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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de la Creu de Falibe Alternative Name: La Creu de la LlosaCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Ille-sur-Tèt Nearest Village: St-Michel-de-Llotes
Latitude: 42.634216N Longitude: 2.643614E
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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TheCaptain visited on 13th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This lovely restored dolmen can be found in the hills to the south of the village of Saint-Michel-de-Llotes. Travelling south, turn left at the village beside the Catalane museum, over the bridge. Follow this road for several kilometres, twisting and turning up into the mountains, to the Col de la Croix de la Falibe. Its further than you would think, and you even start going downhill again before you get there, but once there its obvious, and has a sign to the dolmen along the large track to the left, with plenty of room to park. If you're feeling adventurous, it would be possible to drive along this stoney track, as I was walking along it a car did in fact pass me.
Go about a kilometre along the track, and at the top of the ridge you will fond the dolmen, contained within its circular cairn. The chamber is rectangular, 2.5 m by 1.5 , surrounded on all four sides by upright slabs. The capstone is supported on the two long sides by the side slabs, while at the ends the slabs do not reach the top. The chamber is paved, and has a single capstone on top, which is only 2.5 metres by 1.5 metres, just big enough to cover the chamber. The capstone is heavily carved, and has many cupules, lines and crosses engraved into the top. The crosses are made by joining between 4 small cupules. Some of the cupules are quite large, up to 10 cm in diameter, and these larger cupules are linked together with larger engraved lines, making a sort of fish shape around the capstone. The whole top of the capstone is carved, and is most intriguing. The dolmen itself is contained within the remains of a stone cairn, about 10 metres in diameter, and with large stone edging all the way round.
This is a lovely place to visit, well worth the time, and the views nearby, although not from the dolmen itself, are splendid.
Travelling south from the village, turn left beside the Catalane museum, over the bridge. Follow this road for several kilometres, twisting and turning up into the mountains, to the Col de la Croix de la Falibe. Its further than you would think, and you even start going downhill again before you get there, but once there its obvious, and has a sign to the dolmen along the large track to the left, with plenty of room to park. Walk about a kilometre along the track, and at the top of the ridge you will find the dolmen, contained within its circular cairn.
The dolmen itself is contained within the remains of a stone cairn, about 10 metres in diameter, and with large stone edging all the way round. The chamber is rectangular, 2.5 m by 1.5 m, surrounded on all four sides by upright slabs. The chamber is paved, and has a single capstone on top, which is only just big enough to cover the chamber and is supported on the two long sides by the side slabs, while at the ends the slabs do not reach the top.
The capstone is heavily carved, and has many cupules, lines and crosses engraved into the top. The crosses are made by joining between 4 small cupules. Some of the cupules are quite large, up to 10 cm in diameter, and these larger cupules are linked together with larger engraved lines, making a sort of fish shape around the capstone.
This is a lovely place to visit, well worth the time, and the views nearby, although not from the dolmen itself, are splendid. While here, two other fine dolmens can easily be seen within just a few hundred metres of here.
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