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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tombeau des Géants Alternative Name: La Roche a la VieilleCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Ploermel Nearest Village: Campénéac
Latitude: 47.991900N Longitude: 2.2691W
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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TheCaptain visited on 10th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Also known as "Roche a la Vieille", or "Old Hag's Rock", this is a strange little monument high up in the hills by the GR37 footpath, a kilometre or so from a large parking area. What it is now is a 4 metre long, 1 metre wide coffre type grave, made using 4 large stone slabs and many other smaller stone bits making up the ends.
It is supposedly a bronze age burial tomb, but constructed from some previous megalithic standing stones from the area. Not far from the tomb is a fallen 4 metre long menhir, and several other pieces of rock. There was probably a line of large menhirs here in long distant times, which have been re used.
johnstone visited on 9th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
What it is now is a 4 metre long, 1 metre wide coffre type grave, made using 4 large stone slabs and many other smaller stone bits making up the ends. It is a bronze age burial tomb, but constructed from some previous megalithic standing stones from the area.
Not far from the tomb is a fallen 4 metre long menhir, and several other pieces of rock, which may be another ancient grave. There was almost certainly a line of large menhirs here in long distant times, which have been re used.
The Broceliande Forest is a region rich in legends of King Arthur, pixies, magic and all the other usual mystical stuff.
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