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La Hutte-aux-Gabelous
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53))
Visited: Would like to visit
La Hutte-aux-Gabelous submitted by thecaptain on 27th Apr 2005. La Hutte aux Gabelous, Saint Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne A cracking little find this, its been 2/3rds restored and the other end left as it was found. I think a Gabelou is some sort of soldier employed to crack down on smugglers, but cannot be sure yet.
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Dolmen de la Pierre (Hercé)
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53))
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen de la Pierre (Hercé) submitted by TheCaptain on 7th May 2005. La Pierre dolmen, Hercé, Mayenne.
This is a simple dolmen with a large capstone supported by several small uprights in a field just in front of a farmhouse. Access to the dolmen was not available at the time of my visit, as it was in a field of young cows.
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Kerloas Menhir
Date Added: 15th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Would like to visit
Kerloas menhir submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Jun 2006. This is the biggest standing menhir in Europe, if not the world, at nearly 10 metres tall, and has lost the top 2 metres after a lightning strike!
The stone, which is not local and has been brought to this hilltop site from more than 2.5 kilometres away, has been beautifully shaped, and tapers both into the ground, and up to a point.
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Pierre Butée
Date Added: 16th Nov 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Would like to visit
Pierre Butée submitted by theCaptain on 18th Jan 2015. When I eventually got to visit this stone, I found it to be much taller than I was expecting, at between 2.5 and 3 metres tall
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La Table aux Diables (Passais)
Date Added: 26th Sep 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
La Table aux Diables (Passais) submitted by TheCaptain on 7th May 2005. La Table aux Diables allée couverte, Passais, Orne.
The outer walling of the peristalith is almost complete, and there are many stones remaining of the cairn filling between the inner and outer walls in the northwest quadrant.
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Log Text: Will visit again soon with my camera.
Looked down the line of the stones and the entrance aligned with the spire at nearby passais la conception??
Roche Buquet
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 29th Sep 2012
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon on 29th Sep 2012.
Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France
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Chataigneraie Menhir
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2012
Chataigneraie menhir submitted by thereddragon on 30th Sep 2012. Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France
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Perron Menhir
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2012
Perron Menhir submitted by thereddragon on 30th Sep 2012. Site in Normandie:Orne (61) France
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Camp de Chatelier
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Camp de Chatelier submitted by thereddragon on 2nd Oct 2012. A commanding view of the Sée valley from Camp de Châtelier
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Log Text: I was doing a reccy today. I hope to visit again soon.......
It was quite eerie up there. I can see why the Celts chose the site.
It was perhaps the site of Sabinus v Viridorix.
See http://www.oppida.org/page.php?lg=fr&rub=00&id_oppidum=59
I walked around the edge of the site on a public footpath. Access to the site itself was not possible! Access interdit!!
Menhir de la Roche au Diable
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2012
Menhir de la Roche au Diable submitted by thereddragon on 3rd Oct 2012. Shows attempts to break up stone
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Pierres de la Guérinière
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2012
Pierres de la Guérinière submitted by thereddragon on 4th Oct 2012. Bulletin de la SOCIETE NORMANDE DETUDES PREHISTORIQUES Tome III 1895 Drawing between p120-121 (available online.)
Site description pp103-104
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Les Buttes de Monthault
Date Added: 11th Oct 2012
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2012
Les Buttes de Monthault submitted by thereddragon on 6th Oct 2012. Les Buttes de Monthault
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St-Benoit polissoir
Date Added: 6th Oct 2012
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by thecaptain on 14th Oct 2005. St Benoit polissoir, near St James.
Not a million miles from Mont St Michel, this lovely polissoir stone is nowadays nicely kept in a little garden type area beside the lane.
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Log Text: Thanks to the excellent instructions here I found it very easily :)
Many thanks!
Menhir de la Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais)
Date Added: 9th Oct 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 9th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de la Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais) submitted by thereddragon on 9th Oct 2012. Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais)
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Log Text: Behind a ruined house.
Dolmen du Creux
Date Added: 18th Oct 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dolmen du Creux submitted by thereddragon on 18th Oct 2012. Le creux dolmen and ciste with a beautiful oak betwixt
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Log Text: What a lovely little dolmen. And a cist to boot.
Lépinardière Dolmen
Date Added: 18th Oct 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lépinardière Dolmen submitted by thereddragon on 18th Oct 2012. Lépinardière dolmen
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Log Text: Not sure what to make of this one??
Menhir dit Pierre du Diable (Vaumoisson)
Date Added: 20th May 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir dit Pierre du Diable (Vaumoisson) submitted by Dipo on 5th Jul 2008. Menhir dit Pierre du Diable (Vaumoisson)
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Log Text: In a field protected by a barbed wire fence and electric fence, I wasn't feeling up to vaulting it :(
Les Cartesières
Date Added: 20th May 2013
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Les Cartesières submitted by Andy B on 15th Jun 2012. Volunteers restore the area around the dolmen in Le Parc de Saint Symphorien des Monts
Photo copyright Le Parc de Saint Symphorien des Monts
Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France
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Log Text: My favourite in Normandy.
That processional path looks very interesting!
Pierre du Trésor
Date Added: 25th Jun 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Access 4
Pierre du Trésor submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2007. Deep in the darkest depths of Fougères Forest can be found the Pierre du Trésor.
It is possible to wriggle underneath it, if that should be your want.
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Log Text: I like this place, hence I try to pop along when I travel to Fougeres.
Cordon des Druides
Date Added: 25th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cordon des Druides submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2007. This long line of white quartz stones is easy to find in the Fougères Forest.
The main row is about 250 metres long, and the white quartz blocks are spaced at about 3 metres apart.
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Log Text: I always try and pop along when in the area.
Have no problems with the aura???
Rumour has it that a bronze axe head was found here but I've been unable to get verification.