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<< Our Photo Pages >> Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 December 2004  Page Views: 4176

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen Alternative Name: Roussica allée couverte
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Concarneau  Nearest Village: Pont-Aven
Latitude: 47.898391N  Longitude: 3.788985W
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.
3 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
0No data.
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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 16th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Coat Luzuen allée couverte is situated in a field just to the west of the little road running north from the hamlet of Luzuen, and although signposted, it is quite difficult to find, with the last signpost being small and almost hidden, overgrown in a hedge opposite to a farm building. When I visited this I was not totally sure what it was I was visiting, I could not be sure whether it is the remains of a strangely shaped allée couverte, or perhaps two dolmens, both quite large and opening to the west. Although I know of this as an allée couverte, it is marked on some maps as two dolmens, and as far as I can ascertain from more research, it was a single large allée couverte which has had a section removed from its centre. The western part of the two sections has a large chamber covered by a massive single capstone 7 metres long by 3 metres wide, and it is easy to stand up inside. The eastern part, which was possibly once joined as the two side walls line up, is not so large, and is only open to the west, in the direction of its neighbour, and has only two sidestones and an endstone, the other side having collapsed.

johnstone visited on 20th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4



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

Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by greywether : This is a site which I did not know the name of, just the location. So I hope I have allocated the right name to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Coat Luzuen allée couverte is situated in a field just to the west of the little road running north from the hamlet of Luzuen, and although signposted, it is quite difficult to find, with the last signpost being small and almost hidden, overgrown in a hedge opposite to a farm building.

When I visited this I was not totally sure what it was I was visiting, I could not be sure whether it is the remains of a strangely shaped allée couverte, or perhaps two dolmens, both quite large and opening to the west. Although I know of this as an allée couverte, it is marked on some maps as two dolmens, and as far as I can ascertain from more research, it was a single large allée couverte which has had a section removed from its centre.

The western part of the two sections has a large chamber covered by a massive single capstone 7 metres long by 3 metres wide, and it is easy to stand up inside. The eastern part, which was possibly once joined as the two side walls line up, is not so large, and is only open to the west, in the direction of its neighbour, and has only two sidestones and an endstone, the other side having collapsed.

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Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by johnstone : In front of the monument, June 20, 2004 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by minteddy : Near Melgven Just see top of second cap stone near left side. Standing any further back and wouldn't see the monument at all because of the height of the maize. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by minteddy : Near Melgven. This taken standing on top of other cap stone (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by johnstone : It was quite a wilderness before the big clean-up in 2010, situation on June 20, 2004 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by karolus

Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen
Allée couverte de Coat Luzuen submitted by minteddy : Near Melgven, Allee couverte in field of maize which makes it difficult to see when it has not been harvested (1 comment)

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