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<< Our Photo Pages >> Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by thecaptain on Wednesday, 10 May 2006  Page Views: 4822

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan Alternative Name: Le Palastre
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Auray  Nearest Village: Pluneret
Latitude: 47.693006N  Longitude: 2.88026W
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.
5 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
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TheCaptain visited on 11th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the hamlet of Le Palastre, with its dolmen. I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official dolmen is ! There is lots of big stones around, none of which looked too convincingly like a dolmen as opposed to natural. The best fit to the map is a series of three large boulders in a row, in the front of somebodies garden right in the centre of the hamlet. There are also some significant looking stones a bit down the hill beside the chapel yard wall. I have since learned that I dont think I found the dolmen, which is positioned somewhere behind the house.

Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by binardino : Palastre dolmen, the only one remaining at this place, several others which were once here have now disappeared. -2.553014 (Vote or comment on this photo)
In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the hamlet of Le Palastre, with its officially recorded allée couverte.

I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official monument was ! There are lots of big stones around, none of which looked too convincingly like the dolmen I was expecting.

The best fit to the map seemed to be a series of three large boulders in a row, in the front of somebodies garden right in the centre of the hamlet.

But there are also some significant looking stones a bit down the hill beside the chapel yard wall. And many other big stones dotted about the place.

I have since learned that I dont think I found the "official" dolmen, which is positioned somewhere behind the house with the stone alignment.

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Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by thecaptain : In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the ancient hamlet of Le Palastre. I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official dolmen is ! In the front of somebodies garden right in the centre of the hamlet, now made into a nice garden feature, are these three aligned stones - perhaps once a part of an allee couvert, or some other monument. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by thecaptain : In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the ancient hamlet of Le Palastre. I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official dolmen is ! There are some significant looking stones built into the chapel yard wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by karolus : More evidence of the other destroyed dolmens (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by karolus : More fallen stones in the woods (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by karolus : Fallen stones at the far end of the signed and marked "official site". (Vote or comment on this photo)

Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by karolus : More remains in her garden

Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan
Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan submitted by karolus : The owner of the house next door was quick to point out this is not officially recognized as a dolmen.

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Re: Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan by karolus on Sunday, 24 June 2018
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The great imposing "demi-dolmen" on the main road through La Palastre has in fact been rejected as megalithic! GASP! Surrounded as it is by obvious capstones and shaped menhirs, the owner was quick to point out that the official site that all the signs point to is 300m down the road North West, where there is a small wooded area full of fallen stones. Alas less picturesque than her fabulous gardening skills have done to the demi-dolmen, but a good feel of a place nevertheless, and was obviously very busy with megalithic activity.
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Re: Palastre allée couverte by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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Glad to hear that I was not alone in finding many stones here, some in alignments. I was looking for a single passage grave, and found remains of perhaps two or three (but not the "official" one).



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In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the hamlet of Le Palastre, with its dolmen. I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official dolmen is ! There are lots of big stones around, none of which looked too convincingly like the dolmen I was expecting.

The best fit to the map is a series of three large boulders in a row, in the front of somebodies garden right in the centre of the hamlet. There are also some significant looking stones a bit down the hill beside the chapel yard wall.

I have since learned that I dont think I found the dolmen, which is positioned somewhere behind the house with the stone alignment.
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    Re: Palastre allée couverte by binardino on Wednesday, 10 May 2006
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    captain the official passage grave exists always i saw it two weeks ago, it's right behind your second photo next of the remains of the others.
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Re: Palastre allée couverte by binardino on Tuesday, 09 May 2006
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great village, ancient neolitic village , only remains a passage grave , rest of numerous others, we can see big strange stones located in the center of the village alignate with other stones on a wood 2 kms far from the village.
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