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La Motte a Dognon
Date Added: 26th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Charente (16))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Motte a Dognon submitted by taupin on 7th Jan 2012. La Motte a Dognon
Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France
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Log Text: An interesting tumulus. It is well covered by undergrowth and ivy so it is difficult to see its construction but there are a lot of loose stones around the edges that you can see so it may be that it is stone rather than an earth mound.
Rocher de la Vache
Date Added: 26th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Charente (16))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rocher de la Vache submitted by Rubis on 28th Mar 2011. Rocher de la Vache
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Log Text: Not as frequented as the nearby dolmen. Not really a path but there is a route through the trees so not difficult to find when you know it is at the top of the hill.
Garde Epée Dolmen
Date Added: 26th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Charente (16))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Garde Epée dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jul 2007. Garde Epée dolmen suffers from graffitti and rubbish, but is otherwise well looked after in a little clearing amongst the vines with its own sign.
It can be found just to the south of the D.157 road, a couple of kilometres west of Jarnac.
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Log Text: This is a huge dolmen.
Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (La Vallée)
Date Added: 26th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (La Vallée) submitted by davidmorgan on 26th Aug 2010. Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (La Vallée).
Nicely tidied up since ocdolmen visited.
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Log Text: But why here? There is nothing remarkable about the location. Another interesting dolmen.
Pierres Closes de Charas 1
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierres Closes de Charas 1 submitted by thecaptain on 18th Jan 2006. This odd burial chamber can be found to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary.
It consists of an oval shaped chamber which has been carved out of a big solid block of rock, on top of which is a limestone capstone.
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Log Text: Only a short walk to this tomb as our sat nav took us down a dusty track and then we only had to walk across a bridge and a field to see it. We did not get to the other one as it was late and we assumed that it was in the middle of a field of sweetcorn being harvested.
La Sulette Dolmen
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Sulette dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 13th Dec 2005. This is a pleasant find, as it has been fully excavated and restored in 1989 to 1991, and is now found completely within its mound, a kilometre or so to the northwest of St Hilaire-la-Foret.
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Log Text: Always good to have full access to an ancient site.
Les Pierres Jumelles
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Les Pierres Jumelles submitted by theCaptain on 24th Jan 2011. The Pierres Jumelles, or twin stones, are both about 4 metres high, but that is where the similarity between them ends.
One of the stones is a rounded block of lovely pink granite, while the other is a tall pointed grey stone.
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Log Text: shame that they are now in the village
La Pierre Folle (Commequiers)
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Pierre Folle (Commequiers) submitted by dipo on 15th Dec 2009. 85 COMMEQUIERS
La Pierre Folle
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Log Text: None
Pierre Levée de Soullans
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre Levée de Soullans submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Jun 2011. In a little forest clearing beside the busy D. 69 road to the south of Challons, I found this stone because of the restaurant of the same name.
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Log Text: Don't stop on the D69. The wood is enclosed on the other 3 sides by small roads all of which have signs pointing to the Menhir. It is also a pleasant wood to walk through along the path. Once you get there it certainly is an impressive stone.
Plessis Gamat Menhir
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Jun 2005. Pretty 2.3 Meters tall trangular thin block with quartz veins which once had cross on top in Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins fields, Chemin Du Plessis.
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Log Text: An attractive Menhir just tucked into the wood. How does anyone know it had a cross on top?
Dolmen de la Barbière
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de la Barbière submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Jun 2005. One large capstone supported by 4 smaller uprights, with other stones nearby, including smaller capstone still half supported by one small upright. Probably allee couverte. Cross made out of piece of megalith next to it. Small path leading up from main road.
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Log Text: Another well cared for Dolmen/Allee couverte in France
Kerbourg Dolmen 1
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kerbourg Dolmen 1 submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. Very pretty 7 Meters long, 3 Meters wide downward slopping Allee Couverte, pointing South East. It has 4 large capstones. The rear appears to have a medium size chamber, while the rest appears to be the passage leading to it. It probably once had a tumulus. Saint-Lyphard.
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Log Text: None
Kerbourg Dolmen 2
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kerbourg Dolmen 2 submitted by dipo on 25th Sep 2009. Kerbourg 2 Ruined Dolmen West side
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Log Text: Well worth the extra 50m walk to this dolmen
Grand Breuil Menhir
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Grand Breuil menhir submitted by theCaptain on 7th Jul 2011. The stone is about 3 metres tall, and in a little grassy area beside the road junction.
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Log Text: Well it is almost impossible to find now. We drove around for ages looking for this menhir and when we did find it we couldn't see it. Access is impossible. Barbed wire surround it on all sides and inside this enclosure is a mass of trees bushes and undergrowth.
Menhir de Bellouan
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de Bellouan submitted by Ozzie on 8th Mar 2016. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Log Text: There is a sign by the road informing you of the presence of this menhir but no indication as to where it is. The trackway to it really does not exist any more. So just park the car and delve into the wood by the stream and follow the path until the stone is found.
Menhir de Camblot
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir de Camblot submitted by johnstone on 28th Feb 2019. The other side looks like a bow of a ship, June 4, 2004
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Log Text: On the corner right by the side of the road. Easy to find
Roche aux Fées de la Brousse
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Roche aux Fées de la Brousse submitted by Ozzie on 6th Mar 2016. Well sign-posted but quite a steep drive up the hill to this location.
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Log Text: Easy to find with a sign on the road.
Allée couverte des Meurtiaux
Date Added: 25th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Allée couverte des Meurtiaux submitted by karolus on 11th Jan 2018. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: Easy to find with a sign right on the Road.
Cairn Catto
Date Added: 4th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cairn Catto submitted by oldman on 4th Jul 2019. This is the 3rd of 3 pictures taken from the left end to the right end of the cairn.
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Log Text: The cairn is in a field of cows surrounded by double barbed wire fences. It is only possible to get to the first fence and take pictures from there. At least half of the height of the cairn is hidden by gorse so it is only possible to see the stones forming the top of the cairn.
Great House Camp
Date Added: 28th Apr 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Great House Camp submitted by Andy B on 3rd Feb 2011. Hill fort topped with trees.
Copyright Jonathan Billinger and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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Log Text: We thought at first that we would not be able to get to view the fort as there is no path indicated on the OS map and the Great House seems to be very private. However when we parked nearby we found that there is actually a marked (in Welsh) footpath which passes by two sides of the fort. There is a high hedge along most of the path but one access point into the area of the set of four ditches and mounds. The main area of the fort is not accessible and used for grazing cows. The rings are however quite impressive.