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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre de Beaumont Alternative Name: Pierre de Villebon
Country: France Département: Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chateaudun Nearest Village: Trizay-lès-Bonneval
Latitude: 48.202100N Longitude: 1.351800E
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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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2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
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TheCaptain visited on 8th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 At the end of the road southwest from Vieuville at a place names les Maisons, there is a farm track which continues on down to a stream. Here in a field of horses is the Pierre de Beaumont dolmen. I couldn't actually get to it, but got to within 50 metres. Its a nice looking thing, with its capstone still in place on top of several support stones, and I would estimate it to be about 4 metres square. I met a lady here out walking her dog who told me that until recently you could walk right to the dolmen. Now it has been fenced off, and it is a great shame, and shouldn't be allowed.

**Pierre de Beaumont** submitted by gaellekonak : Close up of the Dolmen of Beaumont. (Vote or comment on this photo)

At the end of the road southwest from Vieuville at a place named les Maisons, there is a farm track which continues on down to a stream. Here in a field of horses is the Pierre de Beaumont dolmen.

I couldn't actually get to it, but got to within 50 metres. Its a nice looking thing, with its capstone still in place on top of several support stones, and I would estimate it to be about 4 metres square.

Unfortunately, from August 2005, direct access to this dolmen has been prevented, with the erection of fences, including electrical fences around the field within which it sits, due to a local equestrian centre expanding and putting horses in the field.

While visiting in August 2005, I met a lady walking her dog here who used to like going and sitting at the dolmen contemplating, and she was telling me its a great shame, and that she has complained to the local council. Her opinion was that the dolmen should be available for all to enjoy, and that up until a few weeks ago, she had always been able to.
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