<< Our Photo Pages >> Curton Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Aquitaine:Gironde (33)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Curton DolmenCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.2 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Aquitaine:Gironde (33) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Libourne Nearest Village: Jugazan
Latitude: 44.772350N Longitude: 0.15754W
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 |
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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 |
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oldman visited on 7th Apr 2019 It's a steep climb up to this dolmen but worth it. On our second visit to this site the sat nav brought us in from a different direction so there was no steep climb and we could take the car along a track almost up to the site. Also it was well signposted.
johnstone visited on 8th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 2nd Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 As I was driving towards Bellefond I saw a sign to Dolmen de Curton so I had to follow it but it’s a pity the large signs do not follow the one at the road junction up. There are one or two very small signs after this which I at first missed and these lead into a vineyard before they give up totally. Following the track on by foot for about 600 metres and you eventually reach the dolmen.
It is a little allée couverte on the reducing remains of its mound which has been ploughed right up to the edges and surrounded by vines. There are some nasty crackling power lines right overhead. One capstone remains on the two rows of sidestones which can be traced for about 8 metres facing an orientation of 110°. The end stone has some strange markings on it several short straight lines and a few horseshoe shapes but they are difficult to make out. Apparently 8 bodies were found within it when the chamber was excavated in 1904.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5
One capstone remains on the two rows of sidestones which can be traced for about 8 metres facing an orientation of 110°. The end stone has some strange markings on it several short straight lines and a few horseshoe shapes but they are difficult to make out.
Apparently 8 bodies were found within it when the chamber was excavated in 1904.
As I was driving towards Bellefond I saw a sign to Dolmen de Curton so I had to follow it, but it’s a pity the large signs do not continue at the next road junction up. There are one or two very small signs after this which I at first missed and these lead into a vineyard before they give up totally. Following the track on by foot for about 600 metres and you eventually reach the dolmen.
There are some nasty crackling power lines right overhead.
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