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<< Our Photo Pages >> Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) - Passage Grave in France in Normandie:Manche (50)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 5872

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: La Haye-du-Puits  Nearest Village: Lithaire
Latitude: 49.285604N  Longitude: 1.495483W
Condition:
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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
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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TheCaptain visited on 19th Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. After a few hundred metres you reach an open grassy area within which are the remains of two Allées Couverte, not marked on my IGN maps. About 25 metres to the south of the northern site are the remains of the much better preserved southern Allée Couverte. Most of the side stones remain of a 7 metre long central chamber, including the western end stone, but there are none of the covering slabs. Surrounding this chamber are many smaller stones which were probably facing stones for the covering mound, which today form a couple of parallel rows to the sides of the main chamber. At the eastern side is a nice straight row of these stones running across at right angles to the main chamber, perhaps once forming some kind of entrance arrangement. There are many other stones laying around which probably once formed a part of this monument.

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

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by thecaptain : Allée Couverte du Bois de la Plesse (South). Looking approximately northwards at the eastern (entrance) end. As well as the large stones of the central chamber, many of the smaller stones which once made up a kerb to the covering mound, and some sort of entrance facia still survive. The more ruined northern allée Couverte can be seen in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire in Manche, can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake where there are the remains of two Allées Couverte.

The southern of the two is the much better preserved. Most of the side stones remain of a 7 metre long central chamber, including the western end stone, but there are none of the covering slabs. Surrounding this chamber are many smaller stones which were probably facing stones for the covering mound, which today form a couple of parallel rows to the sides of the main chamber. At the eastern end is a nice straight row of these stones running across at right angles to the main chamber, perhaps once forming some kind of entrance arrangement. There are many other stones laying around which probably once formed a part of this monument.
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Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by thecaptain : Allée Couverte du Bois de la Plesse (South). Viewed here looking approximately southeast. There are no signs of any large capstones still remaining amongst the jumble of stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by thecaptain : Allée Couverte du Bois de la Plesse (South). Looking approximately northeastwards at the western (closed) end. A nice whiteish stone has been used in the construction. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by thecaptain : Allée Couverte du Bois de la Plesse (South). Looking approximately westwards into the main chamber of the southern tomb. Not only do the large stones of the central chamber survive, but also many of hte smaller stones which presumably once made up a kerb to the covering mound, and some sort of entrance facia. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by karolus : -2C Winter Morning 2018

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by ShamrockStone

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by johnstone : Close up of the chamber, July 6, 2009

Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by johnstone : Details of the tomb on July 6, 2009

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Re: Bois de la Plesse (S) by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005
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On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. After a few hundred metres you reach an open grassy area within which are the remains of two Allées Couverte, not marked on the IGN maps.

The first to be reached, northern, of these is in a very ruined state, with just some large stones of the central chamber remaining, and most of these are fallen. The length of the chamber can be traced for 9 metres, and some of the stones at the east end, including the eastern end stone, remain standing.

About 25 metres to the south of this are the remains of the much better preserved southern Allée Couverte. Most of the side stones remain of a 7 metre long central chamber, including the western end stone, but there are none of the covering slabs. Surrounding this chamber are many smaller stones which were probably facing stones for the covering mound, which today form a couple of parallel rows to the sides of the main chamber. At the eastern side is a nice straight row of these stones running across at right angles to the main chamber, perhaps once forming some kind of entrance arrangement. There are many other stones laying around which probably once formed a part of this monument.

These monuments are said to have only been discovered in 1965, and with all the other stones laying around in the woods and undergrowth in this area, it wouldn’t surprise me if much more remains to be discovered here. In fact, while walking along the path round the top of the quarry, my eye was caught by an arrangement of large boulders piled on top of each other on a small mound. Having a closer look, I suspect that the large boulders owe more to their current position to relatively modern quarrying than anything ancient, but the mound on which they lie is most interestingly surrounded by what look like very old, carefully placed kerbing stones. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this is the remains of another Dolmen of some kind. The coordinates on my GPS (which was slightly misbehaving with low battery power) for this were N 49.28388, W 001.49166 should anyone want a look.

Further to the east on Mont Castré are the remains of a Roman encampment, while a bit to the west is a ruined castle, which go to demonstrate the importance of this hill as a place of settlement right through history.

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