by a 2.5 by 1.5 metre entrance porch. The two capstones of the main chamber are still in place, although the roofstone of the entrance has fallen. Nicely shaded by a large tree, there was a wasp nest inside when I was here, which distracted slightly from my visit.
johnstone visited on 13th Jul 1998 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
It is a fairly complete Angevin dolmen with a 5m by 2.5m main chamber fronted at the east end by a 2.5 by 1.5 metre entrance porch. The two capstones of the main chamber are still in place, although the roofstone of the entrance has fallen.
Nicely shaded by a large tree, there was a wasp nest inside when I was here, which distracted slightly from my visit.
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