Hypogées de Villevenard Chambered Tomb : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

<< Our Photo Pages >> Hypogées de Villevenard - Chambered Tomb in France in Champagne:Marne (51)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 17 May 2005 Page Views: 5699

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hypogées de Villevenard
Country: France Département: Champagne:Marne (51) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Epernay Nearest Village: Courjeonnet
Latitude: 48.832480N Longitude: 3.803720E
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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

5

Internal Links:

External Links:

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit

· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

**Hypogées de Villevenard** submitted by AlexHunger : Up until a couple of years ago, the site could still be visited abong the venyards. However the authorities became worried the site would be vandalised and consequently bunkered the tombs in with cement and a manhole cover. Very worrying. (Vote or comment on this photo)

These 3 Hypogees in the Champagne Vineyards used to be accessible until several yeas ago. Now they are covered in cement and only accessible via manhole covers in order to protect them.

165 meter altitude.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.

Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.

Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
507m ENE 69° Les Houillottes Cave Cave or Rock Shelter
1.1km WSW 248° Villevenard Hypogées Long Barrow
1.4km ENE 62° Hypogée de Courjeonnet Chambered Tomb
3.6km ENE 68° Etang de Chénevry Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
4.4km E 97° Razet Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter
4.6km E 84° Hypogées du Razet* Chambered Tomb
6.7km ENE 71° Hypogée de Vert la Gravelle* Chambered Tomb
6.8km W 278° Reclus Allée couverte* Passage Grave
7.3km NW 317° Polissoir de Baye* Polissoir
13.1km E 91° Dolmen de la Plagne Burial Chamber or Dolmen
16.3km WSW 245° L'Ermite.* Standing Stone (Menhir)
16.4km WSW 245° L'Ermite 2* Standing Stone (Menhir)
19.8km SSW 197° Dolmen des Mardelles Burial Chamber or Dolmen
20.8km WNW 286° Dolmen du Trou-du-Boeuf Burial Chamber or Dolmen
22.8km NE 36° Grotte dite Saran IV Cave or Rock Shelter
23.2km NE 44° Menhir de Haute-Borne (Avize) Standing Stone (Menhir)
24.7km SSW 194° Dolmen dit les Pierres de Sainte-Geneviève Burial Chamber or Dolmen
28.4km S 185° Baudement Tumulus Chambered Cairn
31.7km NW 322° Pierre des Cosaques* Polissoir
32.0km SW 226° Pierre aux Cent Têtes Rock Art
37.5km SSW 210° Dolmen des Grèves de Fraicul Burial Chamber or Dolmen
37.9km SW 216° Menhir de la Pierre Aiguë Standing Stone (Menhir)
38.0km SSW 201° Dolmen de Crancey Burial Chamber or Dolmen
39.8km SE 128° Dolmen de Dosnon Burial Chamber or Dolmen
40.6km NNW 337° Allée Couverte de Caranda* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Grabhügel Ditzingen

Menhir dit la Pierre des Gaulois >>

Featured: Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Random Image

Roads and Trackways of North Wales

Who's Online

Sponsors

More Choices