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Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe, Scarre

Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe, Scarre

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Re: In Search of French Megalithic Sites by TheCaptain on Sunday, 03 July 2005

From my recent experiences, some are so well hidden in the woods that you cant even see them from 5 metres away !

One place I remember, not far from Carnac believe it or not, is so neglected that after an hour or so of searching amongst the gorse and bracken I was about to give up. Then two chaps on mountain bikes came past and assumed I was lost, and we got talking, and they got their map out. I was pretty certain I knew exactly where I was, and it wasnt where they pointed to, telling me the dolmen was near to a different track.

As I had decided to give up, I started walking back to my van, but had one last look in amongst the gorse on the way, and there I caught a glimpse of a capstone sitting on two uprights, less than 5 metres from the track. I mentioned this to the two bikers, who didnt believe me, but came for a look. This of course started a big discussion amongst themselves, as it was they who were lost !

But this wasnt a complete winner for me, as when I got back and looked in more references, I found out that there were in fact two, fairly big dolmens hidden somewhere in that mass of gorse, and I hadnt got a remote idea of what either looked like.

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