On the way from Cherbourg to my sister's, I wanted to try and find the Pierre Lée dolmen of which the capstone remains in a field somewhere near the village of Appeville, but I didn't know where to find it. First port of call is normally the village map near to the Mairie or in the village centre, but there wasn't one. A man I asked near the church had never heard of any megalithic stones in the area.
Before giving up, there was a viewpoint over the Marais marked on a cycling route along a little lane, so I thought I would go there for a look before leaving. Here I found a couple of farming people who I asked about the stone. They seemed a bit unwilling to tell me at first, but then told me that I could find the stone near La Picotiere. Cross the bridge, continue for about 800 metres, and it is in the field there on the right.
I wasn't 100% sure of his directions, and at first parked by the bridge and walked 800 metres to the right, out into the Marais towards a duckpond, which was nice, but no signs of any stone, and an unlikely place. On returning to the car, I asked a lady out in her garden, and she indicated that the stone was further up the lane (as per original directions), but that it was all private, and no way could I get to see the stone.
Driving up the lane, there were several fields beside the road which had obviously recently been recently fenced off, and which were no longer just pasture. It looked as though a new person has bought the old farm, and is spending a lot of money on doing it up, as is happening to a lot of these old places in Normandy, and closing off the fields to keep their horses in.
Another dolmen seems lost to the public, let's hope it doesn't get destroyed.
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