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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:
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 6th Jul 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
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
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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