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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen du Crapaud Alternative Name: Dolmen an Tosseg, Dolmen An Tosseig (Du Crapaud) A PenlannCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Vannes Nearest Village: Billiers
Latitude: 47.515020N Longitude: 2.48396W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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markj99 visited on 13th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Dolmen du Crapaud is located on a cliff edge SE of Plage des Granges, S of Pen Lan (Penn Lann). The remains of this site have been much reduced by coastal erosion. The chamber resembles a toad viewed from N, hence the french name Dolmen du Crapaud.
lichen visited on 28th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5
johnstone visited on 30th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 10th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Perched on its clifftop, overlooking the sea and a nice sandy beach, from certain angles this does indeed look like a toad poking its head up. Much of the original tomb is no longer with us due to erosion of the cliffs, and what remains is a capstone perched on top of a few small uprights. The capstone is less than 2 metres by 2 metres, but it is in a really splendid position.
The dolmen can be found by walking to the east along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.25 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.25
The dolmen can be found by walking to the east along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland.
Much of the original tomb is no longer with us due to erosion of the cliffs, and what remains is a capstone perched on top of a few small uprights. The capstone is less than 2 metres by 2 metres, but it is in a really splendid position.
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