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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Midi:Aveyron (12)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 06 May 2011  Page Views: 2214

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 Alternative Name: Dolmen de Cloup de Layrou
Country: France Département: Midi:Aveyron (12) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Villefranche-de-Rouergue  Nearest Village: Martiel
Latitude: 44.410730N  Longitude: 1.906490E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 30th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A few more hundred metres round the signposted footpath is this dolmen with no name sign. Still in much of its long mound, the capstone is broken into three pieces, and partly fallen. The chamber is 3.5 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, and faces southeast at 125°.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4

Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by regina : Co-ordinates 44.41073 1.90649 (GPS) (Vote or comment on this photo)
A few more hundred metres round the signposted footpath is this dolmen which had no name sign (in 2005).

Still in much of its long mound, the capstone is broken into three pieces, and partly fallen. The chamber is 3.5 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, and faces southeast at 125°.

Supports of more than 4m, weight capstone about 8 tons and broken into 3 parts.

This spot is the third tomb of “Parcours des Dolmens de Martiel”
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Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by thecaptain : Another nice dolmen, just a few hundred metres further round the signposted woodland walk north of Martiel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by johnstone : The middle piece has fallen into the chamber, June 16, 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by johnstone : Look into the chamber on June 16,2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by regina : Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1
Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 submitted by regina

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