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Bruyère d'Usclas
Trip No.37 Entry No.33 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bruyère d'Usclas submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Oct 2007. The front does not have the oven door of nearby Coste-Rouge, but the entrance is to one side, which shows evidence of a carved and enlarged opening area.
The stones are fitted so well that almost no light gets in apart from through the entrance.
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Dolmen des Lacs 2
Trip No.38 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Feb 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen des Lacs 2 submitted by richardfrance on 28th Jan 2008. We found 2 & 3 at Les Lacs but ran out of time to search for the others. (see Les Lacs 2 for more, and www.dolmen.wordpress.com for more photos, archaeologist sketches, etchings from 19th.c. and more text).
This site, like so many in lower Languedoc, received a burst of attention in the '70's & '80's from academics on their way up, only to be left languishing. Perhaps funds dried up, perhaps reputations were now made, perhaps other bigger sites had a more cachet.
But it looks to me like t...
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Dolmen des Lacs 3
Trip No.38 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Feb 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen des Lacs 3 submitted by richardfrance on 29th Jan 2008. Dolmen des Lacs 3, near the lovely village of Minerve, in Hérault.
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Necropolis du Bois Bas
Trip No.38 Entry No.6 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Necropolis du Bois Bas submitted by richardfrance on 11th Feb 2008. Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34)
This is has an impressive balance and symmetry - the orthostats are about 2 m. square, and the table 2 m. x 1.5 m. It's just under 2 m. high at the entrance, and faces W-SW.
Number 14
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 4
Trip No.38 Entry No.7 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 4 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. Side view on July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 5
Trip No.38 Entry No.8 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 5 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. This is more a bunch of stones around a small pit, July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 6
Trip No.38 Entry No.9 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 6 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. Side view on July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 7
Trip No.38 Entry No.10 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 7 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. The leaning megalith, July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 8
Trip No.38 Entry No.11 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 8 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. On approaching the dolmen, July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 9
Trip No.38 Entry No.12 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 9 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. Just a few stones, that's what left of this one, July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 10
Trip No.38 Entry No.13 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 10 submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2020. Standing before the dolmen/cist on July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 11
Trip No.38 Entry No.14 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 11 submitted by johnstone on 16th Mar 2020. Side view on July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 12
Trip No.38 Entry No.15 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 12 submitted by johnstone on 16th Mar 2020. Front view on July 20, 2001
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Dolmen du Bois Bas 13
Trip No.38 Entry No.16 Date Added: 17th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Bois Bas 13 submitted by johnstone on 16th Mar 2020. View from inside, looking up on July 20, 2001
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Ginestous Menhir 1
Trip No.40 Entry No.15 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain on 27th Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir, 3 metres tall and the most wonderful almond shape.
Probably the finest menhir in the World.
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Ginestous menhir 3
Trip No.40 Entry No.16 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ginestous menhir 3 submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir 3.
Ginestous menhir 3 is about 2.7 metres tall, and a very carefully formed rectangular shape.
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Ginestous menhir 5
Trip No.40 Entry No.17 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ginestous menhir 5 submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir 5.
Fallen and broken into several pieces, this menhir is just to the west of the ruined dolmen.
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Ginestous Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.18 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ginestous dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous dolmen.
This much ruined dolmen can be seen from the Almond menhir, looking like a wide menhir, and is 40 metres to the south of menhir 3.
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La Draille Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.27 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
La Draille dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 10th Mar 2009. Seen here in its environment, the dolmen is contained within a large mound of stones with a drystone wall built over the top of it.
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Cazarils tombe ovale 2
Trip No.40 Entry No.28 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cazarils tombe ovale 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Nov 2007. Cazarils tombe ovale 2 is much bigger than the first, but does not have the wonderful carved headstone.
It's cairn of stones is much bigger also, but unfortunately was getting very overgrown with bushes, making photos of the whole thing very difficult.
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