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Quincampoix Dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.268 Date Added: 11th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Quincampoix Dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 3rd Apr 2012. Fenced off in a field to the south of the road can be seen the remains of the Quincampoix dolmen, about 80 metres distance.
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Log Text: To the west of Summeray, a couple of kilometres along the D.28 road you will find Quincampoix farm. Fenced off in a field to the south of the road can be seen the remains of the Quincampoix dolmen, about 80 metres distance. There is no direct access to the stones, and indeed there are notices to keep people out. There are quite a few stones here amongst the horses, of what was obviously quite a substantial dolmen in the past.
Quiberon menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.430 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Quiberon menhir submitted by thecaptain on 9th Jun 2006. This 5 metre tall manhir is to be found positioned in a little town square near to a war memorial in Quiberon town.
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Log Text: A 5 metre tall menhir is to be found positioned in a little town square near to a war memorial in Quiberon town.
Querns Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2010
Querns Barrow submitted by theCaptain on 6th Apr 2010. Querns Barrow seen here from the hospital entrance, looking southeast.
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Quélarn menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.465 Date Added: 25th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Quélarn menhir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2006. Just to the south of the Quélarn burial cairns is a small menhir, about 2.5 metres tall.
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Log Text: Just to the south of the Quélarn burial cairns is a small menhir, about 2.5 metres tall. It is assumed that the two are related. These have been dated to the middle neolithic.
Quélarn Dolmens
Trip No.203 Entry No.464 Date Added: 25th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Quélarn dolmens submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2006. Part of the informative noticeboard at this interesting site, showing the details of these Compartmented Dolmens.
Much of the siteplan can be seen, although I have chopped off the right hand end.
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Log Text: The Quélarn dolmens are fairly easily found as they are signposted a couple of kilometres to the west of Plobannalec, and they have their own little parking space and picnic area. Although mostly destroyed in the middle ages when it was used as a quarry, this massive site has been excavated and restored, and got an explanatory noticeboard. These have been dated to the middle neolithic.
These are a type of monument only found in this coastal part of southwest Brittany, and are compartmented dolmens, which had massive chambers with internal compartment slabs to break up the chamber into sections, and to hold up the roof. This was all once a massive monument in a 50 metre long mound, running east to west, with six of the compartmented chambers within it, all facing to the south, as opposed to the other two I have seen previously. The basic layout of the structure can be seen, but only the large side slabs remain, making a sort of ground plan. Only one capstone remains in place for the whole thing. Some of the chambers would have been massive. The largest one at the west measures about 10 metres by 8 metres rectangular, and is more like a 9 roomed house than a burial chamber !
It is nice to see it all kept clear of undergrowth and presented like this, but the mechanical clearance cutters used are damaging the stones, many of which have been scraped and cracked by the cutters.
Quebec ice dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Canada
Visited: Yes on 22nd Dec 2009
Quebec ice dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 22nd Dec 2009. Each year in February, the wonderful city of Québec holds a massive winter carnival, the Carnaval de Québec. Among the many events and festivities is an ice sculpture competition, with entries from around the whole world.
The year I visited, 1989, amongst all of the various ice carvngs and sculptures, there was a massive ice dolmen, made I believe by some Breton people. I could not of course, pass it by without taking a photograph.
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Puy Durand menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.282 Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Jun 2005
Puy Durand menhir submitted by Rubis on 22nd Jul 2010. Puy Durand menhir
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Log Text: They sell postcards of this menhir, and it looks massive. I found Puy Durand, and had a good look all around, but could not find any signs of the menhir. There are lots of private and fenced off areas here, so the menhir is probably inside one of these.
Puy de Pauliac Cromlech
Trip No.205 Entry No.27 Date Added: 19th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Limousin:Corrèze (19))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Puy de Pauliac Cromlech submitted by thecaptain on 17th Feb 2006. In a clearing on the forest covered slopes, the cromlech is made with many stones, nearly all less than a metre tall, set up almost touching each other making an enclosure which is a sort of rounded square about 40 to 50 metres across.
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Log Text: At the top of the lovely Puy de Pauliac hill to the east of the historical village of Aubazines, is an orientation table, and fantastic views stretching for many miles in nearly all directions, with the high point of the Massif Central, the Puy de Sancy to be seen way off in the east. Near to the top of this hill is marked a cromlech, and I almost didn't find it. The cromlech can be found a bit downhill to the north of the summit, and it is signposted, although the tiny little wooden sign is easily missed, hiding in the woodland.
In a clearing in the forest covered slopes, the cromlech is made with many stones, nearly all less than a metre tall, set up almost touching each other making an enclosure which is a sort of rounded square about 40 to 50 metres across. At the southern, upslope side, is a large outcrop of natural rocks, probably 10 to 15 metres high from which the cromlech extends, joining between other significant natural rocks, to close off the area.
It is very easy to imagine a gathering of people here, with the leader stood on top of the large natural rocks giving his sermon. Within the cromlech are several nicely weathered natural granite slabs, one of which has a large break in it. These would make good seats for the best view !
Puy de Bon Temps Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.91 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Puy de Bon Temps dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 20th May 2011. The dolmen is all a bit of a jumble with many of the stones fallen and broken but the main part of the capstone is still there in position although held up by what I can only assume are roof timbers from some old building.
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Log Text: This dolmen can be found about a kilometre walk up a forest track from the D68 between Ajat and Cubjac just north of where it passes under the new motorway and opposite a quarry entrance. It is just about signposted from the road but they are very easy to miss and when the track gets to the top of the hill you need to turn left and then left again.
The dolmen is all a bit of a jumble with many of the stones fallen and broken but the main part of the capstone about 3 by 2 metres in size is still there in position although held up by what I can only assume are roof timbers from some old building.
Just beside the dolmen is one of the cute little drystone beehive shelters (Gariotte?) that they have round here (and you can buy guide books and coffee table picture books of). Its in excellent condition with a terrific roof all covered in moss. I assume its been made using stone from the cairn for the dolmen although there is no shortage of stone round here.
Puits de Saint-Martin
Trip No.204 Entry No.266 Date Added: 11th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Puits de Saint-Martin submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Aug 2013. This is a very nice polissoir stone found in the fields to the south of the village of Corancez, with several polishing stations, and a large bowl in the middle for a good water supply.
At the northwest end there are six grooves and at least a dozen flatter cuvettes.
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Log Text: This is a very nice polissoir stone found in the fields to the south of the village of Corancez, and it is easy to find because it is signposted. It has a footpath to it across the fields, about 100 metres from the road.
It is a large stone, about 5m by 2m laying flat in the field, with at least four polishing stations, and a large bowl in the middle for a good water supply. At the southeast end of the stone there are eight deep grooves and at least six flatter basins. At the northwest end there are six grooves and at least a dozen flatter cuvettes. In the middle of the north side are another nine flattish grooves. There are many more polishing marks evident around the rest of the stone, and this was obviously a major workplace once long ago.
Puijols tumulus
Trip No.205 Entry No.87 Date Added: 28th Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 12th Sep 2005
Puijols tumulus submitted by thecaptain on 4th Mar 2006. To the northwest of the village of Tautavel is a massive mound, which must be about 100 metres in diameter and 20 metres high, complete with terracing where grapes have been grown on it !
A local map clearly marks it as a tumulus.
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Log Text: Just to the northwest of the village of Tautavel, on the opposite side of the river, is a massive tumulus, which must be about 100 metres in diameter and 20 metres high, complete with terracing and grapes growing on it !
Puerco Pueblo.
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2009
Puerco Pueblo. submitted by thecaptain on 28th May 2009. I believe these must be the Puerco Pueblo ancient ruins.
They are definitely somewhere in Petrified Forest national park, and the old photo is in my album on the same page as the petroglyph pictures!
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Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2009
Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs submitted by thecaptain on 20th May 2009. Bird and Frog petroglyph, possibly part of Newspaper Rock, its certainly in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
From a visit in November 1990.
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Puech de las Fadès
Trip No.203 Entry No.170 Date Added: 16th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 26th May 2005
Puech de las Fadès submitted by thecaptain on 29th Nov 2005. Puech de las Fadès, or Hill of the Fairies in the local Occitain language.
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Log Text: A significant hill of the region, which at the top has some significant cliff faces, making it an obvious place for a defended settlement in ancient times. Puech de las Fadès means Hill of the Fairies in the local Occitain language, and many stories and legends abound about the fairies who live on the hill, who are said to have built the nearby Buzareingues and Galitorte dolmens.
Prunarède Dolmen
Trip No.205 Entry No.157 Date Added: 11th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Prunarède Dolmen submitted by ocdolmen on 16th Apr 2006. Prunarède Dolmen summer 2003, one of my favourite dolmen. In the same area, 4 dolmens (ruinous state) and several iron age tumulus.
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Log Text: I thought that this was going to be an easy find, but not so. Take the road north from Saint-Maurice-Navacelles towards the Cirque de Navacelles. After several kilometres you come to the ruined farmhouse of Prunarède, at a couple of sharp bends in the road. Park here, and walk along the footpath which starts behind the farm for 800 metres until the path runs out. Easy so far. The dolmen should be there, at the end of the path. Not so easy now. Where does the path end ? and what is path and what is sheeptrack ?
I eventually found the dolmen, I had walked way past expecting it to be obvious, but it wasnt. It is well hidden in the bushes, to the right of where I had walked. Its a smashing dolmen, still with a cairn around it encircled with larger slabs of stone. The chamber is 3.5 metres long, between 1.5 and 2 metres wide, and formed with two side slabs leaning inwards onto a front and back stone. These are all fitted together so well, that even after 5000 years, there's not much more than an inch gap anywhere. There is no way into the chamber except to get a look through a gap under the capstone from one side. The capstone sits nicely on top of three of the four stones. I cannot tell where the entranceway would have been, or which is front and back.
Unfortunately, there are remnants from a fence which had been built around it in the past, in the form of a square of stones around the chamber on top of the cairn, and the remains of iron railings. The views from here would be tremendous if the scrub was cut back, but are however very limited.
Princes Risborough Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2006
Princes Risborough Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2006. The puddingstone is now lovingly presented with floral surrounds and an informative little sign.
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Primelin stèle
Trip No.203 Entry No.475 Date Added: 26th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Primelin stèle submitted by theCaptain on 19th Jun 2012. This is a nice 2.5 metre tall granite stèle stood just outside the church at Primelin.
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Log Text: This is a nice 2.5 metre tall granite stèle stood just outside the church at Primélin. It has been broken at some point, and the top has been cemented back on.
Priddy Nine Barrows
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2017
Priddy Nine Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Dec 2017. Priddy Nine Barrows seen here from the south, near Eastwater Cavern
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Priddy Circles Unfinished N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2011
Priddy Circles Unfinished N submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jul 2011. The eastern arc of the fourth Priddy Circle, seen over the top of the hedge from the roadside, June 2011.
The fence helps to give a good idea off the size of the remaining bank and external ditch.
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Priddy Circles S
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2011
Priddy Circles S submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Jun 2011. The field where the southern of the Priddy Circles should be.
Here viewed over the hedge from the B3135 near Harptree Lodge, Sunday June 19th, and there is no immediate sign of the henge at all.
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