<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Couverte (Thizay) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Couverte (Thizay) Alternative Name: Polissoir de ThizayCountry: France Département: Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chinon Nearest Village: Thizay
Latitude: 47.166475N Longitude: 0.138177E
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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johnstone visited on 17th Jun 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Part of the dolmen La Pierre Couverte was used as a polissoir, although some pieces of the stones that carried the traces of polishing grooves seem to have been cut off, not to say stolen...
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