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| Godrevy Headland Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2026 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Today is a circular walk around the Godrevy headland on a very sunny day. Some lovely clifftop views and suchlike including seals in the coves below. Just before I get to the Lighthouse on the Island I stop and eat my pasty near the remains of the large barrow. After lunch a gentle stroll to watch all the goings on on the beaches and have an icecream, before heading over the Red River and the dunes to Gwithian for a pint. | 216 | 49 |
| The Logan Rock (Treen) | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2026 | As I sit and watch the world from Trewyn Dinas, I try and figure out the route to the logan rock when I realise I cannot see it, wondering if it has been dislodged and fallen again. Much to my relief it is just the viewpoint on the headland, as further around the coast to the west it can clearly be seen. It is here that the old path drops down over the cliffs to the amazing Pedn Vounder (Pednee) beach, which features in so many pictures of the we... Read More |
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| Treen cliff standing stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2026 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From Penberth Cove I walk up and along the coastpath to the west, and in the little valley before Trewyn Dinas headland can be seen a stone standing within all the undergrowth, shining bright amongst all the green. I wasn't going to battle my way through all the growth, so made do with seeing just the top of it from a small distance away. There is a spring right beside it, so it could have been placed there to mark this. | 216 | 47 |
| Treen standing stone A | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2026 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Park at Treen, then walk down towards Penberth Cove, and after passing through the first field wall, there is a small stone standing in the field. It is possibly just a cattle scratching post, but it seems very old and has been firmly retained in the ground with a lot of packing stones. Like many of the stones around this part of the coast, it could be an ancient stone. | 216 | 46 |
| Twelve men's moor cairn and cist | Cist | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Heading on northeast I get to the marked cairn with cist. This is quite interesting to see as it looks like it is in two halves, one of them complete and covered, while the other half has been removed to show the cist and the stone construction of the cairn. I wouldn't be surprised if there were several more of these out here. I now head back to the car along the track, and see a cuckoo flying across to the north. Brilliant. Time to get out of my... Read More |
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| Trewortha Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 3 | 3 | 3 | With the weather getting worse, I now head on northwards and back towards the car passing the "mound" marked on the map (a cairn?) to the Trewortha Cairns which form a sort of line alongside the southern edge of the trackway to Trewortha Farm. I looked at about four of them before deciding that there are too many to look at closely and photograph each of them in this weather. Some are not much more than a grass and stone lump covered with ferns, ... Read More |
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| Trewortha cairn and cist NE | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Once I have had my fill of the main event, I head to the northeast to find its neighbour, which is much less distinct within its surrounding of ferns and bushes. Just a couple of kerbstones stand proud, otherwise it looks not much more than a round stone cairn, but there is almost certainly a cist within and might tidy up quite nicely. | 216 | 43 |
| Trewortha Kerb cairn and cist | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Back down to the south from Kilmar Tor and find the old quarry railway, with its amazing lines of granite sleepers, and follow this west and around the end of Kilmar tor to the north until it ends, from where I can head down to the northwest towards Trewortha farm, stopping to have my pasty lunch at a convenient block to sit on. There is a lot of shooting going on over at the farm, and the sounds it makes echoing off the newly denuded Smallacomb ... Read More |
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| Kilmar Tor. | Rock Outcrop | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Kilmar Tor is an excellent tor with multiple granite outcrops, the best of which is no doubt "High Rocks" near the western end. After getting to the top of Kilmar Tor (nearly), with time and weather being what it is, I am not going to do a thorough exploration, one for another time. I did at least get up to the trig point, and am not convinced at all about these so called propped stones. | 216 | 41 |
| Twelve Men's Moor Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2026 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Stop on the way home for a walk up and around Kilmar Tor, intending to visit multiple ancient cairns and cists. Start from the parking space at the end of the lane up to Trewortha farm, and walk south along the trackway and around the eastern side of Kilmar Tor. Heading south over the open moor, littered with granite blocks and old workings, I find this stone and it certainly looks like an old menhir rather than a relatively recently quarried blo... Read More |
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| Verulamium Town Walls | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Hertfordshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2025 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Much of the city walls can be traced, and now surround the park. I didn't have time to see much of these, but I did go to look at the main remaining stone section, which somehow survived demolition. Most of the Abbey was built using the roman wall and city stone, brick and tile. | 216 | 39 |
| Verulamium Mosaic & Hypercaust | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Hertfordshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2025 | 4 | 3 | 4 | From the museum, walk across Verulamium Park for a look at the covered mosaic floor from a large house, complete with hypercaust flues etc underneath. A feature is the mosaic panel which was built wrongly, at a 45 degrtee rotation to what it should have been! | 216 | 38 |
| Verulamium Museum | Museum | England | Hertfordshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2025 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Stop off to have a look at the Verulamium roman city remains, when on my way back from Essex. I haven't been here since primary school, and I still remember the Roman fort I made out of cardboard. What an excellent museum, with some tremendous finds and displays. Genuine roman wall paintings and superb mosaics incorporated into the displays. | 216 | 37 |
| Cewydd’s Stone | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Mar 2026 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A walk from Lynton up and over to Six Acre Cross, where I have seen "Inscribed Stone" on the OS map. Thankfully I have done some research in advance, so I know what and where to look for this in SixAcre farm garden, as I would never have seen it otherwise, as its all so overgrown. Interesting to see it was found as a gatepost, as just before the farm, on the way down the bridleway, there is a stone gatepost which certainly looks like it could onc... Read More |
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| Doll Tor | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | From the Andle stone the pathway continues down to the bottom corner of the harvested field, then along the side of the next field and into the corner of the woodland on the left. Within the woodland the path leads down beside the wall and eventually opening out at Doll Tor circle. Despite being small, and very obviously many of the stones repaired and re-erected, this is a lovely place and makes it all worth while. I spend a fair amount of time ... Read More |
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| Andle Stone (Stanton Moor) | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Back to the car and I decide to go across a well used path through the harvested field to the Andle stone in its prominent but tree surrounded position, then see if I can get to Doll Tor circle. The Andle Stone has carved footholds like the Cork Stone. No way I'm getting up there these days. | ||
| Stanton Moor Cairn (TBC) | Cairn | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From Stanton Moor 4 there can be seen a prominent mound to the south, just a bit further along the trackway, and before the junction to turn right back to the Cork stone. Once there it is rather disappointingly a large heap of stones which has been messed around with over the years. Overall I am fairly disappointed with most of the ancient remains on Stanton Moor, especially when considered all the publicity they get, appearing in all the walk gu... Read More |
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| Stanton Moor 4 | Ring Cairn | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Further south along the trackway and on the left is Stanton Moor 4. This is another monument whch I have seen interpreted as either a ring cairn, an enclosure or an embanked stone circle. This one looks to me like a circular ring cairn, with no obvious inner circle of stones, but it is all rather overgrown with heather. | ||
| Stanton Moor Cairn T55 | Round Cairn | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the circle of Stanton Moor 3, go back to the trackway and out of the woodland into the open moor heading south, and this is the first obvious large round cairn on the left. | ||
| Stanton Moor 3 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I walk back up past the Nine Ladies, where there is now a large number of people, and I head along the path across the central moorland area, which is initially through some splendidly atmospheric woodland. Just off to the right in amongst the trees can be found the large monument Stanton Moor 3, which I see has been interpreted as either a ring cairn, an enclosure or an embanked stone circle. Much bigger than any of the other features on the moo... Read More |
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| Nine Ladies | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The Nine Ladies is a lovely little stone circle in a fabulous green grassy area, and clearly very popular for visitors and dog walkers, seemingly the central hub of this moorland area. Unlike the King Stone, this seems much better than I remember it to be! | ||
| The King (Stanton Moor) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walking north past some old quarries and through some pleasant forest with some fabulous toadstools growing, the path enters an open area and through some ferns, where I almost stumble over a small standing stone, which turns out to be the King Stone. Its much less imposing than I remember from 30 years ago, particularly being surrounded by ferns. | ||
| Cork Stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Today's forecast is for a dull and wet morning clearing up for the afternoon, so after a wander round Bakewell, I head over for the walk around Stanton Moor and its ancient remains. Its all a bit grey, but otherwise not too bad, so from parking near the Cork Stone, I do a reasonable circuit up to the Nine Ladies and back across the middle with the other disappointing remains. Having climbed up onto the Cork stone in the early 1990s, there is no w... Read More |
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| Stanton Moor 1 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2025 | 1 | 3 | 3 | I now head northwards up the various paths to have a go at finding the Stanton 1 circle. With all the ferns and other growth being high, I spend ages looking for it, and eventually find a sort of lumpy banked semicircle in amongst the trees, with a couple of stones. I am sure this must be it, but its very disappointing, and without a lot of looking would not be found. Impossible to get any meaningful pictures. | ||
| Park Gate | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 16th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | After a long and wet circular walk from Monsal Head the weather is now bright sunshine and there is still plenty of time to drive over through the Chatsworth estate and Beeley up onto the moors for a walk out to Park Gate stone circle. The walk is initially along a stone track with some mega puddles, being used by off road drivers, before climbing over a large stone stile and heading out along a track then right up a footpath onto the fern covere... Read More |
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| Bakewell Churchyard | Ancient Cross | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 15th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Today is a day of high winds so decide to have a look around Bakewell on a Monday morning. I first walk up to the church to have a good look around at the two ancient crosses in the churchyard, which have very interesting carvings on them. Within the porch of the church are stacked lots and lots of bits of old stone, many of them carved and dating back to Saxon times. | ||
| Stoke Flat | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | From Barbrook 3 I head west around Big Moor and park at the side of the road by a big corner, don’t be fooled into going in to the National Trust paid carpark, despite it being very busy. Then it is a walk south through the nice forest and up onto Froggat Edge to find Stoke Flats stone circle. This one initially seems to be more embankment than stone circle, other than two large stones by an obvious entrance. It has been very overgrown with brack... Read More |
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| Barbrook 3 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From Barbrook 1 I now drive around the eastern side of Big Moor, and turn west along the B6054, and find a parking area just beyond an area of trees. It is quite busy here on a Sunday with lots of people out walking, running and on bikes. Following close inspection of the OS map suggested that the Barbrook 3 circle should not be too difficult to find despite its reputation, as there is a pathway leading almost directly to it heading southwest acr... Read More |
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| Barbrook 2 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Keep going north along the path through the cairnfield, and soon arrive at what is known as Barbrook 2. It has been reconstructed, and is now basically a circular wall of stones with a flat inside face, with several larger standing stones on this face. Is this what these embanked stone circles were all like? Within the circle are a couple of piles of stones, perhaps cairns or burials. It has an entrance at the northeastern side. Lovely to see. | ||
| Big Moor Cairn Field | Barrow Cemetery | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the rebuilt circular cairn, a footpath heads northwest across the open moorland, and soon reaches the remains of a cairnfield. There are many piles of stones to be found amongst the ferns, some of them with little circles of stone around. One or two of these cairns are quite large circles which have a surrounding kerb of stones. I think one or two may have cists within them. | ||
| Barbrook cairn | Cairn | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | From Barbrook 1, a path leads uphill to where the reconstructed cairn can be seen. Its interesting seeing it like this, but it does seem a little out of place. | ||
| Barbrook 1 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 14th Sep 2025 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Parking is available beside the A621, from where the first Barbrook circles are easily found along a decent track then footpath. Barbrook 1 is a nice site to visit, but doesn't like its photo being taken on a grey day like today is. I met a nice lady at the first circle, who said she reguarly keeps an eye on them, and had tidied up all sorts of stuff left behind by the time I returned. | ||
| Nine Stones Close | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Proceding towards Bakewell, and decide I have time to go for a walk to Nine Stones Close and Robin Hoods Stride. Its all busy round here with lots of people out walking and climbing. There is plenty of room to park beside the little road from Alport to Elton, leaving a short walk across fields to the circle. Its a lovely place, with its four large stones standing under a tree. I can see that there are two additional large standing stones nearby, ... Read More |
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| Cratcliff Rocks | Hillfort | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | From Robin Hood's Stride, I was intrigued by the label "Hermits Cave" on the map, so I went to find it. Following the path to the east, and it heads into woodland after the settlement field. Following the trackway around and down, and it gets to The Hermits Cave, with its natural shelter under the craggy cliffs added to with a wall surrounding the open side, and various grooves etc cut into the rock face for either roofing or diverting the water ... Read More |
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| Robin Hood's Stride | Rock Outcrop | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 3 | 4 | 4 | From Nine Stones Close, passing the southern (gatepost) stone, it is then an uphill walk to Robin Hood's Stride, a pleasant rock outcrop with lots of people visiting and using for climbing practice. I make the effort to go up to the top and the views are lovely, and Nine Stones Close circle can be clearly seen. | ||
| Gib Hill | Long Barrow | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | My first visit to Arbor Low in 30 plus years. I walk over to the Gib Hill tumulus, which stands out from all around. I notice that there are several large stones laying on its surface around the edges, almost like it might once have had a circle around it. | ||
| Arbor Low Earthwork | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 2 | 3 | 4 | My first visit to Arbor Low in 30 plus years. I don’t think I had noticed this causeway before, but it stands out today being fenced off from the sheep, and longer grass growing on it | ||
| Arbor Low 1 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 13th Sep 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After lunch stop I go for a good look at Arbor Low for the first time in 30 plus years. Its quite an impressive place, but in the dull grey weather not good for photos. | ||
| Lean Low | Round Barrow(s) | England | Derbyshire | Saw from a distance | 13th Sep 2025 | Driving up to the Peak District, I stop for lunch at the pub in Biggin. On the hilltop skyline just after is the impressive looking Lean Low tumulus and a trig point. Looks worth a visit if time had allowed. | |||||
| The Hurlers causeway | Ancient Trackway | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 2 | 4 | 4 | During an unrecorded dig in about 1936, a "crystal causeway" was found and uncovered between the central and northern stone circles of The Hurlers, near Minions on Bodmin Moor. When a photo of this causeway was accidentally rediscovered, a new archaeological dig was organised by the local community and archaeologists to refind this causeway, and hopefully be able to discover more about it. This investigation happened to coincide with the last few... Read More |
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| The Long Stone (Minions) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Sep 2009 | 5 | 4 | 5 | What a fantastic stone this is. As for the Hurlers, it is decades since I was last here, and it is bigger and better shaped than I remember. It is 2.6 metres tall and very slender, and covered in some beautiful lichens. With the sun dropping down in the sky, the golden light on this stone is superb. Only problem is the vehicle tracks all around it, having churned up the grass of the moor. What is up with these people who seem to feel the need to... Read More |
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| Rillaton Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 4 | 3 | 4 | On a horrible grey wet morning in Minions, with typical Cornish horizontal moorland drizzle which varied between almost dry and torrential, we visited the Moorland visitor centre in the old mining engine house first, which had a little exhibition all about the various features to be found on the moor here, and also a good little display about the current investigations of the Hurlers Circles. From here I took Dad to see the Rillaton Barrow, and t... Read More |
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| Rillaton Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Sep 2009 | 4 | 3 | 4 | The largest round barrow on Bodmin Moor, about 35 metres in diameter and almost 3 metres high. It is again bigger than I remember it, and at first I can’t find the chamber from where the Rillaton Gold Cup was found. After I have walked all around the barrow, I realise that the chamber is halfway up the eastern side, in a separate depression of its own, so I suspect most people who pass this way do not realise it is there. The top slab is clearly ... Read More |
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| The Hurlers North | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Possible newly recognised fourth stone circle to the north of the three well known Hurlers circles. A few stones slightly poke through the turf, with others hidden, and with an "eye of faith" a circle can be made out. This circle is smaller than the main three Hurlers circles, but is in line with them, about the same distance north of the northern circle as the distance between the main three. Thanks to the people digging at The Hurlers for thi... Read More |
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| The Hurlers Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Possible remains of a newly discovered stone avenue, running in an approximately north to south direction, on the moor to the north of the Hurlers stone circles. From what I saw (Sept 2013) the two approximately parallel lines of stones are (from memory) about 15 metres from each other, and stones can be found at about 10 metre spacings. The rows seemed fairly definite and "easy" to spot approaching from the south, and disappeared into the rough... Read More |
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| The Hurlers (S) | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 3 | 4 | 4 | The southern of the three Hurlers stone circles is by far the least complete of the lot, and was probably not altered much during the restoration in the 1930's. The circle is 32.8 metres in diameter, with 9 stones remaining of a probable 28, of which 2 still stand, 7 are either stumps or fallen, the rest completely missing. The stones are generally of about 1.0 to 1.8 metres tall. | ||
| The Hurlers (C) | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 4 | 4 | 4 | The central of the three Hurlers stone circles is perhaps the most complete of the lot, although this may be down to the restoration in the 1930's. The circle is an oval of 41 and 43 metres diameter, with 17 stones remaining of a probable 29, of which 14 still stand, 3 are either stumps or fallen, with other modern markers. The stones are generally of about 1.0 to 2.0 metres tall, and fairly well shaped and dressed, with their flat faces lined up... Read More |
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| The Hurlers (N) | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Sep 2013 | 4 | 4 | 4 | The northern of the three Hurlers stone circles is fairly complete, although this may be down to the restoration in the 1930's. The circle is 34.7 metres in diameter, with 16 stones remaining of a probable 28, of which 11 still stand, 5 are either stumps or fallen, with 9 modern markers and 3 completely missing. The stones are generally of about 1.0 to 1.8 metres tall, and fairly well shaped and dressed, with their flat faces lined up to the cent... Read More |
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| The Hurlers | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Despite being hot, thirsty and very weary, I have a good look at all of the Hurlers stone circles on way back from Craddock Moor. | ||
| The Hurlers Pipers | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | On way back from Craddock Moor, I stop for a look at The Pipers. Two nice stones, each standing about 2 metres tall, and about the same distance apart. Not too far away to the north is what initially looks like another one, but on closer inspection is some more modern memorial for something. | ||
| Craddock Moor circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Get to Minions eventually, but find that the Cheesewring pub has burned down and is all abandoned. Get a quick pasty at the Minions village shop, before setting off for a walk to the Craddock Moor stone circle, as I havent been there for ages. Its very hot and I am extremely weary, but I get there and manage to have a look amidst a large group of cows. It seems easier to find this time, with the stones more clear, possibly because its less overgr... Read More |
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| Craddock Moor circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Sep 2009 | 3 | 4 | 3 | After turning off the track near to the cairn, and heading out over the open moor, I found the circle easily, having headed straight to it from judging things looking at the map, and not using the GPS. I counted about 17 or 18 stones plus gaps on my first time round, but perhaps 19 or 20 next time round including lumps under tufts of grass. The circle is about 42 paces in diameter, with about 5 paces between each stone. When here, in September... Read More |
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| Craddock Moor platform cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | I get to Minions eventually, but find that the Cheesewring pub has burned down and is all abandoned. Get a quick pasty at the Minions village shop, before setting off for a walk to the Craddock Moor stone circle, as I havent been there for ages. Its very hot and I am extremely weary, but I get there and manage to have a look amidst a large group of cows. Before the circle is the platform cairn which is clear to see all covered in ferns, and is qu... Read More |
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| Craddock Moor platform cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Sep 2009 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Following the track out towards Golddiggings quarry, there is a cairn marked at about the top of the local moorland, about where I need to head off southwest to find the stone circle. The cairn is clear to see, and is quite a big but low flat circle, probably up to a metre high above the surrounding moor. Much of it is covered by ferns, and this morning is surrounded by guard cows, some with vicious looking horns, which kept me away on the way ou... Read More |
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| King Doniert's Stone | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Now onwards to Minions, first looking at King Doniert's stone. This all took me ages, with some amazing traffic holdups behind sheep, tractors, busses, and best of all Highland Cattle sitting on a bridge. Donierts stone is looking splendid in the sun, but I feel I should head on as the road is chaos, with a school bus and lorry trying to pass each other. | ||
| Wenmouth Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Heading south from Colliford Lake, I stop for a look at Wenmouth Cross. It stands at a shady spot by a road junction, its upper arms broken. | ||
| Searle’s Down | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 2 | 3 | 4 | At Colliford Lake, I park and go for a walk around it's shores, trying to find the Searle’s Down stone row. Can't be sure I actually found anything, perhaps the remnants of an old wall, but I was certainly looking in the right place. Perhaps the main stones are below the water level, although it looks quite low. Now home and looking at Sandy's photographs, clearly what he has of the obvious row is below the level of the water when I was there, bu... Read More |
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| Treslea Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Now on to Treslea Cross, standing in a little green road junction triangle, with its splendid roadsign beside it. A choice of two ways to go to Bodmin, but I am tempted by Blisland. | ||
| Cardinham Churchyard | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Jun 2025 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Leaving Penzance, I head to Bodmin Moor, with the intention of collecting some old sites and southern B101 squares on my way to Minions for a moorland walk. I started off at Cardinham with its two splendid old crosses. One is a carved head mounted on top of a huge pillar, the other round by the side is all complete and with carvings. | ||
| Mulfra Quoit | Portal Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | I still have a pasty in my bag, so after a pint to refresh me, I decide to go up to Mulfra Quoit to eat it. It is a pleasant walk up to Mulfra Quoit in its hilltop position, taking the easy way after parking at the road junction at the top of the Try valley, and walking across the moorland from there. The views southwards from up here are great, with Mounts Bay shimmering in the distance. Three of the original four support stones remain, and th... Read More |
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| Bosiliack Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | From the Nine Maidens I continue past the remains of the DingDong mine, and head west through some overgrown land before finding the required trackway down towards Lanyon Farm. From here it is fairly straightforwards to find the remains of the Bosiliack Barrow, which having been excavated a few years ago is looking splendid. A nice circular structure with large upright kerbstones and an almost complete passageway through the middle. Well worth th... Read More |
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| Boskednan stone circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | It wasn't too long ago I last visited this circle, but I know I was in a rush then. It seems more complete than I remember, so has perhaps had more restoration done, or I don't remember it much as I was in a hurry the last time. | ||
| Boskednan Menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walk on towards the Nine Maidens. Just a stump seems to remain of the menhir which was supposedly somewhere between the circle and these cairns. | ||
| Boskednan B | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A bit further on can be seen the Boskednan B cairn, mostly by the fact that there is a large circle of differently coloured overgrowth. | ||
| Boskednan A | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | On upwards to Boskednan Cairn with its surrounding stone circle, which is just off the path to the west. This could be quite a splendid site if it was tidied up, but as it is it’s a bit like a game of hunt the stone amongst the overgrowth. | ||
| Men Scryfa | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Walk up from Men-an-Tol to Men Scryfa and it looks splendid in a green field, unlike my previous memories of it being surrounded by mud. Unfortunately with the bright sunshine, the inscription was in deep shade. | ||
| Men-An-Tol | Holed Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Aug 1967 | My first recorded visit while on holiday in Cornwall. I wonder if there are any old pictures somewhere, which is how I have the date. | |||||
| Men-An-Tol | Holed Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | My afternoon plan is to go for the walk around Men-an-Tol, Men Scryfa, Boskednan nine maidens, Ding-Dong mine, Bosiliak barrow etc, which is lovely, but a bit hot and tiring. I managed to crawl through the Men-an-Tol hole, while a couple of other visitors took my poto. Hopefully that will stop me getting rickets, but I needed to do it 9 times to aid my back problems. But it is not good for the knees! | ||
| Men-An-Tol | Holed Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Sep 2012 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Visiting Cornwall with my father in 2012, we went for a drive round some of the family favourite old stones places. While driving from Zennor to Madron, travelling south up over the hilltop, I thought "Ah, Mên-an-Tol, Dad should remember this", so stopped for a walk up the lane and visit to the stones. Lots of other people here, many crawling through the stone, but they didn't seem to know why. After some time they left and we had it to ourselves... Read More |
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| St Michael's Mount crosses | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Before entering the castle, above the battlements with their canon, is an old cross shaft. Looking out over the gardens from the castle terrace can be seen two other ancient celtic crosses, like they are standing guard. There are supposedly a couple more which I didn't spot. | ||
| Giant's Well (St. Michael's Mount) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Alongside the steep path up to the castle is seen The Giant's Well. This is the place where Jack the Giant Killer trapped and killed the giant Cormoran after he had become a nuisance to the locals. A bit further up can be found The Giant's Heart. After Jack had killed the Giant Cormoran, he ripped out his heart and hurled it as far as he could. This is where it landed and remains to this day. Listen carefully, and it can sometimes still be heard ... Read More |
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| St Michael's Mount | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Jun 2025 | 4 | 5 | 4 | I decide on an easy day, with a morning visit to St Michael's Mount, so drive to Marazion, get the boat over to the island, and do the Castle tour, which is lovely. I suspect I haven't been in here since I was about 7 years old. | ||
| Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths | Ancient Village or Settlement | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 30th Jul 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A proper visit to Caerleon with all the things open. Start in the museum, lots of fabulous stuff in here, and doing soldier reinactments outside in roman style gardens. On to the new bath house museum built on the site of the old baths. Very well done with audiovisual interpretations of people swimming and lots of finds etc. Lunch then walk round to the old barracks area. Remains of four big blocks and the external walls with entrance and toile... Read More |
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| Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre | Ancient Temple | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 30th Jul 2025 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Think this is my first time actually in to the amphitheatre for a proper look around having only seen from outside the fencing before. It's magnificent, with big entrances for the participants, small entrances with steps up to the terracing for the audience, and the "royal box" for the important bloke who made life or death decisions. | ||
| Madron Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2025 | 4 | 5 | 4 | The lovely atmospheric path to the well and baptistry is all that could be wanted, slightly overgrown and gnarled branches with ancient lichen dripping off them. The two areas of water near to the path are as usual decorated with all sorts of stuff, but it is mostly not the junk and tat it was in the past, but sensible cloth and other offerings. Once again, I could not get to the true well, as I could not make my way across the water and through ... Read More |
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| Lanyon Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A nice sunny visit to Lanyon Quoit all by myself. Try not to take too many pictures! | ||
| Tregea Hill | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2025 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Tregea Hill at the southwestern side of Portreath beach. After I'd slogged up to the top, I'd forgotten to look for any traces of remaining ramparts! A brilliant place to watch the birds from. Choughs, puffins, fulmars etc. | ||
| Crane Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walking a loop along the coast path from Portreath, I stopped above Basset's Cove for lunch before turning inland, before reaching the remains of Crane Castle fort. Despite most of the headland having now been claimed by the sea, I was sure I could see remains of ramparts. | ||
| Goodaver | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2025 | 5 | 5 | 3 | On the way down to Penzance, I try again to visit Goodaver stone circle, this time walking up the new path from Trezibbet in the rain. I certainly wasn't going to let the wind driven rain and mist stop me! There is room to park a car carefully just opposite the new bridge by the entrance to Dozmary farm. The new bridge and path up made this visit possible, so thank you to all responsible for that. The situation of the circle is stunning, with al... Read More |
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| Mayon menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | From Sennen I move on to Mayon and then head down across the fields towards Sennen Cove. There is a stone standing in the field to the left, but I can only see the top above the crop. Continue diagonally down into Sennen Cove, the views from here are the best of Sennen and Whitesand bay to Cape Cornwall, so glad I did this bit. | ||
| Sennen Church | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 4 | 4 | 5 | After a cooling pint at the First and Last, head on and stop for a look at Sennen church, where there are two ancient crosses to ook at. One a wheelhead on a wall, the other a splendid cross standing proud. | ||
| Trevescan Cross | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | After leaving Nanjizal I head back up and inland, past several ancient crosses before I can stop for a well earned pint at the First and Last. Trevescan Cross is seen in a shady spot beside the main road outside a holiday park | ||
| Trevilley Cross | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Cornwall | Couldn't find | 18th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | After leaving Nanjizal, I head back up and inland, past several ancient crosses before I can stop for a well earned pint at the First and Last. I miss Trevilley Cross due to being on the wrong side of the very overgrown wall / hedge. | ||
| Lower Bosistow Cliff Cave | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 3 | 5 | 3 | In the section of the cliffs between Pordenack Point and round to Nanjizal are many caves, some down at the sea level, and some in the upper parts. In fact I wonder whether there was once mining here, and these are remains of that. Once at Nanjizal there is clearly the remains of a water mill or suchlike, probably used to power any activity here. I am not sure which cave would be the one included in the Portal's listings. Keep heading round and t... Read More |
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| Trevilley Cliff Tumuli | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Walk around the coast path from Sennen to Nanjizal and back. From the crowds at Lands End, past the old farm and onwards, there are lots of choughs on the clifftops, and the scenery is fantastic. Keep heading round and get to Pordenack Point with the remains of several barrows, some with kerbstones. | ||
| Pordenack Point | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2025 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Walk around the coast path from Sennen to Nanjizal and back. From the crowds at Lands End, past the old farm and onwards, there are lots of choughs on the clifftops, and the scenery is fantastic. Keep heading round and I pass through the remains of Pordenack Point cliff castle, with its very faint ramparts. | ||
| Swingate F | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | On towards Mousehole and Swingate F, and again I see a stone standing in a field nowhere near where marked. A nice pointed stone down nearer the sea I don’t go for a closer look, as I have to get on. I am now getting very tired and weary. I thought the walk would only take an hour and half, but it was very demanding so took a lot longer. I had not carried my bag, and omitted to take water and sustenance, and well before I got back I was really s... Read More |
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| Swingate E | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I just about make it through the field of young bullocks before they all come sauntering over to see me. In the next field is Swingate E, but nowhere near where it was marked on the portal, and it doesn't look all that ancient to me. It later turns out that many of these stones around here are innacurately marked on the portal, something I try to correct later. It is very hard to know round here what is an ancient menhir and what is a more modern... Read More |
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| Swingate C | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | After the Kemyel Crease farm buildings the path continues through some woodland with a spring / well which is very pleasant. Out into fields again and through Kemyel Drea with its slightly confusing paths and herd of inquisitive cows. I get back on track and see the top of Swingate C above the cropped field in which it stands. | ||
| Kemyel B | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Now to look for Kemyel B. I can find nothing at the place its marked on my map, perhaps its hidden in the hedge or a bit of rough ground. Still finding nothing, I decide to carry on along the track behind the farm, where I find a nice big stone acting as a gatepost, so assume this is it. Now I am back looking at the portal, and I see several pictures of this stone telling me that it is not Kemyel B. However, it will have to do me as I need to get... Read More |
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| Kemyel A | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Walking from Lamorna Cove over the top to Mousehole, then back along the coastpath, there are many stones to be found in the fields near Lamorna. It’s a lovely walk up the Lamorna valley to the old mill, then head up into the fields towards Kemyel farm. The first stone, Kemyel A, is a nice 6 footer centrally in the field, so I go for a close look. | ||
| Boleigh Fogou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Jun 2025 | 4 | 5 | 4 | The plan for today is a visit to Boleigh Fogou then down to Lamorna Cove for a coastal walk to Mousehole. I had tried to call the contact number for Rosemerryn house several times, but got no response. As I was passing I saw two ladies wandering the grounds in the woods, so thought I would ask them. However, they turned out to be guests at the rental house, but did tell me that there may be somebody up in the main house to ask. So I walked up the... Read More |
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| Symonds Yat Fort | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Used the car park and café before a long walk down over the river Wye to King Arthurs cave and back. By the car park machines, there is now a nice display of the hillfort including a bronze model representation | ||
| King Arthur's North | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A bit further round the cliff face with lots of small entrances, and get to another large cave, again with a double entrance. One of the entrances leads into a substantial passage, the other a large chamber. | ||
| King Arthur's Cave | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | We walk on through the Lords Wood and arrive at a car park just above King Arthurs caves, to which we wander down. The caves are very interesting and we spend a fair while exploring in them, a longish cave to the right with a smaller separate entrance on the left, with a connection between them. Up in the car park is a noticeboard with all sorts of historical detail and stories about them. | ||
| Madawg Rockshelter | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Heading upstream along the northern side along the river Wye, and on the left the left a bare rockface with various small cave entrances and overhangs. | ||
| Cavall's Cave | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | From King Arthur's Cave head down a steep valley path covered in wild garlic to the river Wye again. To the left are what appear to be quarries with various cave entrances in the lower face. From here we head back to Symonds Yat crossing the Biblins wire rope bridge. | ||
| Symonds Yat West | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 4th May 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | May bank holiday circular walk from Symonds Yat, crossing the Wye on the hand ferry, then it’s a slog up forest trails through the woods and get to these caves. They were tentatively fenced off, but easy to get to and have a look in. On the right looking at them is a decent sized cave, with a smaller one to the left. There are plenty of other small cave entrances and mine shafts about, so be careful ! | ||
| Metheral Hill boundary stones | Marker Stone | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Walking back to Belstone from Hund Tor, I notice two stones standing, marked on the map as Boundary Stones. They are both about 5 foot tall, and have a T carved in them. They have obviously been here a long time as they are all weather worn, so much so that I wonder whether they were ever anything else. I then note that they are lined up side on to each other, and that they are aligned on to the position of the White Moor stone circle. Is this so... Read More |
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| White Moor Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Between the Whit Moor stone and the stone circle is a clear cairn to be seen. With it being so dry and the new years growth yet to happen, it's looking more significant than I remember from 21 years ago. | ||
| White Moor Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Jun 2004 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Between this White Moor stone and the circle are the remains of a cairn. | ||
| White Moor Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Before setting off to Hound Tor, I firstly head southeast to the White Moor stone and the whole of the northeastern moor opens up in front of me, right over to Hamel Down and Hay Tor, which I was not expecting to see. | ||
| White Moor Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Jun 2004 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Situated on a flat saddle of land between Little Hound Tor and Hound Tor, miles away from any signs of modern life in the middle of the desolate moor, and there are views for miles around in almost all directions from the site. 150 metres southeast of the circle is the Whit Moor Stone, which is more than 5 feet in height, and has been adapted as a parish boundary stone, with its parish marks cut into it. This stone is almost certainly much older... Read More |
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| White Moor Down | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Approaching the top of the hill, I was expecting the stone circle to come into view much sooner than it actually did. In fact it is not to be seen until it is fairly close. It’s a lovely circle and on a superb sunny and clear day like today this is a most fabulous place, with extensive views all around. I spend a fair bit of time here taking lots of pictures, including full 360 degree panoramas from within the circle. | ||
| White Moor Down | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Jun 2004 | 4 | 5 | 2 | This is a truly lovely stone circle, situated on a flat saddle of land between Little Hound Tor and Hound Tor, miles away from any signs of modern life in the middle of the desolate moor, and there are views for miles around in almost all directions from the site. There are 18 remaining stones of a probable nineteen arranged fairly evenly, in a circle of diameter 20 metres. The stones are arranged flat side inwards, and vary in height between 2 a... Read More |
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| White Hill, Devon | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | I now head northeast to cross the Small Brook running down from the moor, which requires finding a suitable place to jump across, and thankfully it isnt too boggy here today. Now I can head southeast up the hillside towards White Moor stone circle along a fairly reasonable path, which passes the remains of a couple of settlements, with clear hut circles and other features. | ||
| Metheral Kerb Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | So the boundary stone isnt the kerb cairn, so I still need to find that. With a bit of searching around, it becomes clear a short distance over to the southeast. There are a couple of reasonably sized slabs set on their sides and still upright, with several more forming a circular feature, around a clear cairn of stones. Are the side slabs the remnants of a cist? | ||
| Taw Marsh cairnfield | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Before heading up to White Moor, I look for the kerbed cairn Paul has made a sitepage for, over by the marked Boundary Stone. I firstly find the boundary stone, standing proud of the long grass, and it seems to have been mounted on a large stony area. I read later that this has been declared as one of several cairns located in this area, and it makes sense to me. | ||
| Metheral circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 2 | 4 | 2 | From Belstone I head south, crossing the river Taw at the large shallow ford, then keep heading south along the east side of the river, following a simple track along a line of waterworks drains and features, then keep going some more. I don't think I would have been able to find the stone circle without an accurate grid ref and my gps, as it was not a clear thing to see, and not at all obvious. I was only sure I had found it when I walked across... Read More |
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| Belstone Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Heading down towards the river and on the south side of the Irishmans Wall, a couple of large slab like stones can be seen. One of these reveals itself to be a good sized slab leaning atop a couple of side stones, with a few more nearby possibly a couple more slabs once holding up what is now a moved capstone. | ||
| Irishman’s Wall circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Apr 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Fabulous sunny day to Dartmoor to check out the "new" Taw Marsh stone circle etc. This one is easily found by walking along the trackway south from Belstone, and then heading off the track to the west, just before reaching the Irishmans Wall. Its position was notable for the flattened area of short grass, and remnants of the filled in excavation trenches. There were a few upright stones making an arc, with a small sector of about three very close... Read More |
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| Carn y Defaid (N) | Cairn | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 26th Mar 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the hilltop southern cairn, the northern cairn can be seen about 100m away down the slight slope with Blorenge and Ysgyryd in the distance. But the ground underfoot up here is so bad for walking across, no path, knee deep heather, broken stone, muddy holes and adders, that I didn't risk my ankles in going over to it. | ||
| Carn y Defaid (S) | Cairn | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 26th Mar 2025 | 3 | 5 | 3 | A visit Raglan Castle, and as it's such a lovely day and seeing the hills on the horizon, I just had to go up top of Blorenge and walk along to the highly visible Carn y Defaid. It's a terrible path underfoot from the Foxhunter car park, all a jumble of rocks, bog and heather. The hilltop southern cairn can be seen from miles around, and equally, on a day like today, can see for miles from it. To the north is the great whaleback moutain Blorenge,... Read More |
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| Carnac Plage Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 29th Jun 2016 | 4 | 3 | 5 | In square Leblois in the seaside resort of Carnac plage can be found a dolmen and a menhir. | 206 | 35 |
| Carnac Plage menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 29th Jun 2016 | 4 | 3 | 5 | In square Leblois in the seaside resort of Carnac plage can be found a dolmen and a menhir. | 216 | 36 |
| House Crag (Howl Moor) | Stone Circle | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 20th Sep 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | I had an hour or so to spare, but it was foggy on the moor so had to be careful where I went. Decided that having a look for the stones beside the road from Goathland was sensible, then maybe over to the roman road. A closer look at the Mega Portal map showed this (possible) stone circle fairly near, and not far from what appeared to be a decent path, so I gave it a go. Perhaps stupidly, as I had deemed it not far, I went without my bag, therefor... Read More |
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| Hunt House Road Waymarkers | Marker Stone | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 20th Sep 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Had an hour or so to spare, but it was foggy on the moor so had to be careful where I went. Decided that having a look for the stones beside the road from Goathland was sensible, then maybe walk over to the roman road. First one was easy, but nowhere obvious to park on the single track road out past the next two. | ||
| Hunt House Road Standing Stone | Marker Stone | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 20th Sep 2024 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Had an hour or so to spare, but it was foggy on the moor so had to be careful where I went. Decided that having a look for the stones beside the road from Goathland was sensible, then maybe walk over to the roman road. First one was easy, but nowhere obvious to park on the single track road out past the next two. | ||
| Low Bridestones (S) (Yorks) | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 17th Sep 2024 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The sun is getting low and I consider giving up at this point, but I wisely decide that I do still have time to go and have a quick look for the southern of the three marked groups of stones, and I am very glad that I did. Walking southwards through some initially very difficult boggy ground with long couch grass, I find easier going up the hill a bit and then along what was presumably a sheep track. Then I see in the distance a row of about half... Read More |
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| Low Bridestones (N) (Yorks) | Standing Stones | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 17th Sep 2024 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the High Bridestones I now drive down the hill to the northwest and am able to park in a big area where the bridleway crosses, and an entry road to a quarry. From here it is easy to walk out towards the Lower Bridestones, which I don’t remember finding before (I was being rushed), but it is now much easier with the detailed maps available through the Megalithic Portal which show three groups of stones. A couple of hundred yards along the bri... Read More |
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| High Bridestones (Yorks) | Stone Circle | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 17th Sep 2024 | 3 | 4 | 4 | After a day walking the beautiful coastline between Runswick bay and Staithes, I had an hour or two of beautiful sunshine left in the day, and made the decision to drive over onto the moor for a quick look for the Bridestones, of which I have vague memories from 27 years ago. In this weather, three upright stones standing can clearly be seen, so I walk over to the tallest, more than 6 feet tall. At this point, three other large stones can be seen... Read More |
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| Whitby Abbey | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 15th Sep 2024 | Whitby Abbey in its bleak windblown position on top of the hill above the harbour is a good visit. It has to be said that I thought the weathering shapes and patterns of the stone remains made it truly memorable. The museum was also fascinating with many items of ancient historic interest. | |||||
| Blakey Topping | Stone Circle | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 14th Sep 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Walk from Saltergate layby above the Hole of Horcum along Old Wife's Way to Newgate Foot and up to Blakey Topping and it's stone circle. One six foot standing stone and a stump in the field, with another stone standing at the gate, a flat stone in the field, and a couple of wooden posts. Is that another stone in the hedge I see? | ||
| Grime's Graves Flint Mines | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Norfolk | Visited | 8th Jun 2024 | 4 | 4 | 4 | At last got here on my way up to North Norfolk. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but I can't say I was completely impressed to start with, and I couldn't help thinking of West Wycombe caves. Strange, as for something that old, I'd have thought I would be really impressed. This feeling gradually changed into one of awe at what I was seeing. Nice to be able to get down one of the shafts to see the workings as a brand new entrance building enabl... Read More |
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| Buttern Hill row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Aug 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | From the top of Buttern Hill, in misty drizzly weather, I head down the far side through a load of inquisitive cattle to the source of the river Fowey and the Buttern Hill stone row, which is easier to find than I was expecting, and with larger stones. Probably about a dozen stones remain to be found, with a good section of 5 evenly spaced nearer the uphill, northern end. I head back skirting much of Buttern Hill on its north side, then down the ... Read More |
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| Buttern Hill NE row ? | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Aug 2024 | 2 | 3 | 3 | On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, I park at Bowithick, then its a wet and muddy at times climb to the top of Buttern Hill. Part way up I think there is possibly remains of a stone row heading down the hill, with several large edge set slabs about 50 yards in length, seemingly regularly spaced, particularly where they cross an old leat. I suspect its more likely remains of an ancient wall or boundary, but I was intrigued all the ... Read More |
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| Buttern Hill Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Aug 2024 | 4 | 4 | 2 | On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, I park at Bowithick, then its a wet and muddy at times climb to the top of Buttern Hill. Once at the top, with the rain a bit heavier and limited views, I visit the 4 obvious cairns, with wild horses in attendance. What a splendid thing the large cist is in the main cairn, which seems a bit like a ring cairn with the chamber in the centre. I am fairly sure there is more up here than just the fo... Read More |
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| Cross Shaft and Base at St Petroc's, Padstow. | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Aug 2024 | 2 | 3 | 4 | On my daily (for the week) walk down into town, I noticed this obviously old stone placed near the lower churchyard gate. How had I not obviously noticed this before? I must have passed right by it many times over the last 50 years! | ||
| Bray Down Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Saw from a distance | 10th Aug 2024 | On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, park at Bowithick for a walk to the top of Buttern Hill to see its cairns and the stone row. I am feeling weary, and the weather is not good, so rule out a climb to the top of Bray Down as well, but can clearly see one or two cairns on the top. | |||||
| New Downs | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Aug 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | A walk along the coast path from Chapel Porth around St Agnes Head to Trevaunance Cove, meeting up with family for lunch at Schooners bar. A lovely walk with lots of old mine remains, I realise that I am near to where the remains of New Downs stone circle are to be found. There are several large boulders spread across the heath in the region and as I head to where I think the circle should be, I see a lovely grass snake romping across the ground.... Read More |
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| Tubby´s Head | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Aug 2024 | 3 | 4 | 3 | A walk along the coast path from Chapel Porth around St Agnes Head to Trevaunance Cove, meeting up with family for lunch at Schooners bar. A lovely walk with lots of old mine remains, from where we can see Tubby's Head jutting out into the ocean below, just about able to make out some of the defensive ramparts. | ||
| Blorenge Cairn | Round Cairn | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 3rd Sep 2024 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Day trip to do the strenuous walk around and over Blorenge; having all the up at the end of the day cannot be recommended! Once up to the summit, there is a large circular cairn structure right on top, with the trig point just to the south. I didn't climb onto the cairn, and missed seeing any internal structure, although I now read that a cist can be seen. A bit further to the south, I saw a couple of stones sticking up, and closer inspection sug... Read More |
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| Stoney Littleton | Chambered Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Aug 2024 | 5 | 4 | 4 | I parked in the area by the wooden bridge to the southwest of Wellow, but the bridge had been fenced off with notices stating that it is dangerous. An alternate route is posted, taking the dangerous narrow lane to the west before crossing the river on a concrete farm bridge, then over an electric fence back along the far side of the river through a field with a rampant ram in it, before we are back to the normal way up to the barrow. Lovely to se... Read More |
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| Twinhoe | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Aug 2024 | 3 | 3 | 5 | I had to come and have a look at this. I can't be sure what this is. There are twelve large upright stones arranged equispaced in a semicircular wall around a green. This all looks like a fairly new construction to me, but were the larger stones there previously? The old country lane here makes a nice curve around the corner, and not the usual right angle. And just what is the green area within, not used for gardens or cropped fields? | ||
| Alex Tor Kerbed Cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Aug 2024 | 4 | 5 | 4 | I still have plenty of time, so head over for a walk up to the top of Alex Tor to check out the magnificent cairn with its surrounding circle of slabs. I've not seen anything like this one before, it's marvellous. What a super surrounding kerb of large, leaning and contiguous stones. Is that some sort of chamber remnants within, or just a sort of slotting in the original tor structure? While climbing up onto the nearby tor top highest point, I re... Read More |
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| Selworthy Beacon cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 25th Aug 2024 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Several barrows, cairns and tumuli marked at the top ridge of Selwrthy Beacon. Upon visiting in August 2024, most were obscured below the colourful heather and gorse on the top of this fabulous hill, but several lumps and bumps could be nade out. There is a road and car park up to the top of the beacon, but it is much better appreciated if you make the walk up from Bossington, Selworthy or around the coast path. Tremendous views all around from t... Read More |
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| Middle Moor Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Aug 2024 | 4 | 4 | 4 | From the top of Alex Tor I decide to head down then out for a look at Middle Moor Cross, which I could not decide whether it had turned since the last time I visited. It is said to turn on hearing the St Breward church bells. I then returned to the car and going to the Blisland Inn for crab sandwich and pint. | ||
| Trippet Stones | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Aug 2024 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Heading down to Padstow, I make a stop at the Trippet Stones. It is nice to see that they now seem a lot tidier and more looked after than my last few visits, where thay were getting all chewed up with 4wd vehicle tracks all over the top of them. | ||
| Holme II | Timber Circle | England | Norfolk | Visited | 13th Jun 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Went for a walk around the marshes from Thornham, and ended up walking out along the coast path to the north and west. I noticed that there were signposts to "the site of Seahenge". Anyways, I just kept going, past all sorts of interesting wildlife including spoonbills, and up to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes visitor centre, which was closing. Found myself drawn down onto the beach, and saw that it was quite close to the position of Se... Read More |
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| Longstone Hill cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | From the Longstone, I head northwards along the summit trackway which takes me past the stony cairn on my way down to the dam and back across to the car. Now very weary, I head for a well deserved pint at Betty Cottles. | ||
| Longstone Hill stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | After passing the large ring cairn, heading down from Yes Tor to Longstone Hill, there is no semblance of a pathway, but luckily the visibility is now good, and I can clearly see where I am heading towards, and the trackways across it. Its not too bad going down, and once on Longstone Hill, I find the fallen longstone fairly easily. It certainly looks like a shaped menhir to me, and not just a piece of granite! | ||
| Yes Tor cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Yes Tor is looking good to the north, and it's easily reached, with it's trig point atop a nice rocky outcrop, and although windy, the weather seems to be improving. Now to find the way down, and it's through rough slopes to the west with no semblance of a path. Just below the summit there is a large ring of stones, the messed about remains of a large cairn with massive stony banks. I didn't spend much time investigating, as by now I just wanted ... Read More |
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| High Willhays North | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Now heading north across the indistinct top of High Willhays towards Yes Tor, I keep an eye open for what we have marked as a ring cairn, which I find positioned adjacent to one of the rock outcrops at the northern top of High Willhays. It seems to be a sort of ring cairn combined with a tor top cairn like that on Showery Tor on Bodmin Moor. It looks a bit like a semi circular retaining bank for a pool. | ||
| High Willhays kerb cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2 | From Fordsland Ledge its relatively easy going up to High Willhays, but in a bit of a mist at times which makes me slightly concerned about navigation further on when there will be no obvious trackway. Hard to figure out what exactly this is. There are several side set slabs standing proud just to the east of the top outcrop with its marker cairn on top. It is hard to tell whether these are the remains of a large kerb, or perhaps an internal stru... Read More |
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| Fordsland Ledge Chambered cairn | Chambered Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | A walk up to the top of southern England, I park at Meldon reservoir and head over the dam then around the lake and up the West Okement river to an area of woodland and waterfalls, at which point I head up towards the top of the ridge north of Black Tor. I almost instantly regret this decision, as it is very hard going in very steep rough and wet ground, and I have a couple of falls, in the meantime seeing several other people descending much fur... Read More |
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| Pierre des Quatre Curés | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 23rd Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This crystalline basalt menhir has served as a boundary stone between four parishes since the middle ages, hence it's name. It's not much more than 2 metres high, and looks like it has been mended from broken at some point, but I cant be sure. I was hoping for a bit more from this. On the map it looks spectacularly positioned overlooking the Sancy mountains one way, and the valley of the river Dordogne the other. In practice, it really only overl... Read More |
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| Dolmens de Bignon | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Saw from a distance | 3rd Jun 2005 | I knew things were going too well this morning. I found Frontenac, and from there I eventually found Bignon, but after much searching and some very difficult to understand directions from an old lady living near the farm (they are very big, and only 800 metres away) I could find no signs of the three dolmens here. Supposedly there is one large allée-couverte and two simple dolmens to be found, and I must have spent over an hour looking along all ... Read More |
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| Red Rocks | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Merseyside | Visited | 11th Sep 2023 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Visit to Hilbre Point and a walk out to the Red Rocks | ||
| Warham Camp | Hillfort | England | Norfolk | Visited | 10th Jun 2024 | 5 | 4 | 4 | A recommended visit from the bar lady at the Binham pub, to occupy a loose hour. Its really impressive in its scale and completeness. Lots of orchids are flowering on the banks in the sunshine. | ||
| Seahenge | Timber Circle | England | Norfolk | Visited | 10th Jun 2024 | -1 | 4 | 2 | After many years, and a fair bit of planning, I got to visit the site of Seahange. I started from the pay car park at Holme, near the golf course, and followed the well marked and made coast path to the north then east, through the marshes and sand dunes. Whern I got to near where I thought the site was, I started looking for the signboard, but it had been knocked over so was not easy to find. I then tried to get down onto the beach, which was no... Read More |
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| Holme II | Timber Circle | England | Norfolk | Visited | 10th Jun 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2 | After many years, and a fair bit of planning, I got to visit the site of Seahange. It needed a significantly low tide, and a long walk with no features to aim for. It was also a complete unknown as to whether any of the timbers would still be there, and not covered by the sands and mud. I started from the pay car park at Holme, near the golf course, and followed the well marked and made coast path to the north then east, through the marshes and ... Read More |
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| Kings Lynn Museum | Museum | England | Norfolk | Visited | 11th Jun 2024 | A visit to the Lynn museum in Kings Lynn, hopefully to see the remains of Seahenge, removed from Holme beach and displayed here. I had seen online that the gallery in the museum was closed for building work, stating that it would reopen in "early June". It is now the 11th June, so not expecting to be able to see it, I was hoping! Upon getting to the museum, the people at the reception told me that the building work was over running, it was not op... Read More |
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| Tinkinswood | Chambered Cairn | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 25th Apr 2024 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Time for another visit to Tinkinswood burial chamber, where I sit and eat my lunch with lots of birdsong. Since my last time here, there has been a lot of fencing off of the eastern and southern fields, making it impossible to see the other chamber or quarry area. What I remember as a possible avenue to the south seems to have all been ripped up and dumped in a heap. To the north, and taking up most of the parking area, there is a lot of road bui... Read More |
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| Tinkinswood | Chambered Cairn | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 11th Jul 2004 | 4 | 4 | 4 | While visiting Tinkinswood with my Dad in 2004, we could hardly fail to be impressed with the size of the capstone. What a lovely tomb this is. But more intriguing were the other rocks and stones in the vicinity. I knew the layout of the main chamber before I visited, but was surprised to find so many other stones and what looked like structures there were in the area. Since my visit, and before I got round to posting this, Sem has also comment... Read More |
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| St Lythans | Chambered Tomb | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 25th Apr 2024 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Time for another visit to St Lythams and Tinkinswood. Very nice in the lush springtime | ||
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| Graig Lwyd Cairns | Cairn | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Last on my itinerary for today are the Graig Lwyd Cairns. There is the one large cairn within the open access land which looks like a cartoon volcano, conical, steep sides and a crater in the top. Viewed with Moelfre and the other mountains behind it, it reminds me very much of the chains of volcanoes in the Auvergne. The other cairns are in the walled and fenced off fields to the north, and I have no way through to have a close look. However fro... Read More |
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| Battery Point | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Somerset | Visited | 3rd Mar 2016 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A nice stone with many fossilised shells to be seen within it, stands strategically at Battery Point, Portishead, as the Seafarers Memorial Stone, a memorial to seafarers of the west country. The stone monument marks the closest place on a UK coast which large ships pass. The dedication is to the seafarers of the West Country who, “since the Middle Ages, on voyages of discovery in times of peace and war, have passed this point, some never to re... Read More |
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| Eastwood Fort, Portishead | Hillfort | England | Somerset | Visited | 3rd Mar 2016 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ancient woodland covered limestone hill, now a nature reserve, to the north of Portishead, beside the shipping channel into Portbury and Avonmouth docks, and the river Avon up to Bristol. As such has been an important strategic place since history began. There's a lot of history to the area - the remains of an Iron Age fort can be seen above the path on the north side of the Wood. The Romans also arrived at some point. World War 2 gun emplaceme... Read More |
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| Blaise Castle | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Aug 2011 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Burwalls Camp | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Somerset | Visited | 28th Aug 2011 | 2 | 4 | 5 | The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls. The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across ... Read More |
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| Stokeleigh Camp | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Somerset | Visited | 28th Aug 2011 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Iron age promontary hillfort on a spur overlooking the Avon Gorge from the high plateau at the western side of the Gorge, now a part of the large Leigh Woods nature reserve. This is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The promontary points towards the east, with the steep sided Nightingale valley marking the southe... Read More |
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| King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary | Barrow Cemetery | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Aug 2011 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around. Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds. The burial mounds are not in the best of condition, but are thought to date back to almost 2000BC. It is a very pleasan... Read More |
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| King's Weston Hill stockpound | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Aug 2011 | 2 | 3 | 4 | A few hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort can be seen the remains of a large circular earthwork, of unsure date. People have been living and working on this hilltop ridge since neolithic times, and it is thought that this earthwork is some sort of stockpound dating from perhaps bronze or iron age times. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but ... Read More |
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| King's Weston Hillfort | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Aug 2011 | 3 | 3 | 4 | At the northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill, now in the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, is to be found the remains of an iron age hillfort and farmstead. It is situated in parkland, just to the southwest of the more impressive Blaise Castle. The hill and immediately surrounding area is nowadays parkland, a part of the Blaise Castle estate. The steeply sloping sides of the hill are thick woodland, while the flat top of the rid... Read More |
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| Cors Y Carneddau | Stone Circle | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 4 | 2 | I head down to the west and back to the lower track in order to find the Cors Y Carneddau circle. At first I found lots of stones all seemingly scattered around at random, with nothing obvious representing a circle. Some stones are standing proud of the ground over by the wall. But nothing that shouts circle to me. Having a more detailed search of the area, I was at one point heading back to the east, and then an arc of stones came into view. Was... Read More |
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| Cefn Coch (Penmaenmawr) | Ring Cairn | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Having done my research beforehand, I now know to head up and over the nearby ridge to the south and there is the lovely ring cairn, about 10 to 12 metres diameter. It doesn't stand very proud of the ground, and has quite wide "walls". | ||
| Monument 280 | Ring Cairn | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Over a couple of mounds, and there is another catchily named site, Monument 280, of which I have no idea what type of site this is. There are many stones stood and arranged, but with no obvious pattern. There is a circle in the middle of them, and several in a straight line through the middle. Is that a burial cist beside one of the large stones? I see online something which states that in 1845 this was described as three circles. Time for lunch,... Read More |
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| Druids Circle (Penmaenmawr) | Stone Circle | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 5 | 4 | 2 | From circle 275 the stones of the Druids Circle can be seen up on the hill against the skyline. I make straight for it, but this is probably not the best way as it takes me through a little valley with lots of boggy area to get through. The site is positioned on a flattened platform area, with an embanked circle of stones about 35 metres diameter. Several of the stones are large and standing upright, many much smaller and some are flat to the gro... Read More |
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| Circle 275 | Stone Circle | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Next up is the snappily named Circle 275, which is to the south of the trackway in the long grass and heather. This is a lovely little circle of five stones with diameter about 3 metres, and in a most gorgeous setting with views out over the sea and up to the hills with the druids circle visible on the skyline. Is that a spiral carving I see on one of the stones? | ||
| Fridd Wanc | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Moving on and the next site just to the north of the trackway is the Fridd Wanc mound, with a telegraph pole standing from its centre. Just to the southeast are several boulders, three obvious large stones, with a couple more not so obvious. Is it the remains of an ancient burial chamber? Or on later thinking, another little circle? | ||
| Maen Crwn | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 3 | 3 | 2 | A bit further southwest, and now into an open paddock like area below the farm, and this large stone is stood in the open grass below an avenue of trees. It has a scratches T + J on its southern face, along with other graffitti. | ||
| Red Farm | Stone Circle | Wales | Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) | Visited | 13th Sep 2023 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Walking up from Penmaenmawr, once up on the plateau, the first site I see is the Red Farm stone circle. Its over a wall in a field containing horses, and there are lots of people out looking like they are on an organised shooting event, so I satisfy myself with the view over the wall. Looks like about 4 stones on a flattened platform, with a couple of other either outliers or moved stones laying around. | ||
| Fox Covert NW | Chambered Tomb | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 9th Sep 2007 | A badly damaged overgrown Long Barrow with possible Chambered Tomb in a field, which has been cut in two by a hedge. The eastern part of the barrow in the eastern field has now been completely ploughed out. The part in the western field is now about 30 metres in length, about 20 metres wide and up to 2 metres in height. There are one or two big stones, which are almost certainly field clearance, dumped on top, otherwise there were no noticeab... Read More |
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| Tormarton 1 | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th Sep 2022 | Day out walking and stopped for a quick look here on the way home. The field has been harvested, leaving the long raised lump in the ground standing proud. No obviously easy way into the field, so I satisfied myself with a view from the road. | |||||
| Long Meg And Her Daughters | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Now to walk around the circle. It's huge, much bigger than my memory was telling me and with a little double stoned entrance up near Long Meg. The stones are basically large rounded boulders, like giant pebbles from a riverbed, and its not really accurate to consider them as standing stones. Lots of young cows in and around the stones, some of which seem to be playing hide and seek. | ||
| Long Meg | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Before heading east over the Pennines, I have time to go and visit Long Meg. A new car park has been made which is well signposted, which leaves a 500 metre walk to the stone circle. I start my visit with Long Meg itself, as there are a few other people here who go the other way. What a lovely stone, standing proud overlooking the circle with its spirals and of course the face of Long Meg herself. | ||
| Penzance Market Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 4 | I took a walk round some of the splendid Penzance gardens, and had a proper look at the lovely old market cross, nowadays just outside the café. | ||||
| St Mary's Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 4 | A strange looking stone stump in the churchyard at Penzance. All I could really make out is a couple of carved figures on it, until I realised that the cross arms were broken off. | ||||
| Giant's Rock, Zennor | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 3 | Having found myself in the field adjacent to that in which the Giant's Stone is marked, I have a look and can see it over the hedge. However its all very overgrown and I cannot get in to have a proper look | ||||
| Treveglos, Zennor | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I found the large gatepost in the corner of the field, but nothing obvious nearby. The fields and walls here are full of large stones, and what is a standing stone, and what is a natural feature is very hard to tell. Not helped by a lot of growth around the field boundaries. I'm certainly not convinced of a row. Perhaps I was looking in all the wrong fields | ||
| Zennor Churchyard Crosses | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 3 | 4 | 5 | After a day at St Ives, I go to Zennor to pay my respects to the Mermaid. Whilst at the church, I have a look at the various ancient crosses in and around the churchyard, and Borlase's grave. How fabulous is that mermaid chair. | ||
| Trevega Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 3 | 4 | 5 | After a day at St Ives, I go to Zennor to pay my respects to the Mermaid. Whilst at the church, I have a look at the various ancient crosses in and around the churchyard, and Borlase's grave. How fabulous is that mermaid chair. | ||
| St Ives Head Fort | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th Jun 2023 | 2 | 4 | 4 | A day visit to St Ives, which I start with a walk around Clodgy point and then back into St Ives town, making a full walk around the coastline to the harbour, passing over and around all of the fort headland. | ||
| Treryn Dinas | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2023 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Time is getting on, although not necessarily as much as I thought it was, as things are playing tricks on me and others, with my phone regularly switching hours, presumably picking up its signal from French sources better than there is round here. It not only confuses the time, but screws up the labelling of my photos! Once back to Porthcurno, I have an ice cream and decide not to walk on, but drive to the Logan Rock Inn for a pint. After this I ... Read More |
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| St Levan's Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2023 | 3 | 5 | 3 | After lunch I head back to Porthgwarra for a drink at the café, then on around the cliffs to Porth Chapel, where St Levan's well sits prominently above the beach. This used to be the way down past the chapel, but the path is falling down into the sea, so is no longer the through route. There is a little chapel building beside the little well, with water in it even after a hot dry month. I head round and then down to Porth Chapel beach, where I c... Read More |
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| Carn Lês Boel | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Saw from a distance | 14th Jun 2023 | Walk from St Levan along the coast path, through Porthgwarra and out to Gwennap Head. Keep going right round to Carn Barra where I stop for my pasty, overlooking Zawn Kellys to Carn Lês Boel and Lands End. I spend ages watching the flocks of seabirds on the sea, no doubt all above shoals of fish, fulmars soaring around in the coves and their nests on the cliffs, and lots of choughs busying themselves between feeding on the clifftops and taking fo... Read More |
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| St Levan's Stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | At St Levan's church, have a good look around the churchyard, with the split St Levan's stone in pride of place. The split is not wide enough to get a comfortable sit down, let alone to ride a loaded packhorse through, so the world is safe for the while. | ||
| Churchyard Cross St Levan | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Onwards to St Levan's church, and have a good look around the interesting churchyard, with several old crosses and cross heads to be seen here. Dropping down from the fields into St Levan's church, there is a really interesting stone entrance to the churchyard, with a coffin shaped stone surrounded by what appear to be granite seats, and a round crosshead. The tall St Levan's cross is positioned in the churchyard outside the church entrance, and ... Read More |
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| Rospletha cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2023 | 4 | 3 | 3 | A day walking and exploring the coast between Porthcurno and Gwennap Head. Park at Porthcurno, and initially head inland then up onto the fields to pass Rospletha cross. It’s a nice thing, but rather overgrown at the moment. | ||
| Lanyon Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | It had been swelteringly hot and sunny all day on the southern coast, but there had been a cool sea mist blowing across all day from the north coast. Despite it being very foggy, I decide on an evening visit Madron Well, and anyway, it all adds to the atmosphere. Leaving Madron well, I drive north perhaps to Men-an-Tol but the fog up here is even thicker. I give up with that idea and just park to visit Lanyon Quoit, where I eat my pasty in the c... Read More |
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| Madron Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2023 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Despite it being very foggy, I decide I have to visit Madron Well, and anyway, it all adds to the atmosphere. When I get to the watery bit by the path, there is not so much tat hanging in the trees as I was expecting, and most of what there is is either real strips of cloth or floral offerings. Despite having a bad foot, and only wearing sandals, I decide I want to try and find the proper well, but soon get beaten with the marshy conditions and m... Read More |
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| Wendron North | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2023 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Now home, I remember being here before 20 years ago and seeing the two stones in the wall nearer to the house, but I didn't look in the right place this time, but it was rather overgrown. However, at the far side of the northern field is a stone standing proud of the wall. A closer look and it can be seen to be a stander, just beside the wall which curves around beside it, like they often do down here. This suggests to me that it has always been ... Read More |
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| Wendron South | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2023 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Decide on a visit to the Wendron Nine Maidens on the way back to Penzance from Falmouth. Its been swelteringly hot and sunny all day, but just as I was getting up the hill to the site, it was all covered in a mist blowing down from the north. Easily found are 4 evenly spaced stones in the southern field, and one extra incorporated in the hedge at the place where it is easy to get over. | ||
| Kenidjack Cliff Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | Walking back to Botallack after visiting the circle, I make sure I have a look to the headland, with its traces of defensive ramparts. | |||||
| Kenidjack Cairn Circle | Ring Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | Big walk round the Botallack mines area, and despite being very tired when I get back to Botallack, I decide to go further south to have a look for this cairn circle. I'm still not convinced of its authenticity amoungst the mining ruins, but it’s a lovely spot. I get to sit and watch a nest of choughs up on top of one of the old engine houses, must be parents with about 4 offspring up there. | |||||
| Lower Boscaswell Fougou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Dropping down from Carn Kenidjack, and after a slight detour to refresh myself at The North Inn, I head towards the coast and look for the Lower Boscaswell Fougou. Not being able to find it initially, I cheat and look it up on the portal. Ah, through the cow field and round the other side, over a stile and there it is. These days theres just a small chamber like space behind the opening, and daylight can be seen up a smaller side passage. Such a ... Read More |
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| Carn Eanes Standing stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | Walking down to Boscaswell from Carn Kenidjack, and pass nearby to this standing stone. It seems to be in private land with no obvious way in, so I satisfy myself with a view over the hedge. | |||||
| Carn Kenidjack propped stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | Big walk round the Botallack mines area today, starting off by walking up to the top of Carn Kenidjack. Some lovely cattle grazing up here, who don't seem to mind my presence as I greet them all. I am not convinced of anything other than natural up here. Everything is hazy up here today with a sea mist rolling in, so I miss out on the views. | |||||
| Carnbean Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Jun 2023 | Big walk round the Botallack mines area today, starting off by walking up to the top of Carn Kenidjack, so have a look at the barrow while I am on the way there. Some lovely cattle grazing up here, who don't seem to mind my presence as I greet them all. | |||||
| Predannack Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jun 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A walk from Mullion Cove to Predannack and back along the cliffs. This lovely cross is in a corner of a field. | ||
| Carneglos settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Jun 2023 | 2 | 3 | 3 | On the way back from another failed attempt to get to Goodaver circle, I decided not to completely give up, and went for a look for the stone row, in an open field to the west of the northern corner of the forest. It's open access land, and easy to enter the field after taking the track westwards from the radio mast. I first found what looked to be the remains of a hut circle, before finding the stone row. | ||
| Carneglos row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Jun 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | On the way back from another failed attempt to get to Goodaver circle, I decided not to completely give up, and went for a look for the stone row, in an open field to the west of the northern corner of the forest. It's open access land, and easy to enter the field after taking the track westwards from the radio mast. I first found what looked to be the remains of a hut circle, and then found the stone row. Its clearly an ancient stone row, with a... Read More |
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| Carneglos Barrow | Ring Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Jun 2023 | 2 | 3 | Somewhere in the dense forest is this barrow. The forest track passes close by, butthere is no easy way in, but I am sure I could glimpse some raised earthworks in places. | |||
| Goodaver | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Couldn't find | 9th Jun 2023 | Stop at Webbs Down near Bolventor to try to walk to the Goodaver stone circle through the forests from the north. Its very hot, and about halfway there the forest tracks are all shut off, with barbed wire and CCTV. I look at going over the rough ground to the west of the forest, but it wont be easy. I then check my route map, and realise that the 5 km walk is each way, not a full round trip. Decide this is no good, and head back to the car, but I... Read More |
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| Goodaver | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Couldn't find | 11th Jun 2022 | On my way down to Wadebridge today, I didn't have time for the long walk through the forest, but thought I'd try the direct ways from the Bolventor - St Cleer road down the Fowey valley. Both these ways I have seen described. Plan A. up the curvy track at Trezibbet, which is clearly seen from the raad in the valley. I asked somebody tending lambs in the barns at the bottom, and got a friendly but definite no. No way through. Private land. Plan ... Read More |
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| Diocletian's Palace | Ancient Palace | Croatia | Visited | 18th Sep 2004 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Have to leave the boat by 9:00. Catch a bus into Split at 09:30 and after some problems finding our way around, get to the old part of town. Stop for a coffee and pastries on the Riva (harbour front) outside the Diocletian Palace walls. Then do a walking tour around old Split, taking in the town square, Temple of Jupiter, the city walls, market, Diocletian Palace (with a great art exhibition in the amazing vaults underneath) and up the Cathedral ... Read More |
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| Lacra | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 6th Apr 2002 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Visit after a week at Crossthwaite in the Lake District, before driving back to Bristol | ||
| Hadrian's Wall | Misc. Earthwork | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Sep 2022 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A day exploring Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking eastwards along Hadrian's wall back to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap. | ||
| Dunstanburgh Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Northumberland | Visited | 25th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Day up to Dunstanburgh castle. Park at Craster, buy sandwiches then walk along the coast northwards to the castle. Excellent. | ||
| Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 39 | Stone Fort or Dun | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking back eastwards along Hadrians wall to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap. This well presented milecastle is immediately to the west of the extremely scenic Sycamore Gap. | ||
| Housesteads Roman Fort | Stone Fort or Dun | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Oct 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking eastwards along Hadrians wall back to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap. A long look round Housesteads Fort with its large colourful artwork gatehouse created for the 1900 years celebrations, fabulous latrines and a decent little museum. | ||
| Housesteads Tumulus | Artificial Mound | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Sep 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 | A day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads to park, and before catching the bus to The Sill, have a look at the prominent barrow just the other side of the road. The fog is starting to lift now, thank goodness. | ||
| The Sill | Museum | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Sep 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, cup of coffee, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking back eastwards along Hadrians wall to Housesteads Fort | ||
| Hadrian's Wall - Milecastle 37 | Stone Fort or Dun | England | Northumberland | Visited | 23rd Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking back eastwards along Hadrians wall to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap. This is a splendid milecastle and place, with a nice almost completely arched gateway north through the wall. | ||
| Hadrian's Wall (Coria) | Stone Fort or Dun | England | Northumberland | Visited | 26th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Afternoon visit to Corbridge and a look round the tremendous old Roman town remains of Coria. Excellent museum and information centre. | ||
| Hexham Abbey | Ancient Cross | England | Northumberland | Visited | 26th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A morning looking round Hexham Abbey with some wonderful old carved stone things in there. | ||
| Picws Du | Cairn | Wales | Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 2 | 5 | 2 | From Fan Brycheiniog we set off back northwards and then headed off in a westerly direction across the open boggy moorland, which would not have been a good idea in weather any worse, but it was now quite bright and I was able to pick a reasonable route between the bogs and peat hags! Once onto the path along the westerly edge of Fan Foel, it was steeply down and then slowly up the steep slope to the top of Picws Du at 749m, which is once again t... Read More |
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| Fan Brycheiniog | Cairn | Wales | Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 2 | 5 | 2 | We carried on to get to the trig point on top of Fan Brycheiniog (802m) before the Germans, so we could take our pictures without them in the way! Once more it looks like there is probably the remains of an ancient cairn below the trig point, which is once again becoming well worn. We then went and sat in the little circular shelter 50 metres away to the south along the ridge to have our lunch, and let the storms pass, the weather becoming much b... Read More |
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| Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Along the ridge to the southeast of Fan Foel, Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn can be seen sitting on its hilltop promontory position. The cairn is again about 11 metres diameter and becoming very eroded by the weather and all the walkers stopping here to admire the spectacular views from its cliff edge position. Once again the two German lads were stood on top of it with no signs of moving on, so I just took a couple of quick photos and we carried on to get... Read More |
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| Fan Foel Cairns | Round Cairn | Wales | Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Once up on the top of Fan Foel (781m) in the rain and wind, the remains of this large circular cairn are plain to see, no doubt due to the excavation work some years ago. The circular structure of the cairn is 11 meters in diameter, and within this cairn, offset to the steep cliff edge, is the box like remains of a cist. At this point we saw just about the only other people we saw all day, a couple of German lads who stood in the cairn and seemed... Read More |
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| Rhyd Wen Fach | Stone Circle | Wales | Powys | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Visited while walking round the Carmarthen Fan loop, just at the foot of the hard climb up to Fan Foel. We had ended up not following the expected ridgetop path, but a trail a bit below the top to the southwest, so I had to head over and back downhill a few hundred yards as San slowly ascended the steep ridge. I had a quick look round, aided by using my GPS, and soon found the large stones Sem has posted photos of, but there was nothing obvio... Read More |
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| Bannau Sir Gaer | Stone Circle | Wales | Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) | Visited | 20th Jul 2017 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Visited while walking round Carmarthen Fan. We started off walking from the little parking area up to Sychnant stone circle, which was found surprisingly easily near a turning point on the walk near the head of the Sychnant stream. It is positioned on a nicely flattened area on the saddle at the top of the low ridge of land between the head of the Usk river to the northeast, and the Afon Sawddle which runs from Llyn y Fan Fach, a tributary of t... Read More |
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| Corbridge Crosses | Ancient Cross | England | Northumberland | Visited | 26th Sep 2022 | 5 | After a visit to Coria in September 2022, was looking to get a pint in the Pele Tower, but it was unfortunately temporarily closed. | ||||
| West Cranmore Round Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Mar 2023 | Seen from the carriage of the East Somerset steam railway near Merryfield Lane halt. Two large round barrows in a field, with fairly distinct ditches around them. There is remains of a third much ploughed out barrow. Looks like badgers are starting to dig away at one of the two large barrows. | |||||
| Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Mar 2023 | 4 | Several round barrows can be clearly seen from the roman road in an open field along the ridgetop, with several more to be found in Beacon Hill Woods. I didn't have time to park and go and have a proper look. | ||||
| Doulting Quarries barrow | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Mar 2023 | 5 | In some open land behind the bus stop at Doulting, opposite to the stone quarries entrance, I saw what looked like a longbarrow with stone entrance. Closer inspection showed this to be a modern interpretation, with a large stone standing on the top. | ||||
| The Cockpit | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | I have been meaning to visit The Cockpit for many many years, and I managed to do so in September 2022. From White Raise I head off towards the Cockpit, down to the major crossing of tracks, and then taking the way to the west, on what is now a largely rebuilt and upraised stone trackway across the boggy moorland. This has made what was probably difficult going into a very easy and pleasant walk. Just after a little ford over a stream, and there ... Read More |
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| White Raise Cairn | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I eventually get to the White Raise cairn, MD10, a large roundish mass of stones on top of a small natural hillock. Its not very round, with a few sticking out arms, and it is clear why this became known as "The Starfish Cairn". Clambering up onto the top of it, and the previous notable cairns can be seen in the distance. There is a hollow containing a large cist, fairly big and much deeper than any I have seen on Dartmoor. Near to this cist, on ... Read More |
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| Roughtor Summit Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Remains of cairns created round some natural outcrops within the settlement on the top of Roughtor, near to the memorials. | ||
| Seven Lords' Lands | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | On the way back to Haytor, I stop to go and look at Seven Lords' Lands cairn with its large encircling ring of stones. Its really splendid here in the low sun, which occasionally peeps through the clouds. Now to the Rock Inn after a tiring day on the big moor, I sat quietly nursing a pint in the snug when Dave from Royle Family comes in with wife and dog, and sits next to me. | ||
| Trendlebere Down | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Getting from the road to find this row is a bit of a struggle through gorse and heather, and I initially found it hard to find. But there it is, not quite where I was expecting to find it, but as so often with a path running down beside it, and it has had much of the growth mechanically cleared from it. The large cairn at the top is completely overgrown, as is the top of the row, but I found a few fairly large fallen stones hidden underneath the ... Read More |
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| Trendlebere Down Stone Row Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The large cairn at the top of the stone row is completely overgrown, as is the top of the row, but I found a few fairly large fallen stones hidden underneath the overgrowth. | ||
| Harbourne Head Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Feb 2023 | 4 | 4 | 3 | A cold grey February afternoon walk out onto the moor to visit the Harbourne Head menhir. It’s a nice pointy topped stone, slightly taller than me and leaning to one side. Some swaling going on nearby, but not close to the stone and doesn't prevent me getting a visit. | ||
| Hembury Castle | Hillfort | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A nice sunny afternoon, after Sunday lunch at Scorriton and a walk out to Bench Tor, I decide to go and have a look at Hembury Castle before heading home. What a lovely place, old woodland with a hilltop iron age fort, modified and updated with a Norman Motte. In places the ramparts are huge, presumably increased for the Motte & Bailey castle. Lovely. | ||
| Harbourne Head B | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Feb 2023 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the menhir I walk up to the top of the hill to look at the two ring cairns. Both quite large diameter, seemingly a ring of stone around a flat inside with a pile in the middle. The southern of the two is more distinct, and the central mound and ring are more obviously comprised of stones. I didn't see anything resembling a circle of upright stones! | ||
| Harbourne Head A | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Feb 2023 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the menhir I walk up to the top of the hill to look at the two ring cairns. Both quite large diameter, seemingly a ring of stone around a flat inside with a pile in the middle. The northern of the two is less distinct and more grassy. I didn't see anything resembling a circle of upright stones! | ||
| Corringdon Ball Tomb | Chambered Tomb | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Feb 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walk from South Brent up onto the moor around Corringdon Ball. Just as we get to the longbarrow and other megalithic sites my phone malfunctions and packs up. Getting very fed up with this decide to give up looking for any more old stones and just continue on with the walk up to Shipley Bridge. | ||
| Corringdon Ball Tomb | Chambered Tomb | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Jun 2004 | 3 | 3 | 3 | The remains of Corringdon Ball chambered tomb are marked on the map as Long Barrow, and it is situated on the saddle of land between Corringdon Ball and Brent Fore Hill, not far from the cairn at the head of the Brent Fore row. This was once one of the largest monuments on the moor, but has been badly damaged, with a track cut through its northern part, and most of the southern end destroyed. Several large stones remain at the south end, which wo... Read More |
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| Ball Gate | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Feb 2023 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walk from South Brent up onto the moor around Corringdon Ball. Just to the north of the large gateway is a clearly defined ring cairn. | ||
| Corringdon Ball settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Feb 2023 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Walk from South Brent up onto the moor and around Corringdon Ball. On the western side of the hill there is a clearly defined settlement comprising several enclosures. There are also many hut circles spread around on the hillside here, along with a cairn with cist. | ||
| Moor Divock Round Cairn D | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Nearby to the north of Moor Divock 5 is another raised mound which initially looks to be another cairn, which the sheep like to sit on. When I do get to have a closer look, there seems to be possibly a cairn, but with no further info I am not 100% convinced this is anything other than a natural lump in the ground. | ||
| Challacombe Down Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Park in a little quarry by the roadside, before heading west down to Headland Warren farm with its alpacas, then up over the mining remains to the lower end of the Challacombe stone rows. Most of the stones are showing white above the heather and it looks splendid. The bottom end is a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, several of which seem to have been placed in surprising positions. Up the hill ... Read More |
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| Thornborough N | Henge | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 27th Sep 2022 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Back to the car for the small drive round to the woodland at the western side of the northern henge, and there was room to park, and then follow one of several paths into the woodland. This northern henge is much more like it, very well preserved, both the banks and internal ditch. The atmosphere in this woodland is much more pleasant than the open fields of the other two. Time to look for a pub and a pint. | ||
| Thornborough Central | Henge | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 27th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Crossing back across the roadway, I go in for a look and walk around the central henge. This banks of this one are more substantial, but in places are very damaged by badgers or rabbits. The internal ditch is again slight, but can be made out here. I walked north to try to get to the northern henge, but it was not possible to get across the northern road and in to see it. | ||
| Thornborough S | Henge | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 27th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Travelling home from Northumberland, and the weather forecast was good, so I decided to go the eastern route and break my journey to have a look at the Thornborough Henges. After a drive around several small roads, I found a place to park with access to the fields between the southern and central henges. I decided to go walk around the henges, and started with the southern one, a fair walk on a blowy day, but nice when the sun came out. The large... Read More |
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| Challacombe rows | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Drive from Postbridge to Challacombe via the Soussons cairn stone circle, and park in a little quarry by the roadside, before heading west down to Headland Warren farm with its alpacas, then up over the mining remains to the lower end of the Challacombe stone rows. Most of the stones are showing white above the heather and it looks splendid. The bottom end is a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, s... Read More |
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| Challacombe Down Cairn Circle | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 4 | 3 | At the bottom end of the Challacombe stone rows, most of the stones are showing white amongst the heather. It is all a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, several of which seem to have been placed in surprising positions, with a sort of semicircular feature to one side. | ||
| Ten Commandments Stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Dec 2022 | 5 | 3 | A day to myself, and decide to go to Totnes, but first go the scenic way through Buckland, then decide to walk out to Buckland Beacon for a look at the Ten Commandments stones. The views from here are fantastic, right down to the sea all around the south, including right along the Teign estuary. Great to spend time looking all around the north and west trying to figure out all the various tors and bits of Dartmoor previously visited. Magnificent.... Read More |
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| Hamel Down Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walking back northwards along the ridge and from the top of Broad Barrow, Hamel Down Cross can be seen shining in the sun away from the modern track to the west, so I go for a look. It’s a lovely weathered old stone cross which has lost its head and one of its arms. It has some sort of carving on it's east face, probably a Duke of Somerset boundary marking, but the cross clearly predates that. | ||
| Zennor Quoit | Portal Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Sep 2008 | 4 | 4 | 3 | I don’t quite know how I have never been to visit this before, and it takes a bit of finding, despite the fact it can be seen from a long way away on the hilltop, the problem is finding a path through the chest high gorse and brambles which takes you to it. I eventually got to it from Sperris Quoit via several long zig zag pathways, probably walking three times the distance to it as would be how the chough flies ! Wow, this is a big old thing, ... Read More |
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| Sperris Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Sep 2008 | 2 | 3 | 3 | I parked in a little lay-by near to the Eagles Nest house, and then took the footpath up onto the moors from there. After a while the path was fairly enclosed within tall bracken and gorse, and near the top of the hill, became fairly difficult to proceed along. Once at the top of the hill, I turned left at the remains of a mine building, and took a “path” towards the natural granite outcropping, from the southern end of which the single standing ... Read More |
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| Hamel Down Beacon cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | On to the southern top of Hameldown at 517m, at a corner of the field wall, is another prominent large cairn, again with a Duke Stone on its top. The field wall makes no attempt to avoid the cairn, running right over it, but not across the centre. From here the views to the south open up with almost the whole of the southern moor and southeast Devon to be seen. | ||
| Blackaton Down south (Hamel Down) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Just to the south of the large obvious barrow can be seen the remnants of the southern saucer barrow, also within the enclosed field. | ||
| Blackaton Down north (Hamel Down) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the field wall corner can be seen the next large barrow, a bit further to the south, but within the enclosed field on the western side of the wall. I didn’t cross into the field for a closer look. | ||
| Two Barrows (Hamel Down) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Onwards southward slightly downhill to a field wall where there is another barrow with a Duke Stone on top, named as Two Barrows. Looking for the second, and it can be seen right under the corner of the walls, no doubt it has been used as a boundary corner for a long time. | ||
| Single Barrow (Hamel Down) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Further south along the track, and just to the west of it is the next barrow, known as Single Barrow, which is smaller and less obvious than Broad Barrow. It too has one of the Duke Stone boundary markers on top of it. | ||
| Broad Barrow (Hamel Down) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walking on to the south, there is an obvious large cairn know as Broad Barrow atop the highest point of the down at 532m. This is one of the largest cairns on Dartmoor, but mostly an earthen construction, unlike many of the others. In its southern edge is an excavated stone structure, whether the remains of an old chamber or a more modern construction I do not know. In the central area on top is what looks like a grave, with a dug stony area and ... Read More |
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| Grimspound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | I've not been to Grimspound for many a year now, in fact too long. It really is wonderful, with a multiplicity of circular hut buildings within a huge encircling wall. A lovely place to sit and eat my lunch in one of the huts, with the Challacombe stone rows visible on the hillside the other side of the valley and the Warren House Inn way beyond them. Triffic. | ||
| Hamel Down Platform Cairn (North) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Dec 2022 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Climb up to the top of Hamel Down for a walk along the ridge, with splendid views down onto Grimspound from the slopes. Once at the top there is a large cairn and trig point. It looks to me as though the current pile of stones is a relatively modern construction, but there seems to be a large circular platform which is presumably the base of the original cairn here, with some large stones spaced around it. Beautiful views all around, I spend some... Read More |
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| Money Pit cairn | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Dec 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Passing by the Money Pit cairn, had to go for a quick look. I also had a quick look for the southern, top, end of the treble stone row, but didn't follow it down the hill, as we were walking the other direction. | ||
| Cator Common Platform Cairn and Cist | Cairn | England | Devon | Couldn't find | 6th Dec 2022 | Driving back to the cottage from Postbridge, thought I'd have a quick look for the remains of this cairn circle and cist, although I didn't have any details with me and no phone signal. It's not very accurately marked on the OS map I had with me, but I had a walk alonside the river in the boggy ground but it was getting dark and I could find nothing. Reading up on it when home, and its up on the slope somewhere. | |||||
| Rippon Tor | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 9th Dec 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The forecast is for a cold icy but bright sunny day as we pack up and leave Splash Cottage, so I decide for a walk up to Rippon Tor and around before the journey home. Unfortunately the real weather up there means I am in the clouds and fog. I make the effort to climb the tor, but its freezing fog up there, and can't see more than about 25 metres, so have a quick wander to the hilltop cairns, cross and millstone, then back down to the car via an ... Read More |
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| Bowerman's Nose | Rock Outcrop | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Dec 2022 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Walk up and over the hilltop, then go and have a proper look at Bowerman's Nose, a really fabulous rock outcrop, said to represent the giant hunter turned to stone by a coven of witches. Lots of photo opportunities here! | ||
| Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Dec 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Walk from Hound Tor over the top and down to the deserted medieval village in a dip on the eastern side of the Tor. This started in the bronze age, but the remains to be seen these days are from the medieval period. The remains include several longhouses and other buildings which are really fascinating to wander around, trying to figure out what was what. | ||
| Corndon Down Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walk from Ponsworthy up and over Corndon Hill, taking in the money pit, Sharp Tor and Dr Blackall's ride, stopping for lunch at the Tavistock Inn. At the top of the main, southern summit, is a granite tor surrounded by masses of cairn material. About 50 metres to the north is another large cairn, which also encompasses a granite outcrop. Both are about 25 metres diameter. To the west of the tor top cairn are several edge set slabs in a line, whic... Read More |
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| Corndon Down N Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Dec 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walk from Ponsworthy up and over Corndon Hill, taking in the money pit, Sharp Tor and Dr Blackall's ride, stopping for lunch at the Tavistock Inn. At the top of the northern summit, east west across the top, are two large cairns about 20 to 25 metres diameter, both of which have been mutilated by previous visitors to make crude shelters. There is an ancient reave running across the hill, and I thought I saw signs of a possible row emanating from ... Read More |
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| Moor Divock 6, 7 and 8 | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Couldn't find | 20th Sep 2022 | Now much later than my explorations, I am looking at an old antiquarian article, "The Prehistoric Remains on Moordivock, near Ullswater. — By M. WAISTELL TAYLOR". I see that in approximately where the shake hole and gulley was, there are marked cairn circles MD6, MD7 and MD8. These are nowhere near where they were recorded on the megalithic portal, which I had been to look for at the end of my visit, right up near Heughscar Hill. Cairn MD6 is rec... Read More |
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| Askham Fell Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From Moor Divock 5, I walk off to the northwest towards White Raise cairn, which can clearly be seen. Much of the bracken has been cut back, and it seems a reasonable way to go. I start to see lots of stones poking their pale tops clear of the grass. Am I imagining it, or is this some sort of stone row. It certainly looks possible. Further on, and there are more stones, some of them quite large and certainly not in natural positions. Intriguing. ... Read More |
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| Moor Divock 5 | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I walked further along the main trackway, before taking a small path out towards the obvious cairn of Moor Divock 5. It is an obvious large round cairn with three large stones in a sort of row sticking out across the top and many others laying around, presumably once making up a ring around a hollow in the centre of the cairn. Nearby to the north is another raised mound which initially looks to be another cairn, which the sheep like to sit on. Wh... Read More |
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| Moor Divock 4 to 5 Stone Avenue | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cumbria | Couldn't find | 20th Sep 2022 | Having walked back to the main trackway, I headed along it in a northwesterly direction, before taking a small path out towards the obvious cairn of MD5. As a result, I didn't see anything of the MD4-5 avenue, as I didn't know it was here to look for, and wouldn't have been in the right place by fate. | |||||
| Moor Divock carved stone | Rock Art | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | Having got the portal details of this I had a good look in a couple of places where I found two cairn/shooting butt structures in a sort of wall. The best I found was a stone with several holes in it, which I didn't think were anything other than natural or perhaps quarrying marks. But I probably didn't find the listed stone. | |||||
| Moor Divock 3 | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | From MD4 I head back to the main trackway, where my attention is drawn to a couple of large stones laying just off the trackway to the right. I wonder if this was once a cairn with a few kerbstones. I look at the portal again, and see a cup marked stone somewhere around here, and wonder if it is that? No, its not that, which is marked further to the north. Thinking back now home, three weeks later and having got the old plan in front of me, I won... Read More |
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| Moor Divock 4 | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | From the MD2 stones, there is a path out to the clearly seen standing stones of Moor Divock 4, marked as Cairn Circle on the OS map. This consists of a round cairn of stones, surmounted by a ring of about 10 large stones standing proudly on top. It’s a lovely little thing, and from it can be quite clearly seen several other cairns on this moorland plateau. I sit here for a while just looking at the world around me and start to wonder. If this is ... Read More |
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| Askham Fell Cairn Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | I notice online that a little avenue is declared to the south of MD4, so I have a good look around. I see perhaps a couple of stones, and maybe a set of 4 in a square arrangement, but nothing which shouts out to me that here is a stone row. | ||
| Moor Divock 2 | Standing Stones | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the Cop Stone, I head off along the trackway until I see the stones of the little cairn circle Moor Divock 4 off in the distance, so then head off along a smaller path towards that. There are a couple of large stones standing proud of the ground which I go to look at, and it seems they are clearly stood up and standing in their positions with a few smaller stones also. Clearly not natural. I later find this to be Moor Divock 2. | ||
| Cop Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It’s a simple drive from Mayburgh up through Askham, then on to Helton and up onto the moorland plateau, with plenty of parking beside the road near to the Cop Stone. Boots on, map in pocket, water, sandwiches, camera and raincoat in bag, tracker set, then its off for my exploration of the Moor Divock sites. It's quite busy up here, with a constant stream of people walking and cycling past. First off is the Cop Stone, which is for some reason muc... Read More |
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| King Arthur's Round Table | Henge | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 | From Mayburgh I walk to King Arthur's Round Table, and then pop into its field for a walk around the outside. Much smaller, and more henge like than the nearby Mayburgh, this has the ditch well inside the outer bank. Unfortunately, being so close to the busy roads, it suffers a fair bit in the ambience stakes. | ||
| Mayburgh | Henge | England | Cumbria | Visited | 20th Sep 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After a fabulous breakfast its time to start my day. Once I have found my way out of Penrith, cross the river and turn right at Eaumont Bridge, right by King Arthur's Round Table henge. Right again before the motorway near a large millennium stone, and theres a parking area. Short walk to Mayburgh Henge, and what a fabulous place it is. Far bigger than I had imagined, the effort it must have taken to create this out of millions of river boulders ... Read More |
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| Oddendale | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 4 | 5 | 3 | I now walk south along the trackway past the rough limestone pavement before heading out southwesterly across the open land to find the Oddendale circles. Quite hard to see at first, then they come into view, the stones hiding amongst the long grass. Upon closer inspection it is a really fabulous site, a large outer ring of big boulders surrounding a smaller ring with possible remains of a cist at the centre. There are several outlying stones aro... Read More |
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| Giants Grave, Penrith | Ancient Cross | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | An evening in Penrith, and despite thinking I knew something like hogback stones were here, I missed seeing the Giant's Grave in the dark with the churchyard gates closed. But I did see the Giant's Thumb carved cross and take a picture of it from the nearby path. | ||
| Kalmott cairn circle | Ring Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Continue south to Oddendale, where plenty of parking is available on the open moor. Walking south, and below the trees beside the wall just past the farm entrance is found a small circle of stones with a central cist structure. A lovely little monument, and makes me wonder how many more of these there must have been all over these hills. | ||
| Iron Hill South | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Just to the south of the hilltop barrow can be seen a small circle of large boulders, with a few more in the centre which may once have formed a cist. | ||
| Iron Hill North | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Continuing on south and I park near the large flooded quarry, from where it’s a short walk uphill to the east to the top of Iron Hill. The northerly circle is a ring of stones surrounding a large round tumulus which is bisected by the field wall which runs right over the top of it. On the southern side, the circle of kerbstones is almost complete, but I could see nothing on the northern side, but couldnt gain access to have a close look. | ||
| Castlehowe Scar Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just to the west of the stone circle is what appears to be another rubble cairn surrounded by low boulders, with what seems to be a row or avenue of stones running south down a little valley across the open land. | ||
| Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Onwards to Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle, my first new circle of the day. Easy parking beside the small lane running south, and its easy to see the circle just in the next field, but no entrance available today. It’s a small scruffy circle of large boulders, close to the field wall and with a cattle feeder placed inside it. | ||
| Thunder Stone (Castlehowe Scar) | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Head out to the east of Shap, and the first stop is another Thunder Stone, this one an erratic perched just above a small old quarry, looming large on the skyline when approaching from the west. | ||
| Thunder Stone (Shap) | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 | At the northwest end of the avenue is the large Thunder Stone, a view of which can be had across the field near the farm. | ||
| Keld Lane Stones | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Back to the car, and this stone can be seen in front of the wall on the skyline to the northwest, beyond the first few fields. I decide I can go and get a closer look at it by driving up to the north and then walking down the little lane. There are two stones in the field by the wall here, the larger stone that I could see before, and also a smaller one. | ||
| Aspers Field | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In the field between the lane and the Goggleby Stone can be seen a large leaning stone nearby the wall. Can get a good view of this stone from both sides | ||
| Goggleby Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 4 | 3 | 4 | i drive through Shap and up the lanes to the northwest, finding somewhere to park, then just a little walk to the Goggleby Stone. Slightly disappointed to find it not so large as I had been thinking, and also very crudely concreted into the ground. | ||
| The Giant's Foot (Cumbria) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | After a pint at the Kings arms I decide I have enough time to have a look for many of the Shap stones. First off is the Giant's Foot, which is just across a field behind the house at the back of the pub. It’s a large flat stone. | ||
| Kemp Howe | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Driving up to Penrith on the day of the Queen's funeral, the M5 and M6 nicely free of traffic, I turn off at Shap for a look at some of the Shap Avenue stones. A quick look at Kemp Howe stone circle, but the field is closed off with livestock inside, so I satisfy myself with a look over the gate. | ||
| Kemp Howe | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 30th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Shap Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Cumbria | Visited | 19th Sep 2022 | Driving up to Penrith on the day of the Queen's funeral, the M5 and M6 nicely free of traffic. I turn off at Shap for a look at some of the Shap Avenue stones. After a pint at the Kings Arms I decide I have enough time to have a look for many of the Shap stones. | |||||
| St Nicholas (West Tanfield) | Ancient Cross | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 27th Sep 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | After visiting the Thornborough Henges on my way back from Northumberland, I call in to the Bull Inn at West Tanfield for a pint, and notice that there is something marked at the local church. A very interesting old place with pele tower outside; I cannot look inside the church as there is building work going on, but outside in the churchyard, there is what looks like a very interesting and ancient cross shaft mounted on a block. Its obviously fa... Read More |
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| Tottiford Reservoir Row S | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | With the drought of 2022 now exposing the stone circle in Tottiford reservoir, I went down for an exploration. In the southern part of the reservoir, is an obvious large mound, which is all sandy rather than dark mud covered. To the south of the mound, which is elongated in this direction, can be seen remains of a double stone row extending further south into the waters of the lake. It was too wet and muddy for me to get to any of the obviously r... Read More |
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| Tottiford Reservoir Row N | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | With the drought of 2022 now exposing the stone circle in Tottiford reservoir for only the second time in 150 years, I went down for an exploration. In the southern part of the reservoir, below the footpath causeway bridge, can be seen a single row of stones progressing across the muddy lakebed in a westerly direction from the eastern shore. About 50 metres in length, several regularly spaced large stones can be seen. Trying to get close to the m... Read More |
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| Tottiford Reservoir mound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 4 | 2 | In the southern part of the reservoir, is an obvious large mound, which is all sandy rather than dark mud covered. No doubt this has been some form of island at some time. To the northeast of this mound is the remains of a stone sircle, and then further away a single stone row. To the south of the mound, which is elongated in this direction, can be seen remains of a double stone row extending further south into the waters of the lake. To the east... Read More |
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| Tottiford Reservoir cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 2 | 4 | 2 | To the east of the mound, between it and the eastern shore, can be seen several round piles of stones, which may be ancient cairns, but I am not too convinced, as they look neither big enough, and seem strangely spaced and positioned in what would have been a wet position. There seemes to be a fairly regularly spaced row of these stone piles along much of the eastern shoreline. Watching the Time Team program later and they showed that these were ... Read More |
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| Tottiford Reservoir | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | With the drought of 2022 now exposing the stone circle in Tottiford reservoir for only the second time in 150 years, I went down for an exploration. Despite overnight storms making the lakebed very wet, slippery and muddy, I was able to walk to the circle, and around most of it. Despite getting very wet and muddy feet, and slipping several times, I managed to make it back to dry land without falling flat in the mud!
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| Tottiford Reservoir circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | With the drought of 2022 now exposing the stone circle in Tottiford reservoir for only the second time in 150 years, I went down for an exploration. Despite overnight storms making the lakebed very wet, slippery and muddy, I was able to walk to the circle, and around most of it.
In the southern part of the reservoir, below the footpath causeway bridge and to the northwest of the obvious lage dry mound, can be seen a few stones of a stone circ... Read More |
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| Chun Quoit | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 4 | 5 | 3 | After struggling to find somewhere to eat, I really want to see Chun Quoit and Castle at sundown, so with a rapid drive, being guided by another force, I get to the bottom of the hill already in full shadow. Its almost 30 years since I last climbed the hill to visit the Chûn sites. A rapid walk up to the top, its a long way, and I get to the quoit just as it is in the golden glow of the sunset, but perhaps now past its best. Lots of photos, inclu... Read More |
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| Chun Castle | Hillfort | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 4 | 5 | 3 | After struggling to find somewhere to eat, I really want to see Chun Quoit and Castle at sundown, so with a rapid drive, being guided by another force, I get to the bottom of the hill already in full shadow. Its almost 30 years since I last climbed the hill to visit the Chûn sites. A rapid walk up to the top, its a long way, and I get to the quoit just as it is in the golden glow of the sunset, but perhaps now past its best. Lots of photos, inclu... Read More |
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| Bolatherick | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Despite looking for this and not being able to find it the other year due to a wrong grid ref given, this stone is very easy to find, and I must have seen it many times. Not a large stone, it is engraved on one side with Newmans Corner. | ||
| Carn Euny Fogou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 5 | 4 | 4 | I move on to Carn Euny village with its fantastic fogou, which has now had the round chamber covered, really magical. The remains of the village courtyard houses do not match up to the wonders of Chysauster, but this is more than made up for by the magic of the fogou. | ||
| Carn Euny Fogou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 15th May 1986 | ||||||
| Carn Euny Village | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | I move on to Carn Euny village with its fantastic fogou, which has now had the round chamber covered, really magical. The remains of the village courtyard houses do not match up to the wonders of Chysauster, but this is more than made up for by the magic of the fogou. | ||
| Chapel Euny Well 2 | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 2 | 3 | 4 | From Boscawen-Un stone circle I move on to Carn Euny, walking up to the village via an old well site, in the very dark shade below some trees. | ||
| Chapel Carn Brea Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | As it is such a lovely afternoon, I decided to climb Chapel Carn Brea hill with its cairns, and a fabulous view all the way around, the Isles of Scilly very clear out in the distance. Apart from the large hilltop cairn, there are clearly a couple of other cairns up here. First is an elongated stone structure on the southern hilltop, quite near to the modern firebeacon. It appears to have a kerb structure around a large chamber at the southern end... Read More |
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| Chapel Carn Brea Tomb | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | As it is such a lovely afternoon, I decided to climb Chapel Carn Brea hill with its cairns, and a fabulous view all the way around, the Isles of Scilly very clear out in the distance. The main hilltop cairn is very large, but very difficult to make anything out properly as it has been very mutilated. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber? | ||
| Boscawen Un | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Go to Boscawen-Un stone circle to eat my crab sandwich. It is looking really magnificent in the sun, with all the wildflowers and I have it all to myself. Walking back to the car later there was a minibus full of people coming to visit, so that was timed just right. | ||
| Boscawen Un | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Sep 2012 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Took Dad here, and made sure he knew it is one of my favourite places. Dad thought it was great too. Low sun, shining on the stones, sparkling on the quartz, just terriffic. I love it here. So beautiful and quiet and calm. Just perfect. | ||
| Boscawen Un | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2008 | 5 | 5 | 3 | The easiest way to find this circle is to park in a small pull in beside the A30 just to the east of the stream crossing at Lower Leha farm, at SW410277. There is now a marked path running south from here, looked after by CASPN, as is the circle itself. Unlike when I last visited, the paths and circles were nicely cleared of gorse and bracken, and it was a pleasure to walk to it, unlike the fight through jungle I had a few years ago. The circle i... Read More |
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| Boscawen Un | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jul 2003 | Visited during a day in Penzance before catching a train to Plymouth for a sailing trip to the Scilly Isles | |||||
| Chysauster | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Day down to Penwith and start with a visit to Chysauster, which is looking magnificent on this bluesky morning, I just love it with all the wildflowers out. A lot of tidying work has been done around most of the houses, and some informative signs installed, along with a raised viewing area allowing a vision of the whole site. So fabulous to see this wonderful ancient village again. | ||
| Chysauster Fogou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Day down to Penwith and start with a visit to Chysauster, which is looking magnificent. Just love it with all the wildflowers out. Once in the site, over to the right hand side is the fogou, sadly fenced off and said to be unsafe, as it was when I came here in the 1980's. Shame it cant be made accessible. | ||
| Maen Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From Sennen Cove, I decide to walk up to the coastguard lookout shelter and on to look at the shipwreck of the RMS Mülheim, wrecked March 2003, the path passing right beside the Mayon Cliff cairn, and with the cliff castle clearly visible the other side. | ||
| Mayon Cliff cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jun 2022 | 3 | 5 | 4 | From Sennen Cove, I decide to walk up to the coastguard lookout shelter and on to look at the shipwreck of the RMS Mülheim, wrecked March 2003, the path passing right beside the Mayon Cliff cairn, and with the cliff castle clearly visible the other side. | ||
| Dry Tree Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After an afternoon visiting Kynance Cove and Lizard Point, then dinner at the Witchball, it is getting late, and I want to go find the Dry Tree menhir beside Goonhilly Downs Earth Station. Park in the nature reserve car park and a lovely walk all around, to find the glorious mix of ancient standing stone and tumuli, juxtaposed beside all the hiTech tracking station dishes. Lovely in the setting sun. | ||
| Piskey’s Hall – The Fairy’s Fogou | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | I want to stop for my pasty at the Piskeys Hall fogou, but it takes me several attempts to find it, and only then I have to climb over a gate into a thankfully empty field, but see nothing like any of the pictures I have seen. It must be over by the far edge of the field somewhere, but there's nothing obvious, just a very overgrown clump. Its all very overgrown, and at first I cannot find anything to see, but then I do see a stone lined entrance ... Read More |
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| Halliggye | Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 16th Jun 2022 | 5 | 5 | 3 | A day down to The Lizard for a couple of fogous and the Verdant Brewery. Start with Halliggye Fogou, but found it hard to find in the Trelowarren Estate. After driving all around the estate, I found a place to park near the house, but could still find no obvious signs to the fogou despite it being in the care of EH. After a lot of walking and asking people, I eventually found it. The way back to the car was easier, and at a sort of back entrance ... Read More |
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| Roughtor north | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | To the northwest of the bulk of Roughtor is a very large and strung out settlement, and cairns. | ||
| Roughtor South | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | North of the stone circle, and south of the bulk of Roughtor are the remains of a large and complex settlement | ||
| Fernacre | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Walking around Fernacre stone circle today I counted 53 stones, plus the outlier. There are no doubt more under the grassy tufts. Its splendid here today, although the overcast sky makes it bad for photos | ||
| Fernacre Outlier | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Down from Brown Willy, I walk around the western end of Roughtor, firstly visiting Fernacre stone circle with its outlier. | ||
| Brown Willy Cairn S | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Walk south along the Brown Willy ridgetop, and there is a really splendid cairn at the southern top. | ||
| Brown Willy Barrow Cemetery | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Up to the top of Brown Willy, where there is a large cairn, with trig point and modern rearrangements on the northern top, where I eat my pasty. Walk south along the ridgetop, and there is a really splendid cairn at the southern top. | ||
| Roughtor well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Sep 2014 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This was a nice find, and I am amazed that I never knew of its existance in the past. A nice stone trough and well front has been built over a fairly vigourous spring quite high up on the Roughtor Massif, approximately halfway between the main Roughtor top and the Showery Tor top on the northwestern hillside. It is fairly easy to find amongst all of the other natural clitter on a clear day, as the stream which runs out from it can be seen at is ... Read More |
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| Roughtor settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Sep 2014 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Around the top of the Roughtor hilltop, from Little Roughtor in the northeast to the main Roughtor summit in the southwest, can be seen the remains of a stone bank encircling the hilltop. In places this stone bank remains very significant, but in other places, particularly on the steeper slopes, it is less significant, probably due to stones falling off and rolling down the hillside amongst all of the other clitter. There are remains of a few cai... Read More |
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| Little Roughtor Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Sep 2014 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The granite outcrops at the top of Little RoughTor, halfway between Showery Tor and the main Roughtor summits are also seen to have remains of cairn structures surrounding and attached to some of the significant granite outcrops. | ||
| Showery Tor Ring Cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 4 | 5 | 3 | A day to climb up Roughtor and Brown Willy. Start off up to Showery Tor with its splendid ring cairn around the cheesewring on top. | ||
| Showery Tor Ring Cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Aug 2014 | 4 | 5 | 3 | The beautiful pile of weathered and balanced granite slabs at the top of Showery Tor has a very large and well defined ring of stones around it. No doubt this place was of great significance to the ancient people who lived around here. | ||
| Easter Aquhorthies | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 10th Oct 2016 | 5 | 5 | 4 | A couple of miles to the west of Inverurie, in some very rural farmland, is the Easter Aquhorthies stone circle. There is a little parking area from which it is a few hundred metres walk aup the lane to the circle. While I was visiting, the local farmer was out with the BT men having his line fixed or adjusted so that he can get a proper broadband connection, if only I could get such a service. The beautiful stone circle, almost complete, is cont... Read More |
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| Harlyn Bay | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jun 2022 | Walk all the way around the coast to Harlyn, where I think I pass the ancient burial grounds. Now desperate for a pint I am expecting to find the pub once up off the beach by the bridge. I found no signs of what I remember as a little museum with remains, or indeed, more annoyingly at the time after a long hot walk, the pub, as everything is all being rebuilt into lots of expensive appartments, so a good thing I did carry a pasty, but I really co... Read More |
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| Constantine Island | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jun 2022 | 2 | 5 | 3 | A long walk round Trevose Head starting at Constantine. I cross Constantine Beach, and climb up for a look on the islet between Constantine and Booby's beaches. Is this remains of a cairn? Moving on, I drop down into Booby's Bay, hoping to see the remnants of the S.V. Carl shipwreck, but the sands have covered most of it up again. | ||
| St Teath Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Jun 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Lovely tall cross in the churchyard at St Teath, not far from the White Hart. Ambience somewhat spoiled by all the signs below it. | ||
| Blisland Millennium Stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jun 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A large granite standing stone in the village of Blisland commemorating the Millennium | ||
| Cardinham Moor stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Standing stone, and a couple of prostrate slabs and stumps on Cardinham Moor, beyond what is described as the southern end of the stone row. From the leaning pillar which is described as Stone 1 of the stone row, I could see another stone standing to the south, so went for a look, where I found a couple more. These stones are further to the south, and in as good a line as the rest of the stone row (its not straight, is it!). They also show up on... Read More |
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| Cardinham Moor row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jun 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Parked at the rest area beside the A30 near Temple and walked southwest across the moor to exploor Cardinham Moor stone row. Pass beside the large pond, no doubt some mining remnant, then can see a stone standing up on the hillside. Once up there a few more come into sight. Its not straight, is it !! I follow it south to a large leaning pillar, which I later see described as Stone 1, the southern end. However, I see another stone standing over ... Read More |
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| St Pratt's Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | To the Blisland Inn for a wonderful crab sandwich and a pint of King Buddha's Blisland Special before driving back to Bristol, stopping for a proper look at this cross. | ||
| Greenbarrow Downs | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | There are two large green round cairns up here, each with several large stones around the edges, possibly kerb stones. There should be a third cairn somewhere, but its not so obvious. Time to get back, making sure I pass the stone row end again, having a look for any others I could find further east, but nothing. | ||
| Trehudreth Downs C | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Further south can be seen another standing stone at the top of the hill, which to get to means passing over a shaped stoney area, perhaps cairns, perhaps some long fallen buildings. The big stone stands proudly, a bit taller than myself. Near to it are two other similar stones, now prone on the ground making a short row of three. | ||
| Trehudreth Downs A | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I now walk south up the hill to the big slab which can be seen from afar. At its base is another smaller slab at right angles to it, and a few more bits and pieces around. | ||
| Trehudreth Downs B | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | In about what should be the middle of the stone row, past the cows and further on I find a sort of stone setting, which I think is what I have called Trehudreth Downs B stone setting. There is a sort of standing stone stump, with a few other bits arranged in a square around it, and is certainly not natural. Once home, looking in my Bodmin Moor survey, and I find it is included as a stone setting in there. | ||
| Trehudreth Downs row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jun 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A mixed weather forecast for today, and after some horrendous rain, it stops so I go for an extensive exploration of Trehudreth Down, with its standing stones and stone row. Apart from the standing stone to the south, nothing much is readily seen, so I resort to using my GPS, and eventually find a long fallen stone, possibly the northeastern end. I find about 5 more stumps and little stones spaced out in a southwestern direction, but then anythin... Read More |
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| Devil's Arrows | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 13th May 2022 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Its not too far from York, so I went for a look at the Devil's Arrows, which were easy to find. Despite a new housing estate now encroaching and the very nearby A1 and A1(M), these are still at large in fields and feel wild and free. All three stones are magnificent and monsters with interesting rainules running down them. Magnificent. | ||
| Rudston Monolith | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Yorkshire (East) | Visited | 12th May 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A day to Scarborough from York, so made sure of a visit to this and Wetwang on the way. I was expecting to be slightly disappointed after all the French monster menhirs I have seen, but in actuality I was impressed. Its huge, and obviously well shaped. Only disappointment is the metal hat, and that its "caged" in the churchyard, rather than being wild and free. Also another small stone and cist grave in the corner of the churchyard. Lovely. | ||
| Roundy Park settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Saw from a distance | 3rd May 2022 | I now try to walk south from the Beehive Hut along the marked bridleway beside the Dart, but its hard going, very rough and largely overgrown, I find it to be much easier higher up on the moorland. South over the top of Hartland Tor with good views south towards Bellever Tor and Roundy Park settlement clear on the other side of the river. Onwards down to the Dart again, through the Hartyland estate to Postbridge, having a look at the old clapper ... Read More |
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| Lade Hill Brook Beehive Hut | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Getting down from White Ridge to the river and Beehive Hut is a bit tricky finding the way through the gorse here where it is very rough and largely overgrown, but once down it was easy to find. A splendid little construction and seeing it makes me think I have been here before, possibly on one of those mega expeditions in the 1980's, or perhaps I am confusing it with some of the similar orries in the Ariege Pyrénées. I see my only other person o... Read More |
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| White Ridge SW cairn | Round Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 4 | 2 | After lunch on the top of White Ridge, I head westwards through some remnants of ancient settlements and a couple of cairns and down to the East Dart to find the Beehive Hut. The settlement remains are very sparse and scattered, but would no doubt show some form from the air. I found the cairn at the second attempt it again clearly showing as a green stony circle, no obvious hollow in the centre, but perhaps some remains of a stone surround. | ||
| White Ridge SW settlements | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 4 | 2 | After lunch on the top of White Ridge, I head westwards through some remnants of ancient settlements and a couple of cairns and down to the East Dart to find the Beehive Hut. The settlement remains are very sparse and scattered, but would no doubt show some form from the air. | ||
| White Ridge cairn | Round Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 4 | 2 | After a quick drink on the cairn of the stone row, I head up onto the top of White Ridge for lunch with views all around. There are a few storms blowing in, but thankfully they all avoided me. There is clearly a cairn up here, given away not only by the green stony circle amongst all the pale strawgrass which is everywhere else, but it also has a hollow in the centre, where it has clearly been dug in the past. | ||
| White Ridge stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 3 | 2 | From the Stannon Newtake cairn with cist, I head north to the boundary wall where it is indicated on the map that the south end of White Ridge stone row is to be found (before it was discovered to run much further down the hill, which I didn't know at the time). Using my GPS I found the correct spot, and saw a couple of possible stones, then looking back south into the newtake, I could see s cleared strip of land going right down to where the cai... Read More |
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| Stannon Newtake West Cairn and row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 2 | 3 | 2 | From the Stannon Newtake cairn with cist, I tried to get to the cairn with possible small stone row which is nearby down the hill. However, I could not get through all the chest height gorse and heather to find it. I do think that I saw a couple of the larger stones further down, standing in a cleared area. I later find out that the whole length of the White Ridge stone row has been cleared and links up with these stones, which are possibly the e... Read More |
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| Stannon Newtake cist | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd May 2022 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Walk north over Merripit Hill and on via Stannon Newtake to look for this cairn with cist, which is easily found. The cist is a bit overgrown and I can only see one side of it, but the surrounding semi circle of large stones is in fine condition. | ||
| Southmead Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 2nd Jun 2022 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Remarkably well preserved round barrow now a part of the recently created Badock's Wood nature reserve | ||
| Challacombe rows | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Apr 1988 | ||||||
| Burderop Down Disc Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 17th Apr 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Eventually finding my way back west and up the hill through the recently diverted and fenced pathways, I pass by the large circular ring barrow, now getting a bit overgrown from the other pictures I have seen. Up to the top of the hill and a good view over the site is had. | ||
| Draycot Foliat Bowl Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 17th Apr 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Not the nicest of walks along the old Ridgeway which is now a dusty/muddy/rutted gravel farm track, with several bits fenced and rerouted, I eventually get to the first of two barrows marked. On the north of the track is a large overgrown mound, which is well dug by badgers. A bit further east and to the south of the track where the other barrow is marked, there is nothing to see other than a difference in the growth of the yellow flowering rapes... Read More |
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| Barbury Castle Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 17th Apr 2022 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Around Barbury Castle are several other circular features and pits, some of which may be the remains of ancient barrows alond with some relatively modern flint pits. Following the Ridgeway west, there is a clear disc barrow on the slopes down from the castle, and some round barrows in the saddle below the hills. | ||
| Barbury Castle | Hillfort | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 17th Apr 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Easter visit to Barbury Castle and a walk on bits of The Ridgeway. This is a lovely well defined hillfort with full double ramparts and good views all around. Several other circular features and pits which may be the remains of ancient barrows and relatively modern flint pits. Interesting to see the views north from the ramparts, the old Wroughton airfield now covered with a solar farm. | ||
| Memorial stone to Richard Jefferies and Alfred Williams | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 17th Apr 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | To the east of Barbury Castle, just below the ridge of Burderop Down, on the northern slopes below the wood and with great views over the plains to the north of the downs, is seen a stone standing. Closer inspection shows it to be concreted in place, and with two plaques mounted on it, as a memorial to Richard Jefferies and Alfred Williams, two local authors, and erected in 1939. | ||
| North Stoke Promontory Fort | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Somerset | Visited | 10th Apr 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | A walk round Lansdown battlefields and around the racecourse, making sure to check out the hillfort defences this time, which are more substantial than I remember. Lovely views to south and west, overlooking the Avon valley and watch the birds. | ||
| North Stoke Promontory Fort | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Jul 2015 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Having a walk round Lansdown, passed through this hillfort. Didn't notice too much of the internal banks and ditches, but must have walked alongside them for a while! The hilltop edge is very steep, and the views to south and west are supreme. A lovely place to stand and stare! | ||
| Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 3rd Apr 2022 | 3 | 4 | 4 | A walk up Offas Dyke from Chepstow to Brockweir, and not hammering down with rain this time, so I got a few snaps. The banks are not built as big as further north, but there is a lot of stone in the construction here, looking more like a wall in places. | ||
| Sudbrook Camp | Hillfort | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 26th Mar 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking the Welsh Coast Path from Chepstow to Caldicot. Remains of iron age fortifications on the banks of the Severn estuary at Sudbrook, beside the railway tunnel pumping station and the landfall of the M4 Severn Crossing on the Welsh side. Lovely looking out to sea when the tide is in, not so lovely looking inland with the houses built so near. | ||
| Thornwell Farm | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 26th Mar 2022 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Walking the Welsh Coast Path from Chepstow to Caldicot. Remains of a chambered longbarrow on a green area in the housing estate of Thornwell, near to the motorway junction south of Chepstow. Remains of two slab sided chambers can still be seen when the undergrowth is low. | ||
| Thornwell Round Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 11th Nov 2006 | 2 | 2 | 5 | About 100 metres to the east of the chambered tomb, following a footpath up between the houses, the remains of a bronze age round barrow can be found in another green grassy area left between the houses. Its about 10 metres in diameter, and in a few places an occasional stone can be seen to be sticking through the grass. | ||
| Thornwell Farm | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 11th Nov 2006 | 2 | 2 | 5 | On a housing estate to the south of Chepstow, right beside the Severn Bridge motorway junction from where it can be seen, are to be found the sad remains of a once major neolithic chambered tomb. It is to be found on a green space between the houses of Fountains Way and the back of a shopping area, and has a very large old oak tree growing on top of it. Under the tree can be seen remains of a large mound with various rocks sticking out, particula... Read More |
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| The Bulwarks (Monmouthshire) | Hillfort | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 26th Mar 2022 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Walking the Welsh Coast Path route from Chepstow to Caldicot. Remains of a hillfort / camp built by the Silures in the late Iron Age, overlooking the river Wye just to the south of Chepstow. Good views from the corner where the trees are cut back | ||
| Giant's Caves | Chambered Cairn | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 6th Mar 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A lot of the large trees and overgrowth has gone since I was last here 19 years ago, but its still overrun with brambles etc, and not in a good condition. The remains of three chambers are easily found with large side slabs still in place, but there is also a worrying heap of large slabs piled nearby, no doubt once part of the structures. I didn't do too much delving to see what else I could find. | ||
| Luckington II | Chambered Tomb | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 6th Mar 2022 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Windy grey walk round Badminton estate, then a look at the Luckington long barrows, finishing with a pint at the Old Royal Ship. On the southern side of the lane opposite the Giant's Caves longbarrow is the large unkempt raise of the Luckington 2 longbarrow. I didn't go for a root around, and sitisfied myself with a few pics from over the hedge. | ||
| Lugbury | Chambered Tomb | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 13th Apr 2004 | 4 | This large long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the west of the Fosse Way. The remains of the barrow can clearly still be made out, and although the mound is now mostly gone, it is still clearly raised above the level of the field. The main remains of this tomb are however a large chamber at the eastern end, consisting of two large (2m) upright stones, with a fallen capstone leaning on them from behind. This capston... Read More |
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| Giant's Caves | Chambered Cairn | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 13th Apr 2004 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This fantastic long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the north of a little stream on the edge of the Badminton estate. The initial impression is that it is fairly ruinous, and has become overgrown with trees and undergrowth, but closer inspection reveals that there is much left here. Although the ends of the barrow appear to have been removed at sometime in the past, the remaining central part show what a large struc... Read More |
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| The Grickstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 13th Apr 2004 | 4 | Nice standing stone to the south of Grickstone farm, beside a footpath at the corner of a wood. The stone is about 6 foot in height, but due to the angle at which it leans, is only about 4 feet high. Nicely decorated with lichens. | ||||
| Grickstone Farm | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 13th Apr 2004 | 1 | This long barrow has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level | ||||
| Lanhill | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 13th Apr 2004 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This very nice long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the south of the A420 a couple of miles east of Chippenham. The remains of the barrow still seem largely intact, and it is several metres high along its central axis. At the centre of the southern side is a rock lined chamber, about 2½ m in length by 1½ metres in width, 1m height, which has obviously been restored, as the roof is now supported on steel bars. The op... Read More |
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| Irons Well (Eyeworth) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Hampshire | Visited | 2nd Feb 2022 | 3 | 2 | 4 | New Forest walk with an expected lunch stop at Fritham, but the pub was closed. Leaving we go downhill to a large pond with some serious birdwatchers, before following the stream up the valley passing a muddy area with a fenced off spring with iron rust red water burbling out of it. | ||
| Hiscocks Hill barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Hampshire | Visited | 2nd Feb 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walk with friends in the New Forest over heathland through an old bombing range, hunting down a few tumuli. Before we got to the (closed) pub at Fritham, I took a small detour to hunt down what is marked as tumulus on my map. | ||
| Ashley Walk mound | Artificial Mound | England | Hampshire | Visited | 2nd Feb 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walk with friends in the New Forest over heathland through an old bombing range, hunting down a few tumuli. This large mound was marked as tumulus on the OS map, where we stopped to have lunch. This area used to be Ashley Walk bombing range during WW2 and is pockmarked with craters. I find out later that it is possible that this large mound is the earthcovered remains of the "Submarine Pens" targets. | ||
| Ashley Cross tumuli | Round Barrow(s) | England | Hampshire | Visited | 2nd Feb 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walk with friends in the New Forest over heathland through an old bombing range, hunting down a few tumuli. This is a nicely formed round barrow just to the west of an old bombing range lookout building on the New Forest heathland at Ashley Cross. This area used to be the Ashley Walk bombing range during WW2 and is pockmarked with craters. | ||
| The Butts (Godshill) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Hampshire | Visited | 2nd Feb 2022 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walk with friends in the New Forest over heathland through an old bombing range, hunting down a few tumuli, The Butts being first, three in line nearby a pond. | ||
| Leighterton Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Nov 2004 | Massive long barrow to the east of the village of Leighterton, which can be seen walled in across a couple of fields. I could find no public access. The remains of this barrow are massive, and as is often the case, covered with trees. It looks to be one worthy of further exploration if possible. | |||||
| Buckholt Wood | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Saw from a distance | 14th Mar 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 | The remains of this badly damaged Long Barrow with possible Chambered Tomb can today be seen as a slight raise in the ground at the end of the Nympsfield Gliding Club – today to be seen just behind the winching equipment. This site has been badly damaged in the past by ploughing. I found nowhere obvious to park while driving north, and thought I’d come back later in the day, but didn’t. There seems to be a trackway nearby from where a better lo... Read More |
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| Hetty Pegler's Tump | Passage Grave | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Apr 2009 | 3 | 3 | 4 | March 2009 and Hetty Pegler`s Tump was closed and sealed off to the public, due to concerns over its safety, with the internal drystone walling collapsing due to vandalism and the weight of the capstones resting on these walls since the 19th century reconstruction. Scaffolding has been used to prop up the chambers, and the entrance passage and courtyard sealed and filled with earth. | ||
| Soldier's Grave | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Mar 2009 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow. It is said to be a really unusual round barrow from the Neolithic, and not a Bronze Age round barrow at all! The top of the barrow has a very large depression in it, where it has been cut into in the past. From Grinsell - Barrow... Read More |
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| Nympsfield | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Mar 2009 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This Chambered long barrow with a pair of side chambers and an end chamber, is located in Coaley Peak picnic area, on the edge of the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire. Once covered by a mound 27m long by 18m wide and with a horned forecourt, it contained between 20 and 30 burials. These days it is an easy and pleasant place to visit, with plenty of parking, picnic areas etc nearby, and some splendid views from the edge of the Cotswold Hills o... Read More |
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| The Toots (King's Stanley) | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 3 | 4 | 4 | Walking "The Selsey Circuit" of the Cotswold Way with San, and passed over the Toots. Snow on the hilltops! | |||
| The Toots (King's Stanley) | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Mar 2009 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Remains of a large unexcavated Long Barrow on the Cotswold escarpment slopes of Selsley Common, just to the south of Stroud in Gloucestershire. Possibly called 'The Toots' because of a hollow in the middle which makes it look as if it is composed of two mounds. The views on a good day from here are terrific, and the common is a favourite place for dogwalkers, kite flyers and model plane flying. | ||
| Belas Knap | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 10th Aug 2021 | 5 | 4 | 3 | A long Cotswold Way loop walk from Winchcombe, up to Belas Knap then over to Cleeve Hill via Postlip. A pint at the golf club, then up to the trig point and back to Winchcombe down the Isbourne valley. | ||
| Belas Knap | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 2nd Apr 2006 | A visit to Belas Knap after a day with megalithic portal people starting at Rollright | |||||
| Belas Knap | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 6th Jul 1986 | A visit to Belas Knap following a visit to the fledgling Glos Warwicks Railway | |||||
| Wareham Walls | Misc. Earthwork | England | Dorset | Visited | 18th Oct 2021 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A dull drizzly morning, so go for a look round Wareham, and walk all around the Saxon town walls, with the Saxon church of St. Martin-on-the-Walls on top by the northern entrance. | ||
| Corfe Castle West Hill barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Dorset | Visited | 16th Oct 2021 | 2 | 5 | 3 | A very steep walk up from Corfe Castle, where a slight mound can be found at the top of West Hill directly overlooking the Castle. A short distance to the west along the ridgetop and just below the ridgetop is a much more substantial circular earthwork which is a much better condition barrow. The ordnance survey feature marked tumulus aligns with this. Checking this and there is apparently the remains of three barrows here. | ||
| Knowle Hill Cross Dyke | Misc. Earthwork | England | Dorset | Visited | 16th Oct 2021 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Remains of a cross dyke is found crossing the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end. There are other cross dykes crossing this ridge at various places. | ||
| Knowle Hill Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Dorset | Visited | 16th Oct 2021 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Remains of several small barrows are found on the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end. | ||
| Rempstone | Stone Circle | England | Dorset | Visited | 15th Oct 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A quick look during a weekend in Purbeck. I found about 8 or 9 stones in the woods at the side of the road, probably in a circular shape, mostly well overgrown with brambles and ferns, with no way of telling what was really there, and could not see more than two stones at a time! Many of the stones had coins placed on them. A bit further along was a sort of stone setting, perhaps once part of an avenue, of which there was no way of telling whethe... Read More |
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| Rempstone | Stone Circle | England | Dorset | Visited | 1st Sep 2002 | Visit after a cycling weekend in Purbeck. I remember it being difficult to get into the wood to look at the stones, but once in there seeing a lot of stones seemingly littered around, with a few standing making a part of a small circle near to the road. Once known where it was, seeing one or two stones from the road as passing was possible, with one nice large stone stood at the edge of the woodland. Some of the stones had coins inserted into cre... Read More |
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| Swyre Head | Round Barrow(s) | England | Dorset | Visited | 17th Oct 2021 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walking with friends out to Swyre Head then down to the coast path and along to Kimmeridge and back along the ridge. This huge mound has beautiful views but is much modified for its previous use as a windmill base, now a perfect place for a sit. | ||
| The Harp Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Dorset | Visited | 17th Oct 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walking with friends from Swyre head to Kimmeridge. Up to the ridge again after lunch, where I went down the other side to look for the Harp Stone before returning to the ridge to join with the others who had waited. I was expecting to see the stone in the hedge at the far side of the field like the pictures on the portal, but no such luck, as the hedge was very overgrown. At first I found a tree stump, then a shiny pile of bracken but no sign of... Read More |
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| Bown Hill Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Couldn't find | 29th Sep 2021 | Fabulous loop walk from Coaley Peak picnic area, starting at Nympsfield long barrow, down through Woodchester Park, back up through the vineyards to Selsey Common, and back along the Cotswold Way through the lovely woodland on the edge of the hills. Hoping to get a glimpse of this longbarrow over a couple of fields, but no such luck or obvious way through towards it, and I have a long way to go so not adding on any extra! | |||||
| Nympsfield | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Sep 2021 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Fabulous loop walk from Coaley Peak picnic area, starting with a look at Nympsfield long barrow, then down through and past the lakes of Woodchester Park, back up through the vineyards to Selsey Common, before turning back along the Cotswold Way through the lovely woodland on the edge of the hills. | ||
| Randwick Cross Dyke | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th Aug 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Up in the woods at Randwick, and beyond the mountain biking trails and longbarrow, there is a crossdyke across the wooded ridge, basically a couple of banks with ditch between | ||
| Randwick Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th Aug 2021 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Up in the woods at Randwick, and in amongst all the mountain biking trails north of the longbarrow can be found a couple of low round barrows, which would be difficult to find if not using my GPS. | ||
| Randwick Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th Aug 2021 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cotswold Way loop walk, filling in the bit between Stonehouse and Standish woods. Up into the woods at Randwick, and in amongst all the mountain biking trails is the remains of this huge longbarrow, now all shorn of its overgrowth | ||
| Randwick Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Mar 2009 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This massive Long Barrow is to be found within Standish Wood, at the top of the hills to the north of Stroud. The remaining mound is about 55 metres in length, up to half as wide, and still 4 metres in height. At the northeastern end are the remains of a horned entrance with forecourt and a single stone lined chamber. Remains of this chamber are supposedly still to be seen, but the barrow is heavily overgrown, making any stone remains invisible... Read More |
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| Shortwood Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th Aug 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Cotswold Way loop walk, filling in the bit between Stonehouse and Standish woods. There are barrows marked below the topograph on the information boards, and indeed a few large circular mounds which don't look like the quarrying scars nearby. | ||
| Campden Lane gatepost | Marker Stone | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Sep 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Steam train from Toddington to Winchcombe, then Cotswold Way walk back north to Toddington stopping at Hailes Abbey and Beckbury hillfort. Beside the ancient trackway known as Campden Lane, is a substantial stone gatepost, one of a few in the locality of Beckbury Camp, which makes the mind think of possible previous uses. | ||
| Conies Down | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Sep 2021 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Maiden Hill, I now head south to look for the stone row I have dim memories of from the 1988 Lich Way moorland crossing, and as I approach down the hillside, there is a large herd of cattle, some looking at me menacingly with their horns, so I reluctantly decide to give them a wide berth, and don't get to the top of the row where there are a large group including calves laying around. H... Read More |
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| Conies Down | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Apr 1988 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Visited while on walk across Dartmoor on the Lich Way. Being new to Dartmoor Stone Rows, and not knowing how small the stones could be, I thought it to be very overgrown and insignificant. Knowing what I do now, its possibly quite a significant row! | ||
| Maiden Hill | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Sep 2021 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Devils Tor, looking to head on to Conies Down there seems two choices, either down and up the steep and deep Cowsic valley, or a longer route round the head of the valley further north, which I decide to take. The path is fairly good, and obviously used a fair bit by people on quad bikes, so is easy going except for the odd bit of bog. Onto the top of Maiden Hill, avoiding a large herd ... Read More |
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| Beardown Man | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Sep 2021 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. Now at Rough Tor I have now learned (remembered) that when walking on the open moor, any sort of path in roughly the right direction is easier than trying to cross the untamed and boggy moor, so standing on the top of the tor taking in the magnificent vista all around in the sun, decide on a route across to Devil's Tor on a pathway which heads to the south of it to start with, but looks most... Read More |
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| Crow Tor | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Sep 2021 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Beardown Cairn, and now back on the planned route but behind time, I see another chap out on the moor nearby, an old looking chap dressed in what looks like tweeds, and we exchange greetings. Head north towards Crow Tor, crossing a wall and small stream. Looking for the cairn below Crow Tor which is not marked on the map, and having an initial look where I think it is, I again resort to... Read More |
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| Beardown Cairn and Cist | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Sep 2021 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Beautiful sunny day forecast, and the Army firing range not in use today, so head down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. Park at Holming Beam at 12:00 after a busy journey down, and I am the only one there. Start by walking over to the first Beardown Tor with its Army firing post observation huts. Making a schoolboy error I head off to what I think is the next Beardown Tor across grassy open moorland, not checking as I go. Once at th... Read More |
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| Beardown Cairn and Cist | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Apr 1988 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Visited while on walk across Dartmoor on the Lich Way Easter 1988. Walked right by Beardown Cairn and Cist, on the heights between the Cowsic and West Dart rivers. My friend Antony tries out the cist for size. It certainly was the start of a funny event. It was very damp down the bottom of the cist. Sometime later along the walk towards Wistman's Wood, Antony was bringing up the rear, and it was noticed he was walking along with his trousers r... Read More |
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| Kiftsgate Stone | Holed Stone | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 6th Sep 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Cotswold Way walk from Chipping Campden to Broadway, making sure to have a look at the Kiftsgate Stone, which was well hidden amongst undergrowth, despite being just to the side of the road. Looked to me like it might possibly have once been part of a longbarrow chamber. | ||
| Beckbury Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Sep 2021 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Cotswold Way walk starting by taking the steam train from Toddington to Winchcombe, then walk back northeast to Toddington stopping at Hailes Abbey and Beckbury hillfort. Lovely | ||
| Shenberrow Hillfort | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 1st Sep 2021 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Cotswold Way walk starting with the steam train from Toddington to Broadway, a beer at the Crown & Trumpet, then walk back south along the Cotswold Way to Stanway, stopping for further refreshment at the Mount Inn, Stanton, below the fortified encampment of Shenberrow Hillfort where I ate my lunch admiring the view. | ||
| Tytherington Camp | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Aug 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Afternoon wander around Tytherington village and up to and around the old hillfort / castle. Chap in his garden nearby told me he part owned the land and I could go and have a proper look if I wanted, so I did. There is a lot of broken rock in the remaining ramparts, which surprised me by their completeness (those which hadn't been lost due to the quarrying). Saw a couple of foxes and loads of rabbits. | ||
| Seven Springs (Gloucestershire) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th Aug 2021 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Cotswold Way walk around Leckhampton Hill from Seven Springs. Seven Springs, just 4 miles from central Cheltenham up on the Cotswold Hills, can claim to be the true source of the River Thames. Clear water gushes through several gaps underneath a large drystone wall in a pleasant wooded hollow beside the busy A436, under which it then flows in a pipe into a small lake the other side of the road. | ||
| Coberley | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th Aug 2021 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Cotswold Way walk around Leckhampton Hill from Seven Springs, south to Ullenwood, turning east past Cuckoopen Farm and then down past the substantial remains of a longbarrow beside a lovely old green trackway partway down a ridge on the downslope from the top of the Cotswold Hills above the small village of Coberley. | ||
| Leckhampton Hill | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th Aug 2021 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Cotswold Way walk around Leckhampton Hill from Seven Springs, wonderful views all over Cheltenham and the Severn valley all the way round, with an exploration of the hillfort, trig point and quarry with the Devil's Chimney. Then south to Ullenwood, turning east past Cuckoopen Farm and then down past the big old longbarrow to Coberley and heading back north to the Seven Springs for a pint. | ||
| Painswick Beacon | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jul 2021 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cotswold Way loop walk north from Painswick, across the golf course and through woods to Cranham Corner before turning back for a pint at the Royal William. Then over the hill and west before turning back to the top of Painswick Beacon, before descending to the east through Paradise along the Wysis Way, and then back to Painswick along the river and up the hill for a pint at the Royal Oak. | ||
| The Ring (Gloucestershire) | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jun 2021 | 3 | 3 | Cotswold Way walk from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. After visiting the trig point, dropped down to the carpark and golf club for a beer. Walked right by The Ring and forgot to have a look and take note. Beer was needed! | |||
| Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jun 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Walk through and have a quick look at the cross dyke, around the southern edge of the peak with the trig point. | ||
| Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jun 2021 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Walk all around the ramparts of what is left of this hillfort, much of the western side of which has been quarried away. Fabulous views over Cheltenham. | ||
| Lineover | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jun 2021 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Small detour for a look at the remains of Lineover longbarrow, in a field of cows | ||
| Starveall | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 7th Aug 2015 | 2 | 3 | 4 | I revisited this barrow August 2015 to see what sort of state it is now in. What a disappointment and disgrace. The poor thinghas been shorn of all growth on it and looks to be much smaller than the pictures of 4clydesdale7 from 2011. It's no doubt slowly (or rapidly on a longbarrow lifespan timescale) just becoming a part of the field here and will soon be all gone. | ||
| Starveall | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th Mar 2009 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Looking in much better condition than in the past, the surrounding field is still pasture, and has a new fence around it. There is now a little parking area beside the little lane, and a gate through which you can walk to go visit the barrow. | ||
| Starveall | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 26th Mar 2006 | I revisited this barrow March 2006. The field it is in has now been fenced, and a gate with parking area situated near to the barrow. The field is no longer ploughed, and looks to be made ready for livestock. The rubbish which was piled on top of the barrow has been cleared and it all looks nicely tidied up. Pity that so much of it has been recently lost to the surrounding field, but things look less bleak for the barrow. I saw no signs of any c... Read More |
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| Starveall | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 28th Mar 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 | I visited this barrow this afternoon. Its getting in a very poor state. The ploughed field surrounding it is eating away at the mound. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field. And there is the remains of a massive dead tree which has died and pulled down lots more stone along one edge. I saw no sign of any chamber, but it was al... Read More |
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| Starveall | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th Jun 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | I revisited this barrow June 2021 to see what sort of state it is now in. All shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection. | ||
| Crickley Hill | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th Jun 2021 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Walking the Cotswold Way north around Crickley Hill, and the first thing seen is a large bank across the headland. After the turn at the point, progressing back along the northern side and it is seen that there were once substantial defences, and many modern day concrete markers show the points where the huts etc were found. A series of notice boards give a full history of the place and there is an information centre, which I did not have time to... Read More |
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| Birdlip Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th Jun 2021 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Walking the Cotswold Way north from Birdlip and the sharply pointed headland has slight remnants of a ditch and banks across the neck in these beautiful woodlands. | ||
| Crippet's Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th Jun 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Walking the Cotswold Way north from Crickley Hill, and I forgot to keep a look out for Crippet's Long Barrow, but at this point the footpath and separate bridleway are well fenced in, so I wouldn't have been able to get to the edge of the woodlands at the top of the hill to have a look anyway. I later got a long distance view from near the radio masts and reservoir entrance, just about making out the large barrow in its tree covered setting. | ||
| West Tump | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st May 2021 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and on the way back to Cranham I made a diversion into the woods to find this long barrow. It’s a massive lump, now mostly cleared of trees, and built in an east to west sense, significantly bigger at the eastern end, which was no doubt the main entrance. | ||
| High Brotheridge | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st May 2021 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and passed around the western edge of this massive hilltop settlement with various bits and pieces of defensive ramparts to be seen. | ||
| Tile Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st May 2021 | 4 | 3 | Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and partway down the north facing scarp, above the Roman Villa, is found this gushing source of crystal clear water, which can be heard from a fairly large distance today. | |||
| Cranham Corner Earthworks | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st May 2021 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and first off had a look at these small earthworks. I am not convinced they would have been of much use defensively, being on a slight slope not at the top of the hill, and not very large. | ||
| Brackenbury Ditches | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 24th Apr 2021 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Beautiful sunny morning walk from Wotton-under-Edge, up and over to Waterley Bottom down the valley to join the Cotswold Way and head up through North Nibley and up the steep Cotswold Edge to the Tyndale Monument. Then all along the edge of the hills, through beautiful bluebell, wild garlic and anemone filled woods, taking in the atmospheric old iron age fort of Brackenbury Ditches before out into the open above Wotton, dropping steeply down into... Read More |
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| Bellever Tor 3 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A long and difficult walk through long grass on very uneven ground to try and find this marked on the map as "Cist", which I only found using the gps. I found a single standing stone which I thought must be it, but then while taking photos I almost fell into the cist nearby! | ||
| Pierre Couverte de Bué | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A couple of kilometres to the southeast of the village of Bagneux near to the hamlet of Bué, can be found this dolmen in a lovely situation in the forest. The dolmen is well signposted from all around, and from a parking place at Bué it is about 400 metres walk. The large capstone, 6m by 4m sits on top of a chamber 5m by 3m. It has a backstone and six sidestones in various positions of uprightness. The capstone is between 1 and 1.5 metres above t... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée de Boisy | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Couldn't find | 27th Sep 2005 | The village of Bagneux has a signposted footpath of length 5.5 km which takes in three megalithic sites. One of these sites is this menhir. I didn't have time to do the full walk, and without a detailed map, and no obvious signs to the menhir, I didn't really know where to look. I have since found this menhir marked on a detailed map, and it would have perhaps been a fairly simple few hundred metres walk from the Bellevue farm. | 205 | 268 | |||
| Tréfoux deux menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Marked on my ign map to the southeast of Bagneux are menhirs. Driving along the little road that passes them is lots of what looks like natural stone outcropping, and perhaps the remains of a dolmen. However, near to a corner in the road are two standing rocks, which are clearly not naturally like that. One is about 1 metre tall, the other about 1.2 metres tall. Around them are many more rocks. It is not difficult to see what is perhaps an alignm... Read More |
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| La Pierre Levée (Graçay) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Cher (18) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | Just to the south of the D.68 road between Graçay and Nohant-en-Graçay, near to the hamlet of Les Villaines can be seen the remains of this dolmen, about 100 metres from the road in a field. When I was here, the field had been recently planted, so I did not venture any nearer to the dolmen. It was hard to make out any details, but one capstone can be seen to be still raised above the ground on its supports. | 205 | 266 | |||
| Liniez Tumulus elliptique | Chambered Tomb | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | Just outside the village of Liniez, along the D.926 road towards Vatan, and to the left of the road about a kilometre beyond the dolmen is the remains of a large tumulus. I found it difficult to stop here, and there was lots of fenced off land and woodland, so I didn't get to see this directly. | 205 | 265 | |||
| Pierre Levée (Liniez) | Passage Grave | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Just outside the village of Liniez, along the D.926 road towards Vatan, and to the right of the road can be seen the remains of this allée couverte. It was probably an Angevin type allée couverte, but there are no obvious remains of the porchway. The remains of the chamber are 10 metres long by 4 metres wide, and it was probably covered by four capstones, of which three remain in various positions, from still in place at the back end, sloping in ... Read More |
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| Les Chateliers | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | At the village of Moulins-sur-Céphons is a reconstruction of an ancient Gallic village. I did not visit. | 205 | 263 | |||
| La Pierre cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Couldn't find | 27th Sep 2005 | While at the La Pierre dolmen, I could find no signs of any cromlech. Perhaps the form of the sideslabs of the dolmen was enough for this to once be thought of as a cromlech ? | 205 | 262 | |||
| La Pierre Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It was a bit of a struggle to find this, due to several of the roads being closed for some reason. However, take the D.23 road southwest from Moulins-sur-Céphons towards St Martin-de-Lamps. About midway between the two is the hamlet of La Pierre, and there are signs to the dolmen. It is about 800 metres walk from the road, round the back of the houses.
What I found is probably the remains of an Angevin dolmen with a large 6 m by 3 m chamber, ... Read More |
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| Pierre du Tombeau | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Right in the middle of the village of Davayat, near to the traffic lights, this menhir resides in amongst the houses, and is half hidden in a garden yard. It is 4.8 metres high, leaning nicely, and is one of the biggest menhirs in the Auvergne region.
The menhir is perhaps lucky to survive right here between the houses, and in many respects perhaps owes its survival to it being seen as an important and sacred monument throughout history by th... Read More |
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| Plateau de Mons | Barrow Cemetery | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Saw from a distance | 26th Sep 2005 | On top of the plateau is a large collection of earthen barrows dating to the iron age which can be seen from the track. | 205 | 259 | |||
| Dolmen du Chausse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Signposted as tumulus from the village of Mons, just to the east of junction 28 of the A.75 Autoroute near to St Flour. The trackway leads you back over the A.75 and then about another 300 metres. It is probably possible to drive to it, but I parked and walked.
The little dolmen is still mostly contained within its large cairn of stones, except that it has been dug into from the southern side. The cairn is about 16 metres in diameter and 2 me... Read More |
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| Bois-Grand Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of the village of Les Ternes, the new D.921 road goes up a fairly steep hill. On the right, halfway up the hill is a little layby and picnic table, with a sign to this dolmen, which can then be found less than 50 metres up the trackway from the layby. It is right beside the road, and part of its mound of stones has been cut away. The dolmen has a large and thick capstone, 3.5 metres by 2.5 metres, sitting on top of a little cham... Read More |
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| Bargueyrac Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | About half a kilometre further west along the D.990 road can be found this little menhir, right beside the road and with a little sign. Its only about 1.3 metres tall basalt, and in the past has obviously had something stuck on top, probably a cross, due to the hole which can be seen drilled into it. | 205 | 256 |
| La Table au Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | West of the village of Sériers, along the new D.990 road towards Pierrefort, about 500 metres from the junction with the D.921 is a sign for the dolmen. It is then about an 800 metre walk along a signposted gravel trackway across marshy land before you reach the dolmen, or as I found, a fenced off plastic sheeting covered area! The dolmen was undergoing excavation, and apart from a large side slab sticking up out of the middle, and obvious remain... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Croix-Grosse | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This christianised menhir stands just on the western outskirts of the village of Sériers, and is signposted from there as Menhir Christianisée, and is along the road to Peyrelade (no doubt once home to its own megalith). There is a large basalt carved cross sat on top of a superb column of christalline basalt, octagonal and well over 2 metres high. With its cross, it stands a good 3.5 metres tall. This really is a lovely monument, the basalt colu... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée dolmen 2 (Villedieu) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Unfortunately, this cannot be reached from its near neighbours, and instead it has to be walked to quite a distance (about 1 km) from a point where you start the walk to the Tombe du Capitaine. It's a pleasant walk along a well signposted track, and then across a hilltop field.
The dolmen is in very poor condition, basically one large side slab in a hollow in the centre of its tumulus. However, the tumulus is in fine condition, about 15 metre... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée dolmen 1 (Villedieu) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | The remains of this dolmen can be found just to the east of the D.44 road, about 30 metres from the menhir. There is still quite a respectable mound of small stones, diameter about 12 metres, surrounding the remains of the dolmen, but the megalithic chamber has been largely destroyed, leaving not much more than a hollow in the centre of the tumulus. One large side slab and an entry stone are all that obviously remain in place. | 205 | 252 |
| Pierre Levée (Villedieu) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Beside the D.44 road west of St Flour, near to the hamlet of Fraissinet can be found this megalithic collection of a standing stone and two dolmens, within 300 metres of each other. The menhir is about 2 metres tall, and it stands just to the west of the road. It consists of a nice lump of pointy topped basalt. | 205 | 251 |
| Tombe du Capitaine | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In a field to the west of the hamlet of Bouzentes, a few kilometres to the south of St Flour, by the D.116 road to Tanavelle can be found this dolmen. It's about 800 metres walk down a signposted track from the road, just at the western edge of the hamlet, and was in a field of cows (and a bull I belatedly noticed) when I visited. The single capstone, with cupules and engraved lines, sits on top of two side supports amongst a pile of loose stone ... Read More |
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| Menhir de Colobrières 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | The large Colobrières menhir can be seen on the skyline from the road across the top of the Bondons, near Vaissiere. The weather made me not go for the walk to visit it ! | 205 | 249 | |||
| Baraque de l'Air Menhirs | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | I drove for a look in the rain, I could see another hilltop covered in standing stones, where a possible cromlech has been identified. | 205 | 248 | ||
| Menhirs dit de la Maisonnette 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | As I was driving past in the rain, I could see another hiltop covered in standing stones, where a possible cromlech has been identified here. | 205 | 247 | ||
| Vaissière Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | The Vaissière menhirs consist of more than forty menhirs, mostly found along the ridge running south from the D.35 road. The tallest of these menhirs is 5 metres in height. Some of these menhirs stand up really proudly against the skyline as you drive along. I would love to walk out among them, but not in this horrible stormy weather. There is much thunder, rain and lightning all around, with no signs of it clearing. | 205 | 246 | ||
| Menhir de la Veissière (03) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking down the ridge in a small gap in the storms, I found two more menhirs before having to give up and return. The second menhir along the ridgetop track is also about 2 metres tall, and about 150 metres from the road. | 205 | 245 |
| Menhir de la Veissière (02) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking down the ridge in a small gap in the storms, I found two more menhirs before having to give up and return. This first menhir along the ridgetop track is about 2 metres tall, and about 100 metres from the road. | 205 | 244 |
| Menhir de la Veissière (01) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Near to the D.35 road in the hamlet of La Vaissière itself is a menhir incorporated into a wall, which has a plaque and an inscription on it, commemorating two young girls who died up here in the winter snows. | 205 | 243 |
| Trois Pierres de Chabusse | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | About a kilometre along the ridgetop path running southwest from the La Fage B menhirs, can be found three menhirs in a row, and there were probably once more here. All of the menhirs are over 2 metres in height, and the spacing is 5 metres and 28 metres between them.
It is time to scuttle off now, as there are big black clouds and a cold wind blowing over everything, and there is thunder in the air. I got back to the van just in time, as a m... Read More |
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| La Fage Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Half a kilometre along the ridgetop path running southwest from the La Fage B menhirs, is a 2 metre by 1 metre wide slab lined chamber within a mound of stones 12 metres in diameter, and now only 1 metre in height. There is no capstone, but it is in a superb position, not far from menhir K | 205 | 241 |
| Combettes menhirs 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 240 |
| Combettes menhirs 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A 1.3 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 239 |
| La Fage tumulus 1 | Round Barrow(s) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Amongst the La Fage B menhirs, is the remains of a tumulus and dolmen. What there is to see is not much more than a low round mound with a few slabs of stones sticking out of the top. There are probably others in the vicinity. | 205 | 238 |
| Menhir de la Fage B09 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A 2.0 metre tall menhir, with a pointed top, positioned at the top of the comb. | 205 | 237 |
| Menhir de la Fage B08 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A 1.7 metre tall menhir, on the high hilltop further to the east than most. | 205 | 236 |
| Menhir de la Fage B07 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.6 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 235 |
| Menhir de la Fage B06 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.4 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 234 |
| Menhir de la Fage B05 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.4 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 233 |
| Menhir de la Fage B04 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 232 |
| Menhir de la Fage B03 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 231 |
| Menhir de la Fage B02 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 26th Apr 2010 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.6 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 230 |
| Menhir de la Fage B01 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.3 metre tall menhir, with the top broken off and laying nearby. | 205 | 229 |
| Menhirs de la Fage B | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | In the area around the Pierre des Trois Communes, can be seen dozens of menhirs, which are collectively known as the La Fage menhirs B, or the Combettes menhirs. It was impossible to visit them all in the short time I was here, so I will add the few that I did go to visit at first hand. | 205 | 228 | ||
| Pierre des Trois Communes | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 4 kilometres, and there is a parking area and signs to menhirs. Walk up the track a few hundred metres and you get to the Pierre des Trois Communes. It stands two and a half metres tall, and has views all around. In the past it has been attempted to cut up the stone by quarrymen, and still has the scars. It is a shame, but the area of ground around it is very badly worn with vehicle mark... Read More |
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| Menhirs de la Fage A | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Couldn't find | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for just under 4 kilometres, and there is a signpost to menhirs down a footpath on the right. However, when I visited, this footpath takes you through a field of vicious looking cows, so I did not venture any further. Supposedly there are 15 small menhirs to be found in the woods, should you choose to go here. | 205 | 226 | ||
| Menhir de la Borie 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 3 kilometres. There on the left of the road is this small menhir, not much more than a metre in height. | 205 | 225 |
| Menhir de Fraissinel | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | I could find nowhere to park my campervan around here, so ended up turning round and going back, which was easier said than done! However, the menhir standing up on the top of its little hillock can be seen for miles around, and looks to be about 2.5 metres tall. | 205 | 224 | |||
| Fraissinel Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Couldn't find | 25th Sep 2005 | I could find nowhere to park my campervan around here, so ended up turning round and going back, which was easier said than done! However, the menhir standing up on the top of its little hillock can be seen for miles around, and looks to be about 2.5 metres tall. | 205 | 223 | |||
| La Baraque de l'Estrade | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Further along the D.35 from Montmirat, just before the junction with the D.31, a decent sized tumulus can be seen in the fields on the left, about 80 metres from the road. The mound is oval, about 15m by 12m and up to 2 m high. In the centre of this is a sort of double dolmen, with two joined chambers, each having two side slabs and a capstone. The western of the two has a backstone, while the eastern has a drystone walled end. The total length o... Read More |
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| Montmirat menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | At the top of the Col de Montmirat, on the main road from Florac to Mende, can be found this menhir. It is just beside the road which goes west towards Montmirat hamlet, at an altitude of 1050m. About 2 metres tall, it has an iron cross mounted on top of it, and has also been used as a roadsign in the past. Supposedly it is the only survivor of a group of menhirs once here. | 205 | 221 |
| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet D | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 216 | ||
| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet C | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 217 | ||
| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet A | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 218 | ||
| Menhirs du Col des Faïsses | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, can be seen several other similar looking standing stones. | 205 | 220 |
| Menhir du Col de Solperiére | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, where the road from Vebron joins at the Col de Solperière, can be found this menhir in the junction of the roads.
It stands about 2.3 metres high like its neighbour of a few kilometres distance, and has also been used as a road marker in the past, with some probable reshaping in the relatively recent past. Between these two stones, a... Read More |
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| Bout-de-la-Côte Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | As the Corniche-des-Cévennes passes over the high point to the north of Pompidou, about 1040m high, there is stood to the side of the road this menhir. It stands about 2.3 metres tall and has in its time served as a gatepost, fencepost and snow marker beside the road. But it is still standing proud, with tremendous views all around, particularly towards the southeast. | 205 | 215 |
| Rougeiresque menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Travelling along the Corniche-des-Cévennes, stop at the point where the road from Gabriac joins from the north east. Just about opposite to this junction can be found a track up the other side of the road, signposted to the Schistes Cévenolles quarries. Walk up this track for about 500 metres, and just after the track splits at the top of the ridge, this nice menhir can be seen 50 metres in front of you, re-erected in a little stone and cement ba... Read More |
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| Saint-Pierre dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewpoint, but found no dolmens. There are however, tremendous 360° views from the top though, and it is well worth the effort. | 205 | 213 | ||
| Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewpoint, but found no dolmens. There are however, tremendous 360° views from the top though, and it is well worth the effort. | 205 | 212 | ||
| Menhir le Bâton de Samson | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | From the village of Ambruze, take the D.133 towards St Felix-de-Pailleres. After a kilometre or two up the hill, there is a turning to the left to Le Jouffre and Lotissement de Menhir. A couple of hundred metres down here, taking first the lower, left, road, then to the right, there is a little wooded area with a pathway entering. The menhir is in here, and about 4 metres tall, of a squarish cross section. It has some nice weathering on one of it... Read More |
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| La Pierre Bamboche 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Nearby to the La Pierre Bamboche can be found the remains of another menhir, now fallen and broken. The remains can be found about 30 metres away, in the direction of Sanilhac. | 205 | 210 |
| La Pierre Bamboche 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This stone is easy to find, driving west along the D.112 towards Sanilhac, and after a couple of kilometres there it is, standing right beside the road at a corner. It stands at over 2 metres tall, but has been cemented back together from several pieces, the top having been broken off in the past. | 205 | 209 |
| Dolmen de la Pitchoune | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Provence:Vaucluse (84) | Visited | 23rd Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | A few kilometres to the east of Ménerbes, along the D.103, and to the west of Lacost, the home of the chateau of the Marquis de Sade, can be found this dolmen which has its own signpost. It is right beside the road and below ground level, below an arched bridge type structure of the road.
The dolmen is now sort of built into the terraced hillside, but whether it was originally, or just that the local land has risen - perhaps due to the hills... Read More |
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| Glanum | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Just outside St Remy-de-Provence is this ancient city, only discovered last century, and with ongoing excavations. The Roman city was built on top of a previous Hellenic (Greek) city dating from before 300BC, which in turn was built on an old Gallic living place and Oppidum. All the focus seemed to be on the water spring, and there are lots of temples around it. A very interesting place to have a look around. | 205 | 207 |
| Les Baux | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | Beautiful and intriguing old village clinging onto the sides of a steep and craggy limestone ridge, riddled with caves and quarries, and with a castle on top. | 205 | 206 | |||
| Barbegal Mill and Aquaduct | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | I found no dolmens, but did find some intriguing Roman remains. A double aquaduct leads south from the hills over the road and fields to another smaller rocky ridge which water channels are cut through to a big drop at the far side. I had no idea what this was until I found out much later that it was the Barbegal Mill complex, a massive flour mill from Roman times with a total of 16 waterwheels. I wish I had known at the time, but it was truly fa... Read More |
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| Mas Cadenet dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time. | 205 | 204 | |||
| Dolmen de la Mérindole | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time. | 205 | 203 | |||
| Hypogée de Bonnias | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could find no way to this hypogae, as everywhere has lots of big high security fences. | 205 | 202 | |||
| Dolmen de Saint-Contignarde | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could find no way to this hypogae, as everywhere has lots of big high security fences. | 200 | 201 | |||
| La Grotte des Fées de Cordes | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | Also known as Le Palet De Roland, this monument is somewhere up on top of the Montagne des Cordes. The rock cut trench of this hypogae is the largest of the many around here, at 43 metres in length. Unfortunately, while I was looking, the entire hill seems to be very heavily fenced off, double fences and razor wire on top of one of them. They don't seem to want people here ! | 205 | 200 | |||
| Temple de Mercure | Ancient Temple | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 26th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Remains of a Gallo-Roman temple can be seen at the summit of the Puy de Dôme (1465m). | 204 | 194 |
| Hypogee du Castelet | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Beside the road between Arles and Fontvieille, this hypogae has a little signpost, from where the monument can be found in the bushes and marsh to the side of the road. It's unbearably mosquito infested and I couldn’t get away quick enough.
There is a trench carved into the rock, which is now filled with boggy water, and there is a nice entrance ramp down at the west end. It is probably about 20 metres long, 2 metres deep and up to 2 metres w... Read More |
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| Le Pont du Gard | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Rive Gauche or Rive Droite? I went to the first one signed, Rive Droite. Probably better to have gone to the other side as that’s where all the information is. The Rive Droite side all got washed away in a storm on the 9th September 2002, when the river rose over 29 metres. They have pictures. Incredible.
What a lovely place. Fantastic bridge (used for over 500 years to supply water to the city of Nimes), lovely river and some splendid walk... Read More |
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| Abri de la Salpetriere | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Beside the river near to the Pont du Gard is a big cliff shelter, which has a sign on it saying it was used as a dwelling in the age of reindeer. Excavations were going on within, and it was all fenced off. | 205 | 197 |
| Oppidum de Nages | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 21st Sep 2005 | On the top of the hill to the north of Nages are the remains of an oppidum. This is a nice looking hill rising steeply from the plains, and with what looks to be a sculpted top. | 205 | 196 | |||
| Pierre Plantée (Congénies) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Drive north from Aubais towards Congénies for about 1.5 km, and at the bend in the road there is a stoney track which heads off to the east. Take this track along the ridge for about 400 metres, and at a major junction of tracks, on the left, can be seen this menhir.
The stone is about 2.3 metres tall, 1.5 m wide at the base and 40cm thick, standing in amongst some very prickly undergrowth. On both faces are several carvings and engravings, f... Read More |
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| Colline de Moulin Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | From the cemetary to the south of Aubais, walk southwest up the little track to the ancient windmill, and after about 800 metres you arrive at the top of this windy little hill. Here, about 50 metres from the old windmill, has been re-erected the menhir, mended from several parts and mounted on a little plinth. It is only about 1.5 metres high, but has several legends associated with it. There are three circular cupules to be seen in the southern... Read More |
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| Mas Neuf menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 21st Sep 2005 | I had a good look around for this menhir, but couldn't find anything. | 205 | 193 | |||
| Truc de Marti | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Saw from a distance | 20th Sep 2005 | I went to have a look at this hilltop site, but time was getting on, and I could find no quick way up to the top of the hill, which has the remains of a prehistoric village and up to 9 burial chambers on it. I had a look, but could see nothing resembling a path at all, and the place was all very overgrown with rough scrub. I decided that I would probably get lost up there, so I headed off to find a campsite. | 205 | 192 | |||
| Viols Musée de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Saw from a distance | 20th Sep 2005 | Once a prehistory museum in the little town of Viols-le-Fort, but now closed with the building used for something else. The collection includes the statue menhir found at nearby prehistoric village of Truc de Marti. | 205 | 191 | |||
| Carrières Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Just outside the little town of Viols-le-Fort, to the west, take the road south towards the quarry. After 300 m the road either enters the quarry or goes around to the left. Park here. In the woods just to the right, beyond an old disused little quarry can be found the remains of this dolmen, with its massive backslab giving its position away. It is in a large mound of stones, and got lots of rubbish strewn about all over it.
The massive cham... Read More |
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| La Draille Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Just to the north of the little town of Viols-le-Fort, take the little road towards Cazarils, and park by a little clearing in the wood after about 1.5 km, not quite at the top of the hill. Here there is a footpath into the woods, well marked with blue markers. Follow this zig-zag path for about 300 metres and you soon find the nice little Cazarils tombe ovale 1, with a bit further on the second one. At this point the blue paint marker points hav... Read More |
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| Cazarils tombe ovale 2 | Chambered Tomb | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | About 50 metres further round on the footpath from Cazarils tombe ovale 1, is found this second oval tomb, but it is hiding in the bushes a bit. It is much bigger than the first, but does not have the wonderful carved headstone. The inner chamber is about 4m by 2.5m, and the walls are generally 1m high. It's cairn of stones is much bigger also, but unfortunately was getting very overgrown with bushes, making photos of the whole thing very difficu... Read More |
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| Cazarils tombe ovale 1 | Chambered Tomb | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Just to the north of the little town of Viols-le-Fort, take the little road towasrds Cazarils, and park by a little clearing in the wood after about 1.5 km, not quite at the top of the hill. Here there is a footpath into the woods, well marked with blue markers. Follow this zig-zag path for about 300 metres and you soon find this nice little oval tomb, a style found regularly round these parts.
The outer edge of the tomb is about 8m by 6m, wi... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Cambous | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just outside the ancient village take a path eastwards along the edge of the wood from near to the sheep pond for about 200 metres, and you will get to this dolmen. There is a round cairn of stones about 10 metres in diameter, with two concentric circles of dressed stone around it. At the centre is a chamber, made with drystone walling except for the backstone and two entrance stones, but it is not very big at about 2m by 1m. There is no sign of ... Read More |
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| Cambous oval tombs | Chambered Cairn | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Just outside the ancient village can be seen the remains of at least one ruined chambered tomb, which I assume to be of the oval tomb type. | 205 | 185 |
| Village Préhistorique de Cambous | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | This is a 5000 year old village with two groups of houses found at Viols Laval, just to the south of St Martin-de-Londres, and is easily found because it is signposted from all around. To get there, park in the village and it is about an 800 metre walk to the site, but unfortunately for me towards the end of September, it had just shut last weekend and would not be open again until next easter !
However, despite not being able to get into the... Read More |
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| Ginestous menhir 7 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ginestous menhir 7 remains as a small stump, which can be seen at the edge of the little road which leads up to the chateau, just uphill from the corner after the railway crossing. | 205 | 183 |
| Ginestous menhir 5 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 5 is fallen and broken into several pieces. This was once quite a large menhir, of a tapered shape, significantly more than 2 metres long and almost 2 metres wide at the base. It can be found about 40 metres to the west of the dolmen. | 205 | 182 |
| Ginestous Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous dolmen is in a very wrecked state. At first sight it seems to be another menhir, but closer inspection shows it to be the remains of a burial chamber, these days not much more than a depression in a mound of stones. At the eastern end is a large slab (2m by 2m) standing, which is perhaps the backstone to the chamber, but possibly the fallen capstone, which may well have covered a chamber made from drystone walling. It can be seen lookin... Read More |
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| Ginestous menhir 4 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 4 is fallen and broken into several pieces. It is only about 8 metres away from menhir 3. | 205 | 180 |
| Ginestous menhir 3 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 3 is about 2.7 metres tall, and a very carefully formed rectangular shape, standing proudly overlooking the valley. The top has crumbled and broken a bit, so maybe it was once taller. It can be seen from the Almond menhir, which is about 100 metres away to the east, across a valley, with a little path leading between the two. | 205 | 179 |
| Ginestous menhir 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 2 is about 50 metres further up the hillside from the Almond menhir, which can be found fallen beside a bush. It is fairly small, less than 2 metres in length. | 205 | 178 |
| Ginestous Menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | The Ginestous complex of 9 menhirs and a burial chamber can be found about 5 kilometres to the east of Ganges, by following the road signposted to Nimes. After the road reaches the top of the hill continue for a further 500 metres, then take the small lane to the north, towards Ginestous chateau. After a couple of hundred metres, the road crosses an old railway line (now dismantled) and there is room to park here. The wonderful Almond menhir ca... Read More |
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| Oppidum de la Blacarède | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | Just to the northeast of the village of Rogues is a large rounded hill with remains of an Oppidum on the top. | 205 | 176 | |||
| Lacam de Rogues 2 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 5 | 3 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. Walk about 600 metres along this track, always keeping to the right when there is a choice. There is then a little cultivated field in the valley to the right, go around this and to the top of the higher ground beyond it, and continue for another 300 metres.
At the highest point is a l... Read More |
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| Lacam de Rogues 1 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 2 | 4 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. After 300 metres walking down this track, there is a little mound on the right side, of which the centre has been dug out. To the other side of the track here are the remains of the first Cromlech de Rogues. There is not much here to be seen, but there are a few larger lumps of stone layin... Read More |
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| Ciste de Lacam | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. After 300 metres walking down this track, there is a little mound on the right side, of which the centre has been dug out. Inside can be seen the slab stone remains of a central burial cist. Probably never a full dolmen, but maybe a later iron age burial. None of the slabs are more than 50... Read More |
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| Trivalle menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Named Trivalle since Roman times, because it is situated at the junction of three ancient trackways, this menhir stands about 1.7 metres tall, just outside the ancient village of Rogues, on the road west towards Blandas, not far from the church. | 205 | 172 |
| Flouirac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 19th Sep 2005 | This dolmen is supposedly about 1.5 kilometres to the east of the hamlet of Barral, and just 25 metres to the nmorth of the road. However, it is so well hidden , that even after exensive searching, I could find no traces of it. | 205 | 171 | |||
| Dolmen de Barral | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | At the eastern edge of the hamlet of Barral, built into a wall to the north of the road, across a field, can be seen this little dolmen. The stones are easily visible from the road, although a visit was not really possible. | 205 | 170 |
| Lacam de la Rigalderie 2 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 3 | There is supposedly another stone circle near to the top of the hill, but in a ruinous state. I had a good look around, but with all the bushes and undergrowth growing here near the top of the hill, there was nothing that I could find which could be said to be the remains of a stone circle. | 205 | 169 | |
| Lacam de la Rigalderie | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Just to the south of the D.843 road between Blandas and Rigalderie, slightly to the west of what looks like a little airstrip, the remains of this lovely cromlech can be found on the slopes rising to a little hilltop. Unlike Lacam de Peyrarines, this one has a little parking area and a gated path to the cromlech, which is about 200 metres from the road across a field.
The circle is about 90 metres in diameter, and I counted 36 stones, either ... Read More |
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| Avernat menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This fine chap stands proudly at the junction of the roads D.158 and D.158a from Blandas to Le Landre and Quintanelles, just a couple of hundred metres from its neighbour, the menhir de Combes. It is very similar in both size and shape, 3 metres tall, except this one is not so superbly weathered. I am not sure whether it is in its original place here at the road junction or not. | 205 | 167 |
| Combes Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | About a kilometre further on from the Arques dolmen, and just to the left of the road can be found this superb menhir, which has been re-erected in a concrete base. It stands 3 metres tall, and is made of the most wonderfully weathered piece of limestone, full of holes and divots, with moss and lichens growing everywhere. It is quite a character. | 205 | 166 |
| Arques Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be found just to the left of the road west from Planas towards Le Quintanel, turning left just before you reach Le Landre and continuing for about a kilometre until you pass the brow of a hill.
The remains of this fairly large dolmen are just off the road, and still mostly within a fairly large tumulus. The back stone and two side slabs are in position, but the capstone is dislodged to one side. The chamber is 3 metres long by... Read More |
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| Menhir de Landre 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | About 100 metres to the south of Landre menhir 1, atop the adjacent hillock can be found this fallen menhir. As for menhir 1, this was too well fenced in, and I didn't get to visit it. | 205 | 164 | |||
| Menhir de Landre 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | From the Planas junction, take the small road towards Le Landre. After a couple of kilometres, just after passing over the brow of a hill, and you can see this menhir up on top of its little hillock, about 70 metres to the left of the road. It was all well fenced in when I visited, behind a little cropped field, so I couldn't get to the stone. It looks about 2.5 metres tall, and leans at quite an angle. Splendid views from here to the north, and ... Read More |
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| Lacam de Peyrarines | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. About 600 metres down the road towards Blandas from the junction, and in the field to the right can be seen this tremendous cromlech.
This is a proper circle of stones, with 52 standing stones up to about 1.8 metres high making a circle of about 120 metres diameter. At the centre is a large menhir, well over two metres high. There are g... Read More |
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| Planàs cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 5 | Destroyed many years ago during construction of the road, just a few stumps and fallen stones of this cromlech remain scattered around near the junction. What was once a fine stone circle is now just a large road junction in the middle of nowhere. | 205 | 161 | |
| Menhir de Planàs | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Near the entry to the Planàs Dolmen, and laying on the tumulus, is a lovely fallen menhir, which possibly acted as a marker. Its about 2 metres long and 1 metre wide, and a lovely almond shaped stone. Pity it hasn’t been stood up when the dolmen restoration was done. | 205 | 160 |
| Planàs Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. Right at the junction in a little enclosure to the right of the road can be found this nicely restored dolmen. It is completely within its cairn, and the fence is close, which makes photos difficult. The mound is about 12 metres in diameter and 2 metres high. The chamber in the centre is mostly made of dry stone walls, but with a large slab... Read More |
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| Serre de la Gleisa | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. On the left, 100 metres or so before the junction, up the hill, can be seen this menhir, perhaps 100 metres from the road and well fenced in, so I couldn't get to it. It looks about 2.5 metres tall, and slab shaped. | 205 | 158 |
| Dolmen de Champs Lochet | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | This dolmen can be found about a kilometre walk along a farm track to the east of the Chantebrault dolmens, and then into a field by a wooded copse. It is fairly ruinous, just a large capstone balanced at a serious angle between the ground and one side support stone. It's about 4 metres square, and up to 2 metres from the ground. There are many more fallen stones here, but I cannot really make anything more out. The plough and crops come mighty c... Read More |
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| Prunarède Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 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. Wh... Read More |
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| Menhir du Coulet 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Three hundred metres further down the road from the previous menhirs, and in the land to the north of the road, can be found the Coulet 2 menhir. Nearly 3 metres tall, it is a nice almond shaped stone, which has been mended from two parts cemented back together, and concreted into an upright position. A nice job has been done of this. | 205 | 156 |
| Menhir du Coulet 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This menhir is to be found out in the land to the left of the road, at the same place as the Cisternette menhir. It is over 3 metres tall, and looks to have lost its top. Its another nicely shaped slab, flat on one face, curved on the other, and only 40 cm thick. | 205 | 155 |
| Menhir de la Cisternette | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | About 600 metres further down the road from the Levade menhir, and on the slopes to the right of the road, can be seen this menhir. At nearly 2.5 metres tall, it has been christianised by having a cross cut into its face. It’s a nice thin almond shaped stone, but has been concreted into the ground, so I cannot be sure that it is facing in its original orientation. | 205 | 154 |
| Levade Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Three kilometres further down the road from the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, where it curves around to the right, is this 3 metre tall manhir in the field to the left of the road. It has been re-erected, and is now concreted into the ground. It looks to have been smoothed and shaped, and does not look a natural shape rock. A nice one. | 205 | 153 |
| Menhir de Ferrussac 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 18th Sep 2005 | Between 50 and 100 metres to the northeast of the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is a fallen menhir more than 3 metres in length. However, this land is fenced off, and with some pretty mean looking horned cattle in there, so I wasn't going to look too hard. | 205 | 152 | |||
| Menhir de Ferrussac 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 18th Sep 2005 | Between 50 and 100 metres to the northwest of the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is a fallen menhir, 1.7 metres in length. However, this land is fenced off, and with some pretty mean looking horned cattle in there, so I wasn't going to look too hard. | 205 | 151 | |||
| Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 300 metres further along the road to the east from the Petit Dolmen, can be found the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac. Which compared to the others I have seen around here is a bit of a monster. It is right beside the road, again with parking and sign.
On top of a natural mound, and within its tumulus of stones, the main chamber stones tower above everything. The tumulus is about 16 metres in diameter, and has an encircling ring of large slabs. In ... Read More |
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| Petit Dolmen du Ferrussac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A kilometre or so to the southeast of La Vacquerie, at a place called Trivalle, take the road east signposted to Dolmen du Ferrussac. After a couple of kilometres, while descending through an oak wood, you will see a little gate on the left, with label Petit Dolmen. There is a place to park, and the dolmen is just 20 metres beyond the gate, at the top of a higher bit of ground.
The chamber is 2m by 1m and still partly within its mound, with a... Read More |
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| Coste-Caude menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just below the top of the hill below Coste-Caude dolmen 1, there is a track to the west, with what looks like, and is marked on the maps as a menhir. It is however a sculpture of a prehistoric man from about the year 1910, and his features can be made out when looking closely. This stone is about 2 metres tall, and whether it was carved and then put here, or carved on an original menhir I do not know, but its nice to look at. | 205 | 148 |
| Coste-Caude Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Less than 100 metres away from Coste-Caude dolmen 1, to the southeast, can be found another dolmen. I just walked about a bit, and there it was. It still has a large pile of stones surrounding it, and the chamber has its side stones and backstone, but no capstone. The chamber is 2.5 metres by 1.5 metres, and also opens up to the southwest at 220°. I suspect there are several more dolmens around here. | 205 | 147 |
| Coste-Caude Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Leaving St Pierre towards La Vacquerie, take the first left after a kilometre, and then left again with signs towards a council works area. After 1.5 kilometres, the road gets to the top of a hill. Just below the top of the hill, there is a track to the west, with what looks like, and is marked on the maps as a menhir. It is however a sculpture of a prehistoric man from about the year 1910, and his features can be made out when looking closely.
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| Gallardet Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 3 | This really was a bugger to find, but when you find it, you wonder why.
Initially I went to where it is marked on the map, there's a big farm there called Ferme-le-dolmen, but no obvious sign to it. Reading my book says that go to the town centre and follow signs from there. I eventually found the town centre but missed any signs, so I had a second go. The roads are tiny, and no way the camper van will get through there, and probably not a ca... Read More |
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| Bruyère d'Usclas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This is a lovely dolmen, but was a bit of a bugger to find, despite a large signpost. Taking the road from Lodeve east to Saint-Michel-de-Grandmont, travel 800 metres further than the entrance to the priory. Here there is a junction with two large forest tracks and a parking area, with a large sign pointing down the first forest track to "Dolmen Bruyère d'Usclas".
I walked miles, and saw no evidence of the dolmen, but found three ladies sitti... Read More |
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| Coste-Rouge Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Within the grounds of the Saint-Michel-de-Grandmont priory, in the mountains above Lodève in Hérault, this is possibly the most famous dolmen in the world. The dolmen is superbly situated on the edge of the hill, with massive views over the plains to the south.
The chamber is made on all sides with large slabs, which is covered by a large capstone which substantially overhangs on all sides. Unusually, the capstone rests on the front and bac... Read More |
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| Les Ecuelles du Diable | Holed Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. Several of the rocks seem to have been cut into what are possibly thrones. A very strange area. | 205 | 141 |
| Grandmont Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | This menhir is about 1.5 metres high, 2 metres width, and standing in an area with many other strangely shaped and carved rocks. | 205 | 140 |
| Dolmen du Belvédère | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 17th Sep 2005 | St Michel de Grandmont Priory visit. There are no longer any free visits round the grounds, and I can only do the guided tour of the priory and grounds after. They say its something to do with animals in the park, and its quite disappointing. I do the full tour, its a half price day, so its €5 and 2 hours of visit. Despite being led to believe I would see all the dolmens, I only got to see the Coste-Rouge dolmen and the odd stones, and not the ot... Read More |
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| Nages menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Right outside the back of the church in Nages can be found this little menhir, planted in a little flower bed. It is about 1.4 metres tall and 0.6 metres wide, and made out of a nice dark grey, almost black stone. The front face is very smooth, but it is rough on all other sides. | 205 | 138 |
| Carrieres menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | While driving through Carriers towards Nages from the southeast, I saw a little menhir shining in the low sun beside the road near to a cross. Its not much more than a metre tall, and possibly once had markings on it, and is a very pale coloured stone. It is nicely presented in its little garden like setting. | 205 | 137 |
| Paumérou menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Near to the large industrial buildings, right beside the road from Murat, and a kilometre west of the Pré-de-Roi menhir can be found this nice stone. At just over 2 metres tall, 1 metre wide and 40 cm thick, it almost looks shaped to have a head, or am I now just imagining things after seeing so many statue-menhirs around here today ? The menhir has nice diagonal markings with moss filled grooves. | 205 | 136 |
| Pré-de-Roi Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The Pré-de-Roi menhir is found right beside the road to the west of Murat, just beyond the road to the village of Candoubre. It is 2.5 metres tall, nearly 2 metres wide, and looks for all the world like it should be carved into a statue menhir. Perhaps it once was, and all the features have been eroded away by several thousand years of being in the open. A nice menhir anyway. | 205 | 135 |
| Favarels statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The real statue menhir has been taken inside the museum at Murat, but a replica has been made and put in the place of the real one outside the information office. Its only about a metre tall, but has all the right features, face with tattous, arms with fingers, legs with toes, belt with buckle and shoulder straps with "Objet". He also carries an axe. I don't quite know where the museum is where the real one has now been put, and it would be close... Read More |
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| Pailhemalbiau statue menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Coming from Plos, this fine fellow stands in a little shed protecting him from the worst of the weather, just inside the yard of the first farmhouse on the right. Like the Moulin-de-Louat statue-menhir it's a lovely piece of reddish pink stone, and was only discovered in 1981.
He stands 2 metres tall, and all his features can be clearly made out, both front and back. He has two rings for eyes, but no nose or tattous on his face. Arms and han... Read More |
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| Plos statue menhir 2 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Probably once a statue-menhir, this is not classed as such as no discernible features can be seen engraved on it. That’s what several thousands of years of weather does for you. The menhir is the right shape, just over 2 metres tall and 1.5 metres wide. Its to be found beside the road, just to the south of the hamlet of Plos. | 205 | 132 |
| Moulin-de-Louat 2 statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Just nearby, for company, is another nice stone, of about the same size, but a greyish black rock. I am unsure whether this is an ancient menhir or just a modern addition. It's a nice stone though, and probably keeps our man company. | 205 | 131 |
| Moulin-de-Louat 1 statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This wonderful chap is stood looking out of his garden shed towards the stream, at the entry to the hamlet of Moulin-de-Louat, just over half a kilometre from Moulin-Mage. I gave up trying to get the van along the roads to the hamlet, and walked from Moulin-Mage.
The stone is about 1.5 metres tall, and made from a very pink coloured rock. This chap has all the decorations and more that a statue-menhir should have, as it has both male and fema... Read More |
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| Combeynart Statue-Menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a very tall thin male statue-menhir just at the north of the village of Cantoul. It stands just over 2 metres tall, but only 40 cm width, and certain of his features are equally scrawny. Legs, belt and "objet" can be made out but the rest is a bit of a jumble. The roads round here are very narrow and windy, I am not sure that I'll get the van out! Again, these outdoor statue-menhirs are wearing badly, and even the modern graffitti is wear... Read More |
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| Rieuviel statue menhir 2 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This fine male statue-menhir is to be found through the hamlet of Rieuviel, about 100 metres beyond the last house, and always bearing to the right. He is concreted in to a little plinth, and makes a sort of entrance to the lane with a cross mounted on the other side. Unfortunately, the poor chap is being used as a fence post, and the wire fence is scratching and degrading this 5000 year old stone.
It stands about 1.7 metres tall, and the eng... Read More |
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| Rieuviel statue menhir 1 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This beautiful little stone, only 1.2 metres tall, is easily found on a bit of land being used by the road mending gang as a parking place for their machinery when I visited, just at the entry to the hamlet of Rieuviel. Unfortunately, the stone seems in much danger here, with cars and machinery parked all around it, and it needs better protection.
Although I was here in bright mid day sunlight from behind the stone, the engravings could clear... Read More |
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| Pech-de-Naudène statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Turn off the D.622 Lacaune to Moulin-Mage road to the left, about a kilometre after the big Peyro-Lebado chap, and proceed to the hamlet of Haute-Vergne. Go through the farmyard to the top, then left and right, and the statue-menhir can be seen in the front garden of one of the houses. At the time of my visit, it was standing nicely at the back of where a caravan is kept. The people here were happy enough for me to visit and take a photograph, bu... Read More |
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| Pierre Plantée de Lacaune | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | A couple of kilometres to the east of Lacaune, along the D.622 road to Moulin-Mage, park just over the Col de la Croix-de-Deux-Sous, just after the big warehouse. Its then a short walk to this masculine statue-menhir, the largest in Europe, standing in a nice green field looking out towards the mountains.
This would be a beautiful stone even without the engravings, a lovely sparkly granite 3.5 metres tall, 2 metres wide and just 40 cm thick I... Read More |
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| Trou-de-l'Avent menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Once standing about 4 metres tall near to the Pierre Plantée de Lacaune, this menhir was broken up for use in building a mill and farm. The top 1.5 metres has now been rescued and installed in the Place de Griffoul in Lacaune town centre, just 100 metres behind the tourist office.
What a menhir this once would have been. In this pleasant little square are several other notable features, such as the 14th century laundry basins, and the 16th ce... Read More |
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| Granisse statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Found while building a road in 1969, this lovely statue-menhir has been saved and erected outside the tourist office in the town of Lacaune. Unfortunately, it is kept within a north facing glass case, so getting photographs is nigh on impossible in the strong sunlight, with reflections of everything obscuring things. It is about 1.4 metres tall, and the main features of a female statue-menhir can clearly be seen. She has legs, belt, arms, breasts... Read More |
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| Rieu-Montagné museum | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | This museum is in a glorious little spot in the woods beside the Lac du Lauzas, to the south of Nages. It is linked with a leisure centre with a park and beach, and all sorts of activities to do. As part of the museum, there are several statue menhirs included, some in the grounds outside the building. | 205 | 122 | ||
| Griffoulou menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Couldn't find | 16th Sep 2005 | I had a couple of goes to try and find this menhir, which is marked as somewhere near to the car park, in the gardens by the restaurant, but I couldn’t find it either time. | 205 | 121 | |||
| Trédos menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | About 30 metres from the Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir, up the entry path towards the museum, is planted this menhir. Obviously broken in the past, it has been put back together from several pieces with the aid of concrete. It has been quite nicely done. It is about 1.6 metres high. | 205 | 120 |
| Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This statue-menhir is now to be found at the entrance to the car park at the Rieu-Montagné Musée des Traditions, beside the Lac du Lauzas, near to Nages. It is about 1.4 metres high, and it is well shaped, but any engravings are extremely faint, to the point of being invisible to me. | 205 | 119 |
| Col-de-la-Bole menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Driving west along the D.14 road towards Le Salvetat, in a rush to get diesel and washing done, I saw a sign to menhir Col-de-la-Bole, so of course I just had to go and have a look. At the top of a steep track is the broken off top of a statue-menhir, only about 0.75 metres of it, with its back having had a bishops cross carved into it. I saw no carvings on the front, although supposedly there are some, but I was in a bit of a rush. | 205 | 118 |
| Statue menhir de Cambayssy | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Traveling along the D.14 road west from Fraisse-sur-Agout towards Le Salvetat, take the right turn after a couple of kilometres towards Cambayssy. The menhir is signposted (Le Pioch), and is a kilometre or so up a steep winding lane.
In some woods, this gorgeous statue-menhir can be found beside the lane, and is about 1.3 metres tall, and beautifully shaped. And at last, I have found a statue-menhir where some of his features can be clearly s... Read More |
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| Statue menhir des Fontanelles | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | This statue-menhir is supposed to be found in the garden of the mill beside the river in the delightful village of Fraisse-sur-Agout. I take a walk all along the river, and there are two possibilities for the mill, but I could find nothing resembling a statue-menhir. There is a lovely little park by the river, with water machines and explanatory notices, lovely gardens, and a camping car spot nearby. Lovely. | 205 | 116 | |||
| Statue menhir de La Pomarède | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Right outside the tourist office at Fraisse-sur-Agout, next to a wall behind a big tree display thing, is the top 90 cm of this statue menhir which must have once been 2 metres tall. It is very difficult to make out any markings, with it being in dark shadow and very moss covered. I am starting to think that museums are the best places for viewing these statue-menhirs. | 205 | 115 |
| Statue menhir de Picarel | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Going north along the D.169 road from the Col de la Bane to the south of Fraisse-sur-Agout, and at a large corner in the road is a little lane to the west signed to Haut Picarel. About 300 metres down this track, and into a wood, you will find the menhir beside the trackway.
This finely shaped menhir stands over 2 metres tall, and looks out down the valley to the southwest. The only obvious markings and carvings on the stone are relatively mo... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or four kilometres, past the water reservoir, and eventually you will find a dirt track on the left, with a large stone with the word dolmens painted on... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or four kilometres, past the water reservoir, and eventually you will find a dirt track on the left, with a large stone with the word dolmens painted on... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or four kilometres, past the water reservoir, and eventually you will find a dirt track on the left, with a large stone with the word dolmens painted on... Read More |
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| Mousse Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Taking the track further beyond the Grand dolmen de Lauriol, and after eight or nine hundred metres the first dolmen de Mousse is supposedly to be found, just to the left of the track. However, much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the prickly scrub and undergrowth. Two hundred metres further, to the right and 40 metres from the track is a second then third dolmen. I had no chance of fin... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Lauriol 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Nearby to the Grand dolmen de Lauriol are supposedly two more, smaller and more degraded dolmens. I had a good look around, but much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the prickly scrub and undergrowth. | 205 | 109 | |||
| Dolmen de Lauriol 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Nearby to the Grand dolmen de Lauriol are supposedly two more, smaller and more degraded dolmens. I had a good look around, but much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the prickly scrub and undergrowth. | 205 | 108 | |||
| Dolmen de Lauriol 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | From Siran, follow the signs to the Curiosité de L'Auriol, which takes you on a windy road north up onto the hills. The Curiosité is a weird bit of road where things seem to roll uphill - a trick of the eye over gravity. From here take the road left for half a kilometre to a big house (being done up in 2005) in amongst pine trees, and go beyond this to a track down to the left. Follow this track, and turn right at the junction with the trackway f... Read More |
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| Morrel das Fadas replica | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A small representation of the dolmen des Fades has been built near the roundabout outside the campsite at Pepieux. Excellent. | 205 | 105 |
| Morrel das Fadas | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Visited again to get some pictures in the bright morning sun, although the sun doesn’t make it through the trees. | 205 | 106 |
| Morrel das Fadas | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Although within the commune of Pépieux, this tremendous dolmen is actually nearer and easier to find from the village of Siran, from where you take the D.12 road east for a kilometre or so, and the mound is on the right, on top of a large natural pine covered hill amongst the vines. It is all rather obvious, and has a little parking area and signpost.
By far the biggest dolmen structure in the south of France, I cannot say how much of the hil... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Saint-Eugène | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | I have now twice found this only by luck. This time I took a wrong turning (one road too soon) and ended up on a stone track across private land where I could not turn round to go back out, and then I saw a little sign to dolmen, up the hillside I remember. I managed to park the van in a wider part of the track about 500 metres away, and went back on foot to look for the site. Quite how one is meant to get here properly, I do not know !
Up on... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Pierre Droite (Villeneuve-Minervois) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Couldn't find | 14th Sep 2005 | I failed to find this stone on the way down the hill. It is supposedly about 1.5 kilometres from the village of Villeneuve-Minervois, at the side of the road. | 205 | 102 | |||
| Tombeau de Roland | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Just up the hillside a bit from Dolmen de La Jagartière can be found the Tombeau de Roland. Once thought to be a megalithic tomb, the latest thoughts are that it is nothing more than a place from where a large rock has been quarried. But quite why somebody would come to such a place, far away from any buildings up a hillside, which has several other tombs nearby, I do not know. Surely a source of rock more convenient could have been found. | 205 | 101 |
| Roque Traoucado | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | From the wine village of Villeneuve-Minervois, follow the little windy road northwards for about 4 kilometres into the hills towards Pujol-du-Bosc. This road up into the mountains is now a properly made up road, rather than the dirt track it was 6 years ago. Eventually you will find a parking area and a dolmen sign. Two little signposted walks are arranged, with all sorts of items of interest to see along the way, such as limestone ovens, shepher... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Jagartière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | From the wine village of Villeneuve-Minervois, follow the little windy road northwards for about 4 kilometres into the hills towards Pujol-du-Bosc. This road up into the mountains is now a properly made up road, rather than the dirt track it was 6 years ago. Eventually you will find a parking area and a dolmen sign. Two little signposted walks are arranged, with all sorts of items of interest to see along the way, such as limestone ovens, shepher... Read More |
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| Malves Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This large menhir is to be found a few hundred metres outside the village of Malves-en-Minervois, taking the D.38 road westwards towards Villalier, and just across the river. There is a little parking area, and a signposted walk for about 100 metres to the stone. Just how could I have missed this when I came to look 5 years ago ?
The stone stands proudly on a higher bit of ground above a vineyard, with steps up to the field it is in. It is ov... Read More |
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| Oppidum de Pech de Maho | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Saw from a distance | 14th Sep 2005 | A large hill, but I got distracted while trying to have a proper look, as there was a large accident being cleared up, and I couldn’t turn down the small road to have a close look. | 205 | 96 | |||
| Dolmen de la Madeleine d’Albesse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walk just more than a kilometer southwest along the track along the top of the ridge from the bends in the D.3 road to the north of Monze. The dolmen can then be found in a bank to the left of the trackway, on top of the ridge.
I couldn’t be sure whether the dolmen was made on a natural ridge, or whether there is a large mound built around it, its probably a bit of both. The chamber itself is quite large, but a bit of a wreck these days. It l... Read More |
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| Aqueduc d’Ansignan | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ancient bridge and aqueduct spanning the river at the village of Ansignan, still used to irrigate crops on the opposite bank. It is built on the basis of a Roman bridge, probably from the 3rd century. To cross the bridge, with the aqueduct built on top, you walk within an enclosed passage with a few holes for light, and it seems rather like walking along a passage within the walls of a castle. | 205 | 95 |
| Dolmen de la Rouyre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | High up on this mountain ridge between the villages of Fesluns and Ansignan in Pyrénées-Orientales can be found the remains of this cute little dolmen. I followed signs from Ansignan, but walked because I was not going to get the camper van up the steep, tiny, windy little roads, but a small car would get fairly close. I had no idea how far it was going to be to the dolmen, and perhaps wouldn't have started out had I known in advance. It turned o... Read More |
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| Dolmen d'A Fourna | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | About four hundred metres from the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, following the footpath through the scrub to the southwest (note, go back down the track for about 25 metres from the dolmen to find the path - it is not the "obvious" path leading away from the dolmen), around the southern side of the ridge, and you will find another dolmen of similar type.
This dolmen, which again I assume restored, is slightly smaller, in a round cairn about 8 metr... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Serrat d'en Jacques | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | A couple of hundred metres from the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, following the footpath uphill through the scrub to the east, up towards Serrat d'en Jacques, and you can find another dolmen, similar in size to the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, but this time with an entry passage through its cairn. I do not know the name of this dolmen, and I assume it has also been fairly recently restored.
The cairn is about 10 metres in diameter and surrounded by la... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Creu de Falibe | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This lovely restored dolmen can be found in the hills to the south of the village of Saint-Michel-de-Llotes. Travelling south, turn left at the village beside the Catalane museum, over the bridge. Follow this road for several kilometres, twisting and turning up into the mountains, to the Col de la Croix de la Falibe. Its further than you would think, and you even start going downhill again before you get there, but once there its obvious, and has... Read More |
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| Peyro Dreta | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This fallen and broken menhir, once more than 4 metres tall, has beautiful views over the Fenouillades valley to the north, with Queribus castle and Tautavel clearly visible. The menhir can be found about a kilometres walk down a dirt track amongst the vines, about 0.7 kilometres to the west of the Col de Bataille. The start of the track is easy to find, as it is marked with a large menhir like stone at the junction beside the vineyards. Perhaps ... Read More |
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| Moli del Vent | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | At the top of the hill to the north west of the village of Bélesta can be found the superb but restored remains of this lovely little dolmen-a-couloir. The little chamber is about 2 metres by 1 metre, and the south side is approached by a corridor 5 metres long from the edge of the cairn, made with a few upright slabs and drystone walling. The chamber has an upright slab at each side, and two back slabs, topped by a gorgeously shaped capstone abo... Read More |
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| Bélesta Museum of prehistory | Museum | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | Blimey, the roads round here are twisty and tight. There was no way I was able to park the van anywhere near the village for a look at this. So I had to give up totally on any thoughts of a visit to this supposedly excellent museum. | 205 | 88 | |||
| Puijols tumulus | Artificial Mound | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | 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 ! | 205 | 87 | |||
| La Caune de l'Arago | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | In a very pretty part of the world up on a cliff face above the vinyards, this is the cave where Tautavel man was found. Its a kilometer or so south of the town, up on a rugged hill near where the river cuts a gorge through the hills. This is of course all shut off to the public with buildings and shelters around it, as the excavations and research continue, 35 years after the finding of the ancient skull. | 205 | 86 | |||
| Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire | Museum | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | I only came here to get a photo, assuming the museum would be closed on a Monday, but it was open, so thought I'd better go in. The museum contains hundreds of thousands of items found at the nearby Caune de l'Arago cave, where the remains of a human skull was found in July 1971, the skull being known as Arago item 21. Since then many others have been found, along with items of their food, tools etc etc. The finds have been dated to about 450,000... Read More |
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| Grand Menhir de Counozouls | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After a seemingly very long drive south from Quillan, along roads hacked into cliff faces, passing through numerous massive gorges which at times I never thought the campervan would fit through, I arrived at the village of Ste Colombe-sur-Guette. A few more miles south along the road in the valley, then climbing steeply up the side of the gorge, all the time bearing in mind theres a 3 metre height limit signposted, but which thankfully turns out ... Read More |
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| Allée couverte de Mélus | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Despite looking very difficult to get to on the maps, this allée couverte is actually very easy to find, as a new housing development has been made, with the roads through it signposted to the allée couverte, and then a little trackway made up to it. The monument is now contained within a little walled area in the fields, a couple of hundred metres from a parking area.
It is about 14 metres long, with an orientation of 110°, with the entrance... Read More |
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| Peyro-Hitto | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Couldn't find | 9th Sep 2005 | Drive north up the Garonne to St Gaudens. Its still not too late so I head on, and decide to head for St Girons. I miss a turn and end up in St Martory, I think there's a stone here. Having spent ages trying to park, I wasn't thinking straight because it was getting late and I had a fairly long way to travel.
No mention of it on the village maps, and I didn’t read my notes first, and thought it to be near the bridge, but found nothing. I didn... Read More |
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| Carnac Pyrénéen | Stone Circle | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Blimey, its almost sunny. In fact it is sunny at the tops of the mountains. I'd better get a move on. A bakers van comes round the camp site which is a help. Put last nights wet stuff outside to dry off. Leave the campsite by 10:00 and drive to Benque. Unfortunately I cannot park where I want to. Look at the maps and go elsewhere where I can park at the edge of the main road a bit further up the valley, and start walking up a different path. It i... Read More |
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| L'alignement d'Espiaub | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 3 | 5 | 3 | I have seen nothing definite about what is to be found up here, but it is possible to imagine/envisage that there are perhaps 4 or 5 lines of stones running across the hillside, with one or more crossing them, but it is very difficult to know exactly what is what. I walked down from the second set of cromlechs to something I could see, and found a manhole cover for a little cattle trough reservoir !
Looking back up the hillside from here, I w... Read More |
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| Mail de Soupène Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Wow ! A bit further down the hill to the east, on a little upland ridge, is a row of stone circles all interlocking with each other. I counted 14 cairn circles up here, sort of joined together in a line along a little hillock. Fantastic. The largest one is on the top of the hillock, and there a row of others running from it down the ridgetop. Then there are other smaller circles built in between the larger ones.
Some of these circles have ver... Read More |
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| Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | The first cromlechs I arrive at are about 200 metres from the track, and signposted down a little footpath past some sheep pens at 1345 metres altitude. I saw 4 cairn circles up here, plus perhaps one large open circle. At first I thought I had seen a big open circle, but I am not completely sure. If it is one, it is made of natural rocks pushed into position, with a diameter of about 40 metres, and the stones 8 to 10 metres apart. I will look at... Read More |
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| Armenteule Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Deep in the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the tiny village of Armenteule. In this sleepy little Pyrenean village there is an old church. Inside the churchyard, just beside the back of the church, is a standing stone. Whether the church was built beside the menhir, or the stone was brought here later I do not know.
The stone is a piece of slatey schist, stands some 1.3 metres tall, and is... Read More |
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| Aneran stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Deep into the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the tiny village of Aneran. In the tiny churchyard beside this small ancient church in this little Pyrenean village are several odds and ends of old stone, some carved into shapes and and with patterns on them.
I assume the prehistoric stone here is the dark grey cylindrical block, stood beside the wall at the corner of the church. Its about 1.... Read More |
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| Menhir de Bordères-Louron | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 8th Sep 2005 | I asked at Tourist Office, but they, as usual, knew nothing, and said I must have the wrong village ! | 205 | 62 | |||
| Peyre Hicade de Payolle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | I spent hours looking for this, largely because walking around here in such a beautiful part of the world and the wonderful scenery is such a great pleasure. The stone is somewhere to the south of the Lac de Payolle, and its holiday complex. There is even a 2 hour circular walk signposted and named Peyre Hicade. But to properly find the stone takes a lot of doing, and it is not actually passed by the named walking trail !
To start with I wasn... Read More |
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| Menhir de Soulor | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 7th Sep 2005 | There is a stone at the top of the Col de Soulor, now used as a signpost and footpath marker, but I doubt it is the menhir. Nothing else obvious was seen while I was up here, but the Col was in the clouds and the visibility was severely lacking. At a later point in time, I found out that apparently the stone is down the road to the left (North) of the Col. | 205 | 60 | |||
| Lou Couraus Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Visited | 7th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | High up above the Ossau valley above the village of Bielle can be found several circles of stones, on a little shelf of land halfway up the mountainside, and in a wonderful viewpoint above the valley. From the village take the road up towards Col de Marie Blanc, and park at the Chapelle de Houndas after about 5 kilometres, and about 8 km before the Col. From here the cromlechs are easily reached, on a signposted walk along mountain trackways. All... Read More |
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| Turoum-Bouchous Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Couldn't find | 7th Sep 2005 | I couldn’t find any evidence on any maps I had, and asked at the tourist information office and national park centre, but nobody knew anything about this dolmen. | 205 | 58 | |||
| Calhau de Teberno Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen can be found in a nice little landscaped bit of parkland, sandwiched between the D.920 road and the railway line at the outskirts of the village of Buzy a couple of kilometres to the north of Arudy. There are many other rocks in the park, which have probably all been placed as features, but perhaps one or two are related to the dolmen.
It sits on top of a little hillock, which I wonder whether these are the remains of a large tumu... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Barzun | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Couldn't find | My maps have nothing marked in detail as to the whereabouts of this dolmen, and I could find no details or signs to it in the village. Somehow I didn’t find this dolmen which I learned later is pretty much in the centre of the village in a little square. Doh ! | 205 | 56 | ||||
| Peyrasse menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 6th Sep 2005 | I had a bit of a look for this, but it is not on the map in detail, and I found nothing obvious in the real world. | 205 | 55 | |||
| Dolmen du Peyre-Dusets | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | To the northwest of the village of Poueyferré, take the road up into the hills towards the Dechetterie and park as near as possible to the Chemin Henry IV trackway which runs along the top of the ridge here. Take this ancient trackway northwards, and walk for about a kilometer, where the Peyre-Dusets dolmen can be found. It is signposted.
The dolmen is right beside the track and has a 2 metres by 1 metre chamber covered by a partially fallen ... Read More |
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| Peyre-Crabère | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Right beside the D.940 road as it enters the northern boundary of the town of Lourdes from Pau direction, can be found this large leaning menhir. It sits right at the corner of a little housing road, Rue Peyre-Crabère, and has a bus shelter and garden hedge for company on its other two sides. The stone is about 3 metres tall, and leans almost 30° from vertical. While I was stopped here, it was thundering, pouring with rain, and very busy with tra... Read More |
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| Poueyferré Tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A few kilometres to the northwest of Lourdes, on the eastern side of the D.940 road near to Poueyferré, take the minor road down into the dip to the hamlet of Maillous, where this large tumulus can be found. To get to the tumulus, which can be seen from the road, walk down a little trackway which leads to the south beside a couple of houses. The trackway runs out at a little woodland, and the tumulus is contained within this wood.
It is about... Read More |
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| Pouey-Mayou | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | To the southwest of the town of Tarbes, and the village of Osson, take the unmarked road to the south. Partway along this road is a parking area, picnic site and a map of footpath circuits in the area. However, continue further until the road runs out and turns into a dirt track. From here, the Pouey-Majou dolmen should now be signposted on yellow footpath signs, but basically turn left, then left again and walk up to the top of the hill, about a... Read More |
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| Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | When at the Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs, instead of turning left towards the Pouey-Majou dolmen continue southwest for a few hundred yards along the farmtrack, and there is a large mound at the top of the hill. It can be clearly seen against the skyline while walking towards it from quite some distance off, all covered in bracken and scrub. Unfortunately, it has all been fenced off, so I couldnt get a closer look. It looks to be about 20 metres i... Read More |
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| La Croix-La Botte | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and southeast of Capvern, along the hilltop beside the D.938 road, is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them, but the northwestern end tumulus is very well formed, 12 metres in diameter, 2 metres high and with a large cross on top. The row extends for about 1 kilometre, and there were probably once many more mounds to be found here, ... Read More |
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| Estaque d'Avezac cinq tumuli | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and southeast of Capvern, along the hilltop beside the D.938 road, is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them, but the northwestern end tumulus is very well formed, 12 metres in diameter, 2 metres high and with a large cross on top. The row extends for about 1 kilometre, and there were probably once many more mounds to be found here, ... Read More |
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| Estaque tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and northeast of the row of tumuli along the ridgetop road, can be found the remains of the Estaque tumulus. This is a very large mound, now contained beyond the confines of a rubbish facility, and not easy to access, although it can just about be seen from the road. | 205 | 47 | |||
| Grotte de Gargas | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This is the cave which is famous for all the hand prints, but there is in fact much more than these to be seen. The cave is easily found round some windy lanes, being well signposted, and it is open every day, €6 entry per adult to visit, which takes about an hour. The visit is on two levels, which were two separate caves in prehistoric times, the joining together of which was done in the 19th century. The two caves are both very different, being... Read More |
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| Grottes et abris préhistoriques de la vallée de la Save | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 2 | 5 | 5 | In the gorges of the river Save, just below the village of Lespugue, can be found many caves and shelters which have yielded ancient remains of habitation from up to 30,000 years ago. Below the Chateau de Lespugue, but very difficult to get to due to the steep sides of the gorge and all the undergrowth is the Grotte de Rideaux (not far from the place where there is a rock in the middle of the road) within which was found the Venus de Lespugue fi... Read More |
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| Grotte des Rideaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | In the gorges of the river Save, just below the village of Lespugue, can be found many caves and shelters which have yielded ancient remains of habitation from up to 30,000 years ago. Below the Chateau de Lespugue, but very difficult to get to due to the steep sides of the gorge and all the undergrowth is the Grotte de Rideaux (not far from the place where there is a rock in the middle of the road) within which was found the Venus de Lespugue fi... Read More |
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| Musée de Lespugue | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | In the central square of the little village of Lespugue is a museum, which, as many European museums are, is closed on a Monday. This museum has an exhibition of 35,000 years of Lespugue. Outside the museum in a little grassy park is a 10 times lifesize copy of the Venus de Lespugue, a pregnant woman figure dated to 33,000BC, carved from a mammouth tusk which was found in a cave just below the village. | 205 | 43 | ||
| Musée de Préhistoire (Aurignac) | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | In the centre of Aurignac village is the prehistory museum, with all sorts of finds and items found in the local caves. It is situated underneath a little village square with parking available. However, when I visited, it was closed, with a notice stating that it had been closed in May 2004 by the Mairie, for an indefinite period. I have no idea why. | 205 | 42 | |||
| Grotte d'Aurignac | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Just to the north of the village of Aurignac can be found this important prehistoric shelter, where in 1852 a man was out hunting rabbit with his dog, and the dog found a bone down a hole. Upon the news of this discovery, the locals started investigating and found remains of 27 skeletons, which were removed and reburied in the local cemetery. In the 1860's, scientific excavations were done here, which found that the site had been occupied 30,000 ... Read More |
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| La Roque-Saint-Christophe | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th Sep 1978 | Hitch Hiking Trip round France in the summer of 1978. Camped for a couple of days at Les Eyzies to visit and wonder at the ancient sites here. | |||||
| Font-de-Gaume | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th Sep 1978 | Hitch Hiking Trip round France in the summer of 1978. Camped for a couple of days at Les Eyzies to visit and wonder at the ancient sites here. | |||||
| Musée National de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th Sep 1978 | Hitch Hiking Trip round France in the summer of 1978. Camped for a couple of days at Les Eyzies to visit and wonder at the ancient sites here. | |||||
| Abri de Cro-Magnon | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th Sep 1978 | Hitch Hiking Trip round France in the summer of 1978. Camped for a couple of days at Les Eyzies to visit and wonder at the ancient sites here. | |||||
| Menhir Ste Carissime | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Along the D.1 road between Le Verdier and Cahuzac-sur-Vère, and this menhir can be seen across the far side of the river, which is beyond a ploughed field to the south. At this time in the evening, the menhir was glowing a golden colour in the rays of the setting sun. I struggled across the ploughed field to get a close look from across the river, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall and 1 metre wide, nicely positioned at a bend in the river... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Saillac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | This is a bizarrely Christianised dolmen which can be found in the forests to the south of the village of Caylus. From Caylus follow the signs to St-Amans-le-Vieux ancient church, and park in the vicinity of this, from where you take the GR46 Footpath the opposite way from the road towards the southwest for about 500 metres, and the remains of the dolmen can be seen on the left.
This dolmen has been much altered, and at first I had difficulty... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Pech (Cazals) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Despite not being marked on any ign maps I have seen, this box tomb dolmen is easily found as it is right beside the D.75B between Bourdoncle and Doumerc by the road to Frau. Subject of an excavation in 1989, and reconstruction in 1992, it is now fenced in, presumably for protection, but it looks terribly ugly because of that.
The chamber seems to be of a double type, open to the east, with a large first chamber 4.5 metres by 2.5 metres betwe... Read More |
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| Tombe du Géant (Septfonds) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The Tombe du Géant is a scheduled historic monument, and as such it is marked on the local maps, both 1:25,000 and 1:100,000, near to the farm of Les Tombes to the southeast of Septfonds. It is however not so easy to find in the real world, with the fields and indeed many of the trackways in this area having recently been thoroughly fenced off, with both barbed wire and electric fences, and new hedges planted. At first, I could find no way throug... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Caux-Vieilles | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | A bit to the south of the track running along the southern edge of the airfield, in the scrubland, are several mounds of stones. One of these mounds has a clear dolmen chamber within it, 3 metres in length by 1.5 metres in width. It consists of two side slabs and a backstone between them, but no capstone. The northern half of the mound still exists right up to the top of the side support, while the southern part is mostly missing. This chamber is... Read More |
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| Finelle Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A bit to the west of the first dolmen, along the track running along the southern edge of the airfield, and you soon come to another dolmen. This one has lost its mound, which has no doubt been used to build the local walls, and it is standing proud at the edge of a flat area used for dumping rubble etc. Its a fairly standard southern French dolmen, with two 4 metre long sideslabs and a backstone between them, topped with a capstone, making a cha... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Peyrelevade (Septfonds) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | To the west of the village of Septfonds, and to the south of the little airfield are several dolmens in the woodlands. There are signposts to "dolmens" and down a little track is a parking place and more signs. Right beside this track is the first dolmen you come to. It is still mostly within its mound of loose stone, and quite a large one. The 5 metres by 4 metres capstone sits on top of a chamber 4 metres in length, by 2 metres wide, made with ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Cieurac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 1st Sep 2005 | Just over the Dordogne river from the town of Souillac should be found this dolmen. There are no signposts to it, and its not on any of my maps, but it is mentioned in a book I have, and is supposedly to be found at a corner of the road in the woods at the top of the hill. However, the woods are very thick and dense, and the hillside very steep, so without any better information, there is no way I am going to find this one. | 205 | 29 | |||
| Dolmen de la Route Vieille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Couldn't find | 1st Sep 2005 | There is supposed to be a dolmen here, according to my notes, but there is nothing mentioned on any of my maps or on any of the village noticeboards or tourist publicity. Churches, a Chateau and caves are all mentioned, but no dolmen. Perhaps the dolmen is in a different village called Noailles. | 205 | 28 | |||
| Puy de Pauliac Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 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 signp... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Rochesseux | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This little dolmen is found in a sort of parkland high up on the slopes of Puy de Pauliac, above the historical village of Aubazines. It is signposted from the road. A triangular 3 metres by 2 metres capstone sits delicately balanced on top of two side support stones and a back stone, with a chamber 2.5 metres long by 1 metre wide underneath. The two side stones are both pointed at the top, and the capstone sits only on their points, and the smal... Read More |
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| Estivaux Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the east of the village of Estivaux, this dolmen can be found in a field near to the sports stadium and a new housing development, just about 50 metres from the road. Its an odd little affair, and almost looks modern. The oval capstone, 3.5 m by 2.5 m sits on top of 4 support stones making a small chamber 2 metres by 1 metre inside, and about 1.5 metres in height. The support stones look to me to be quite new, perhaps an enthusiastic restorati... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | About a kilometre from the village of Espartignac, this dolmen can be found along a signposted track from the village square near to the Bar Le Dolmen. It is found in thick woodland on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. The dolmen is in part made from natural rocks, with a couple of sideslabs and a capstone (now broken into two pieces) resting on a rocky outcrop. The capstone is about 3... Read More |
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| Doghouse Hill | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Dorset | Saw from a distance | 15th Oct 2020 | Seen from a distance during a walk from Seatown up the coast path up and over the Golden Cap and around Stanton St Gabriel and back. | |||||
| Dyrham Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 9th Sep 2007 | Dyrham Camp, otherwise known as Hinton Hillfort, is not so much a hillfort, but more a promontary fort, on a southwest facing spur of the Cotswold Hills north of Bath. Basically triangular in shape, it is cut into two by the little road up the hillside from the village of Hinton below. The northern part is mostly in woodland, and seems to be used as a rubbish dump these days. The hill edge has been shaped, and in places the bank and ditch is in... Read More |
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| Dyrham Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 9th Oct 2020 | Walking a loop on the Cotswold Way around Dyrham and Tormarton, see Hinton Hillfort from the southern side in the fading autumn sunlight. | |||||
| Golden Cap Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Dorset | Visited | 15th Oct 2020 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Visit on a walk from Seatown up the coast path up and over the Golden Cap and around Stanton St Gabriel and back. Remains of 5 barrows can be seen on the open hilltop to the west of the highest point of 191m, the highest point on the British south coast. They are in a line along the top, but now very low and worn, clearly showing the Chert and gravelly golden sandstone of which they are constructed. | ||
| Bras Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This beautiful little dolmen is fairly easily found to the south of the village of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles along the D.44 road. Just to the north of where the road crosses the river Benaize is a place to park and a signposted footpath to the west. The footpath is well marked with orange marks, and after a couple of hundred metres walk turn right and go up the hill for a further hundred metres.
The dolmen has a rectangular chamber, 3.5 metr... Read More |
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| Dolmen de l'Héritière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Couldn't find | 31st Aug 2005 | To the southwest of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, between Bouéry and Bras dolmens, in the commune of Arnac-la-Poste, is another dolmen marked on my ign 1:100,000 map, near to the hamlet of L'Ecluse. At the road junction, there was a sign with a dolmen marked on it, with a name something like Le Pau Montbugnard. But following the sign, I was unable to find another, and was not able to find the dolmen. Parking along these little roads was difficult, ... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée au Bois Bouéry | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | In the forest to the southwest of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, this dolmen is easily found as it is signposted from the D.2 road, several kilometres to the north. From the road that leads to the dolmen, it is just a hundred metres walk from a parking place, and it resides in a little forest clearing.
The dolmen is quite a big one, made from granite rocks. The capstone is sort of mushroom shaped, and about 5 metres in diameter. It sits on top o... Read More |
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| Marchain Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | To the west of the village of Lathus-Saint-Rémy, in the fields near to the hamlet of Marchain, can be found this dolmen. It can be seen across the fields by the crossroads to the south of the hamlet, but I could find no obvious way to get to the dolmen, all the fields being fenced off. It looks to be a fairly simple little dolmen, with a capstone set on top of a few support stones. | 205 | 20 |
| Pierre Brune Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 31st Aug 2005 | A bit further to the south of Pierre-Soupèze along the same little farm road is a farm called Pierre Brune. There are no obvious signs of any dolmen, but there are lumps and bumps in the fields, and piles of stones in the fields. | 205 | 19 | |||
| Dolmen dit Pierre-Soupèze | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | To the southeast of Montmorillon, this dolmen is within a ploughed field, which is very well fenced to keep people out. From the edge of the farm lane you can see a few stones under some bushes, with a large capstone at an angle on top of a couple of supports. From certain angles daylight can be seen beneath it. It is possible that there are two dolmen capstones here, or else there are many other large stones dumped here for field clearance. | 205 | 18 |
| Dolmen de la Bastière 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marked on my ign 1:100,000 map is a dolmen in the field to the south of the road between Lussac and Montmorillon. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious dolmen to which it referred. However the fields round here have several mounds and piles of stones, which are perhaps the remains of half a dozen dolmens or burial mounds, some of which have since been used to pile up other stones for field clearance purposes, some of which have been... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Bastière 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marked on my ign 1:100,000 map is a dolmen in the field to the south of the road between Lussac and Montmorillon. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious dolmen to which it referred. However the fields round here have several mounds and piles of stones, which are perhaps the remains of half a dozen dolmens or burial mounds, some of which have since been used to pile up other stones for field clearance purposes, some of which have been... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Loubressac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Beside the river Goberté to the west of Lussac-les-Chateaux, at the hamlet of Loubressac, the little road curves around the remains of this dolmen. It is now sitting right beside the road at the edge of a pond. The capstone, which once would have measured 5 metres by 4 metres, has now broken and collapsed into the chamber. About 8 or 10 support stones remain, many of which have fallen. The entrance is to the east. Most of the stones are of the lo... Read More |
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| Verrières tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Saw from a distance | 30th Aug 2005 | On the village map, about half a kilometre to the southeast of the dolmen, and to the northeast of the road to Lussac-les-Chateaux. I had a walk towards this after getting the van partly sorted, but couldn’t find anything definite. There was however, a mound in a field which has growth on it, which was in the right sort of place. Pity I couldn't get to it and have a proper look, and by now its started to get dark. | 205 | 14 | |||
| Verrières Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just outside the village of Verrières, to the south by the road to Lussac-les-Chateaux, are the remains of this dolmen, which can be found round the back of some houses at the top of the valley. Its not much more than a large slab of rock sitting on the ground these days, which is the capstone which measures 4 metres by 3 metres, with a few bits of crumbled rock underneath. There are no signs of any obvious support stones.
When I got back to ... Read More |
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| Coeur de Birette | Polissoir | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | In the gardens of the Chateau de Grand Pressigny are, amongst many other things, a polissoir stone called (I believe) the Coeur de Birette ???. | 205 | 12 |
| Grand-Pressigny Musée de la Préhistoire | Museum | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Museum of prehistory contained within the remains of the ruined Chateau de Grand Pressigny, this is a wonderful place to visit. In a little village on the edge of a plateau, the castle is on a steep sided headland with a huge ditch cut to protect it from the fourth side. This place has been lived in and defended since the year dot. For €4 entry fee, you not only get to visit the castle, but also a fossils exhibition, the prehistory museum, and an... Read More |
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| Pierre Chaude | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | About a kilometre to the east of the village of Neuilly, on the road to Paulmy, can be found this nice dolmen, about 50 metres to the south of the road in a hazlenut grove, and signposted.
The dolmen has a large single capstone which is now broken, sat on top of 6 support stones making a rectangular chamber about 3 metres by 3 metres internal dimensions, and almost 2 metres high at the top. The entrance to the dolmen is through a cut side sto... Read More |
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| La Pierre Fondue | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be found about 100 metres up a track behind the hamlet of Bommiers, which is a couple of kilometres to the south of the village of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine down the N.10. It is about one kilometre to the north of the Pierre Percée. Once you reach the hamlet, it is signposted, and sits in a field which had been harvested when I was here, so was able to visit the dolmen properly.
The dolmen has a single capstone sitting 2 metres... Read More |
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| Pierre Percée (Draché) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | A few kilometres to the south of the village of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine along the N.10, and this stone is signposted, less than a kilometre to the west along a minor road. The stone has its own little parking area and explanatory signpost, and is set in a nice open grassy area.
The stone is about 3.5 metres tall, slightly leaning and pointing skywards. About two thirds of the way up is an intriguing hole through the stone, oval in shape, abo... Read More |
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| Pierre Potelée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This stone is about half a kilometre east of the Mere et Fille stones in the forest and is also signposted. I parked in a parking area near to the signpost and walked for several kilometres before returning to my van having found nothing except for more signposts at the other end of the forest track pointing back from where I had come. As I got back to the van, I could see the stone, less than 100 metres from where I had parked, down a different ... Read More |
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| Pierres de Mère et Fille | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | The mother and daughter stones can be easily found in the forest to the northeast of La Fleche, and are signposted from nearby. Both are nicely shaped pointed slabs, and they are about 8 metres from each other in an east west direction. The mother stone is more than 4 metres tall, and is the western of the pair, The daughter is just over 2 metres tall, and at the east. It is stated on a nearby signpost that the stones are thought to represent the... Read More |
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| la Pierre Couverte (Parigné) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen can be fairly easily found at a junction of tracks in the Bois de Bruon, near to Parigné-le-Pôlin, a few kilometres south of Le Mans, and just off the N23 road. The largish capstone, 4 m by 3.5 m, sits on top of 4 collapsed support stones, with another one nearby. its a pleasant little walk along a forest track from where I parked the van. | 205 | 5 |
| Menhir dit Pierre Saint-Julien | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Pierre Saint Julien is a 3.5 metre tall menhir, stood outside the main entrance to St Julien Cathedral, Le Mans. It is a truly lovely stone, made from a very heavily stratified, and vividly coloured rock. From certain angles, and in the right light, it looks for all the world to be a man dressed in hooded cloak stood outside the entrance of this sacred place. I do not know where the stone originally came from. | 205 | 4 |
| La Pierre au Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Couldn't find | 29th Aug 2005 | I couldn't easily find this one, nor anywhere to park to have a proper look. It is not very near to the road, and so I left. | 205 | 3 | |||
| Menhir de la Croix Carrée (Landigou) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Looking for a menhir marked on my map, I could find nothing, so asked a lady walking her dog, and she directed me to this roadside cross. It has a historic monument signpost, which states that it is a megalithic monument of unknown origin. About 1.2 metres tall, it is of square section, with large crosses carved into each face, joining each other around the corners. Perhaps it was once a menhir, perhaps once an iron age stele. Its hard to tell. B... Read More |
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| Landigou Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Couldn't find | 29th Aug 2005 | Looking for this menhir marked on my map, I could find nothing | 205 | 1 | |||
| Peninnis Head | Cairn | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 17th Jul 2003 | Sailing trip from Plymouth over to the Scilly Isles. While ashore, have a walk around Peninnis Head. | |||||
| Peninnis Head Boundary | Misc. Earthwork | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 17th Jul 2003 | Sailing trip from Plymouth over to the Scilly Isles. While ashore, have a walk around Peninnis Head. | |||||
| Buzza Hill | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 17th Jul 2003 | Sailing trip from Plymouth over to the Scilly Isles. While ashore, have a walk around Peninnis Head. | |||||
| Gweal Hill, Bryher | Chambered Tomb | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 9th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, we spent the day on Tresco then in the evening I rowed myself over to Bryher to have a look at the place and watch the sun go down from Gweal Hill | |||||
| Castle Down, Tresco | Chambered Tomb | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 9th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, we spent the day on Tresco, exploring the gardens and walking round most of the island. | |||||
| Porth Hellick Down | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Normandy Down | Chambered Cairn | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Toll's Island | Misc. Earthwork | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Innisidgen Lower | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Innisidgen Upper | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Great Arthur | Chambered Cairn | England | Isles of Scilly | Saw from a distance | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Nornour | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Isles of Scilly | Saw from a distance | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Halangy Down | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| Bant's Carn | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Isles of Scilly | Visited | 8th Sep 1986 | During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew. | |||||
| West Kennet Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Falkner's Circle | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| The Sanctuary. | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| East Kennett garden feature | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| East Kennett longbarrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Wansdyke | Misc. Earthwork | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke from SU040666 to SU099647, then back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Horton Down | Chambered Tomb | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Easton Down Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Roughridge Hill Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Old Bath Road Tumulus | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Windmill Hill Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Picket Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Windmill Hill (Avebury) | Causewayed Enclosure | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | |||||
| Longstones Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | ||
| Longstone Cove | Standing Stones | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | ||
| Avebury | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Oct 1998 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue | ||
| Coate circle | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 8th Aug 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Devils Den | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 16th Sep 2007 | 3 | 3 | 4 | As I was driving westwards along the A4 Sunday afternoon, I decided to stop in at the Devils Den for a look round, having not been there for many years - the stony delights a bit further west usually taking my attention. Knowing it is difficult to park on the A4 in order to walk up the track from Clatford Bottom, I decided to take the little road to the north, I believe towards Manstone farm, where there is a fairly large car park near to the r... Read More |
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| Devils Den | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Jul 2002 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| East Kennett garden feature | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Jul 2002 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Lockeridge Grey Wethers | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Jul 2002 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Knap Hill | Causewayed Enclosure | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Jul 2002 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Adam's Grave (Alton Barnes) | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Jul 2002 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Marden Henge | Henge | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Jul 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Oliver's Castle | Hillfort | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 3rd Jun 2002 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Part of a days off road cycling from Devizes. Lovely place, people flying radio controlled planes and gliders from up there. Horrifically muddy on the way down from the hills to the north. | ||
| Dolmen de Pineyre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | High up in the hills to the northwest of St-Nectaire can be found this dolmen, still almost entirely contained within its cairn of stones. The capstone is visible above a chamber, just above the top level of the present day cairn, and is about 4 metres by 3 metres. Apart from one squared corner, and the upper most row of side support stones, not much can be seen at all of the chamber below, which may have been quite large. The stone cairn is appr... Read More |
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| Pierres Meslières Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Pierres Meslières, menhir 2: This menhir is between 3 and 4 metres tall, with a lot of ivy growing on it, besides the trackway at the bottom of the vineyard to the south of the rock outcrop. It is in need of a haircut. | 204 | 67 |
| Pierres Meslières Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pierres Meslières, menhir 1: This is a squat little menhir, half hidden in the hedge and bank between the railway and the vineyard. It is possible that ground level is now much higher here than it was, the railway line being about 10 metres lower. As I write, a TGV whizzes past. The remaining menhir is about 1.5 metres above track level, and looks lost in the hedge, almost like a field clearance stone. | 204 | 66 |
| West Kennet Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Down to the bottom of Waden Hill and now head up the West Kennet Avenue towards Avebury. Its stones are positively glowing in the afternoon sunshine. This is obviously the way to approach Avebury, and even a herd of bullocks in the enclosure couldn't deter me from walking all the way up, although I did divert to the top of the area to avoid most of them, which meant not seeing the stone with the polishing grooves again. At the top of the Avenue, ... Read More |
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| Falkner's Circle | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2020 | Climbing over Waden Hill before walking up the avenue back to Avebury, got a good view of the site of Falkners Circle with its singular stone glowing in the afternoon sun. | |||||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Good views of Silbury today, so I decide to walk to it along the path in the fields north of the busy A4 road. It looks lovely in this light, sometimes in the sunshine and sometimes in the shade. With the bright green grass of the fields blowing around in the wind, it looks to be floating in a sea of green. Beautiful, and strangely compelling. From here I walk towards Avebury along the stream, but see people walking over Waden Hill, so decide to ... Read More |
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| West Kennett Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Up the hill across the fields to West Kennet longbarrow. Its bright and clear but very windy up here, which gives good views all around. A steady stream of people are coming up here for a look, but not enough to get in the way. As I suspect is often the case, there is quite a bit of tat and suchlike inside, put there by people who should know better. | ||
| Silbaby | Misc. Earthwork | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2020 | Walking along the fields beside the stream, get clear views of Silbaby mound, recently declared to be not prehistoric but medieval, and officially named The Waden Mound. There is a dead tree in front of it with a large hollow near the top which makes it look like an owl from a distance. | |||||
| East Kennett longbarrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2020 | I should have gone a bit further up the road from East Kennet to get a view of the long barrow on the hillside. However, good views over to East Kennet longbarrow from the hills near West Kennet barrow. | |||||
| The Sanctuary. | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Over the A4 to the Sanctuary, perhaps I can sit and have lunch here, but the circle of concrete breezeblocks has a couple of alternative types sat in the centre and dinging little bells. Couple of photos and move on. | ||
| The Sanctuary Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The plan was to stop here to eat my lunch but the field was full of bullocks, the wind was blowing strong and there was too much noise from the traffic on the A4. | ||
| Overton Hill barrow cemetery | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Good views of the barrows on Avebury Down from the Ridgeway, but I don’t take any photos. Get my hand scratched and stung as I try to get some decent blackberries, because the wind is blowing so strongly. | ||
| Avebury Down barrow cemetery | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Good views of the barrows on Avebury Down from the Ridgeway, but I don’t take any photos. Get my hand scratched and stung as I try to get some decent blackberries, because the wind is blowing so strongly. | ||
| The Polisher (Fyfield Down) | Polissoir | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Yes indeed, the chap in the black fleece has gone to the polisher, and is taking all sorts of photos. I sit and wait halfway down the hill, but may still be in some of his pictures. He moves on downhill, and I see him busily taking lots of pictures of some of the stones. I take my chance and go have a good look at the polisher. Fabulous. After my 5 minutes here I walk back up to the Ridgeway and stop for a sit down and to collect my thoughts etc.... Read More |
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| Overton Down Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | North up the Ridgeway past more barrows. The chap in the black fleece with all sorts of badges etc has also turned this way. I get the feeling he is off to the Polisher! | ||
| Overton Down Cemetery | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | Walking up Green Street to the ridgeway, there are good view of the plentiful barrows dotted about on the hillsides. I am passed several times by a chap who is walking quicker than me, but stops for lots of photos. | |||||
| Avebury - The Cove | Standing Stones | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 5 | After a pint at the Red Lion, I go for a look at the Cove, gleaming in the low afternoon sun. Those stones are huge. | ||
| Avebury | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 25th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 5 | The electric at home is off for the day so they can cut some trees, so I have a trip to Avebury for a long walk up to the polisher, down the Ridgeway and back to Avebury via Overton Down, East Kennet, West Kennet longbarrow, Silbury Hill, Waden Hill and the Avenue. Well deserved pint at the Red Lion. Beautiful day out. | ||
| West Kennett Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 11th Jul 2011 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Having failed to get dinner at The Barge Inn, we got sandwiches in Marlborough, and then went and sat up on top of WKLB to eat them in the lovely sunshine, overlooking Silbury Hill and Avebury. Its lovely up here. But, there are always nutters about, banging drums, dowsing, tealights etc. What a shame the place has to put up with this. | ||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 11th Jul 2011 | A quick look on the way between WKLB and Avebury. | |||||
| West Kennet Avenue polisher | Polissoir | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | One of the West Kennet Avenue stones on the eastern side near to the road about mid way along the remaining avenue, has evidence of being used as a polisher stone. Down near the bottom of the stone, facing the fence and road, can be seen one fairly large polishing dish and some smaller grooves, perhaps arrow sharpening grooves. As the polishing bowl would have probably been used flat so that water could be kept in the bowl to aid the polishing... Read More |
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| West Kennet Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Before going home, still feeling good and time to visit the Kennet Avenue, so walked up and down that, finding the second polisher stone. Beautiful day out. | ||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A quick look on the way after day at Avebury before going home. | ||
| Longstones Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Remains of a big longbarrow just to the north of Beckhampton roundabout, roughly in line with the Avebury western Avenue. I wonder how much this has been altered over the years, as the land around it is slightly raised making a much longer shape, perhaps double the remaining length. It also looks like the northeastern end has a horned courtyard entrance feature, but this is well within the yaised ground, and also looks too good to be original, as... Read More |
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| Longstone Cove | Standing Stones | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Legs working well after the first chiro session. Back to Avebury and walked around the henge and stones before a pint in the Red Lion. Still fairly early and legs feeling good, so walked down the route of the Beckhampton Avenue to Adam and Eve and a huge longbarrow before going back To Avebury and the car. | ||
| Avebury Down Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Couldn't find | 18th Sep 2019 | I was foiled in my attempt to get to visit this due to a herd of boisterous bullocks blocking my way through the gate into the field. I chickened out and went back and around the long way. | |||||
| Overton Down Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Remains of a Barrow at SU12607104 just to the side of the Ridgeway. | ||
| Avebury - The Cove | Standing Stones | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Decided to go find The Polisher on a wonderful sunny day to see if my legs were working again after the first chiro session. Back to Avebury and walked around the henge and stones before a pint in the Red Lion. | ||
| Avebury | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Decided to go find The Polisher on a wonderful sunny day to see if my legs were working again. Parked at Avebury, then walked up the Herepath to The Ridgeway, and turned north. Found the polisher too easily, and had lunch sat on it. Legs working well after the first chiro session, so continued north up the Ridgeway before turning to drop down off the hills and back to Avebury via some tumuli, but had to go a longer way due to a field of inquisiti... Read More |
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| Avebury | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 11th Jul 2011 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Did pretty much the whole Avebury tour with Dad and Rachael. Drove up the avenue from the Sanctury, and parked in the NH car park. Walked around the whole henge, and visited the internal circles. I'd forgotten quite how massive and wonderful Avebury is, even with a lot of people here | ||
| Winterbourne Monkton | Chambered Tomb | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | Large sarsen stone in the churchyard thought to be removed from the Neolithic Millbarrow | ||||
| Ouldsbroom Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Yar Tor Enclosure | Causewayed Enclosure | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | At the northern part of the summit of Yar Tor is seen to be the remains of what is classified as a "Tor Enclosure", thought to be of neolithic origins. A clear embankment and "wall" remains at the western side of the flattened area between the various rock outcrops. Remains of a hut circle can be seen within. | ||
| Yar Tor Summit | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Such a lovely day, I decided to go up to the top of Yar Tor to take in the views, despite my legs aching a bit by now. The top of the southern part of the tor has a clear ancient cairn built on top, but this has been made into a spiral shape, I believe during wartime when it was used as a lookout shelter. While stood at the top of Yar Tor, a couple of Wokka-Wokkas flew up the Dart valley below me before heading up the valley towards Princetown an... Read More |
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| Yar Tor NW | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 3 | 3 | The Yar Tor triple stone row is much clearer to see than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. This has been helped by a lot of clearance of gorse etc. I followed the ruined triple row downhill to the north, and was pretty sure I could make out remnants of it right up to the field wall at SX67977427, further than I have seen mentioned anywhere else. | ||
| Yar Tor SE | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | The Yar Tor triple stone row is much clearer to see than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. Almost certainly what has become known as the Yar Tor SE rows is a section of the main triple row which has become separated from the main part of the rows. Looking all aound at the top end, by the moneypit cairn, I could find nothing of another set of rows, but I didn't spend too long looking and the gorse h... Read More |
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| Money Pit cairn | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Looking lovely in the late afternoon sun | ||
| Dunnabridge Pound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The Judges Chair in deep shadow, so no good for photos, but a nice little sit down | ||
| Down Ridge Outlier | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | About 100 metres away to the southeast from the stone circle is a small standing stone, just under a metre tall. | ||
| Down Ridge | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | I am not really sure what to make of this, the remains of which are on sloping ground on the northeastern flank of Down Ridge above Hexworthy, just above the enclosed areas below. There is not a huge amount left, and much of that is at the uphill side, large slabs set on their long sides, several of which are adjacent to each other sort of making a solid wall. There are also a couple of standing stones forming part of the same arc, indicating a d... Read More |
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| Joan Ford Newtake row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Three slabs stand in a row on the slopes to the northwest of the Swincombe waterworks lake. This is an uncertain site, and it is not like any other prehistoric stone row on Dartmoor. I wondered whether it was part of some ancient settlement or industrial works, of which there are many in this area. | ||
| Joan Ford Newtake E | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 4 | 2 | From here it was unclear whether I should procede along the northern wall on the inside, or the outside in order to find the Joan Ford Newtake E cairn and cist. I went down the outside, and found the remains of the cairn after about a hundred yards, but on the inside of the wall. I got a boot full of boggy water in my attempt to get to the wall and take pictures, and there was no way I was going to get over the wall and barbed wire fence from her... Read More |
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| Joan Ford Newtake W | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Having decided to walk further than the short loop, and to visit the Joan Forn Newtake and cross at the Swincome waterworks, I proceeded out across the moor in a west and southwest direction. Leaving the hardened trackway, I headed up to the hilltop on the way to the enclosure, and noted what were probably cairns, or perhaps hut circles. From there over to the corner of the enclosure wall with its gated entrance, at which I noted some reasonably ... Read More |
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| Sherberton circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Sherberton Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Apr 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Very little remains of this stone row, just to the north of the Sherberton stone circle. A few little stumps of stone can be found, but not enough to determine either end, or even whether it is a single or double row. I counted 11 stones. WP61 at north end. | ||
| Bowerman's Nose | Rock Outcrop | England | Devon | Saw from a distance | 26th Feb 2019 | 5 | 4 | Drive down from Hound Tor passing Bowerman's Nose, but the sun has now gone, so decide not to go out to the fabulous looking rock column. One for another time. The drive down this little road is splendid, part of it being gated (I'd forgotten the joys of gated roads!), part through a stream bed , some over open common and some through woodland. | |||
| Hound Tor Ring Cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 4 | 5 | 4 | From the top of Hound Tor, I make my way south to look for the cairn and cist, but it is easy to find with obvious pathways leading to it. It is a splendid thing, about two thirds of a circle of contiguous surrounding stones with remains of a large cist box in the centre. I sit here for a fair while watching the sunlight fading on the Hound Tor rocks before heading back to the car. | ||
| Hound Tor Enclosure | Causewayed Enclosure | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Being such a beautiful day, I walk up to the top of Hound Tor before the sun goes down. Beautiful up here in the low sunlight. With views all around. I even climb up to the top of the bare granite rock tor, grazing my fingers on the rough stone in the process. I am a bit wary of being up here alone, and my legs are giving a bit of trouble getting down, but it was worth it. Didn't see much of an enclosure here, but wasn't looking for one to be hon... Read More |
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| Cranbrook Castle | Hillfort | England | Devon | Saw from a distance | 26th Feb 2019 | Cranbrook Castle hillfort can be seen to the northwest of Butterdon Down. I decide that with it only being February, and with it getting dark by 5:00pm, I will not visit, but go for a pint in the Union Inn at Moretomhampstead before heading out to Houndtor. | |||||
| Butterdon Down Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 4th Mar 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Being such a beautiful day, I walk up to the top of Butterdon Hill, much of which is covered in Gorse, and it’s a bit of a struggle to get to the actual top the way I have approached it. Once on top, it is obvious that there are remains of several cairns up here, and many more of the ancient boundary type constructions, some of which also have large side set slabs within them. The views from up here are fabulous, and its like being up here on a s... Read More |
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| Butterdon Down West | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Crikey, an easy to reach Dartmoor standing stone which has no pictures on the Portal, so I'd better go visit it. It's not the easiest place to park at Butterdon, but I find somewhere not blocking anything, and it’s a beautiful spot. Walk westwards up the lovely, almost tunnel like bridleway before getting onto the open downland, and head around the hillside until I find the stone, my first view of it being nothing like I was expecting, a tall thi... Read More |
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| Mardon Down N | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Approaching from the hilltop ridge path down to the northern circle, and the standing pillars of it make a splendid sight against the distant fields and forests. I am not sure what to make of it, is it a stone circle, a cairn with a surrouding circle of stones, or perhaps even a large roundhouse with large pillars incorporated ? There seems to be a double faced ring of edge set slabs, with half a dozen upright pillars incorporated. Now I am home... Read More |
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| Mardon Down Cairn 1 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Just south of the circle is what at first looks like a pile of large stones, but upon investigation is the remains of a cairn with much of the remains of a circle of surrounding stones, and with four large blocks at its southern side, and a large slab just on the outside, probably once the capstone to an internal cist. This is a nice monument. I continue on southwards to get a look at the wonderful views from the edge of the hill all the way roun... Read More |
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| Mardon Down S | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Further south along the ridgetop path, and I arrive at a large wide open green area, where I can see the remains of the stone circle extending around the exterior. The first part I get to has another of what looks like a little cairn right on the circumference of the circle, but again the hole in the centre looking too deep and recent. I initially wonder whether I can see the remains of a sort of cist capstone at one place, but which later I wond... Read More |
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| Mardon Down Ring Cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A bit further south along the ridgetop pathway is a large open green area to the west, with the fairly clear remains of a large 20m diameter ring cairn, looking much like a saucer. Much of this cairn has been ruined, but in places there are some semblances of structure. On the eastern side of the pathway here is another recently cleared area which looks to have a cairn located within it, a circular pile of stones with a deep hole in the middle, s... Read More |
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| Mardon Down Cairn 3 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Just south of the Giant's Grave is a smaller, but much more clear to see cairn, about 10m diameter and still with some semblance of a retaining circle of stones. | ||
| The Giant's Grave Mardon Down | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | At the top of the hill, and there is a fairly large cleared green area, but the Giant's Grave cairn is very disappointing, being not much more than a large bumpy area of ground, of about 20m diameter. It certainly doesn't live up to its name. | ||
| Marden Down East | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Heading southwest up to the top of Mardon Hill, and about halfway up there is a recently cleared area by the path, with the clear remains of a ring cairn which I was not expecting to see from my quick look in Butler before heading off for the day, which basically states that there are probably other cairns on the down, but the whole hill is overgrown with gorse and bracken making everything hard to find! This pattern held for the rest of my visit... Read More |
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| Headless Cross (Moretonhampstead) | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Feb 2019 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Beautiful sunny week in February, the hottest on record with 21 degrees recorded at Kew. So I decided a day on Dartmoor was required, and that I should visit Mardon Down to see the stone circle and other monuments in the vicinity, plus visit a couple of pubs. Two hours to drive down, and I was out on the moors before 12:00, having parked in a car parking area opposite what is marked as the Headless Cross. Turns out that the stone here now is a fa... Read More |
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| Dunnabridge Pound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Now I can head back down the hillside on a decent track to Dunnabridge, passing what are probably interesting remains of Brimpts Mine, which on another less tired time I would go and explore! Once down and before walking up the road to the car park, I decide for a quick look in Dunnabridge Pound with the Judge's Chair, which once more is in dark shadow.
I get back to the car at 5:15 after walking 14.3 km and ascending 337 m of vertical, now s... Read More |
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| Laughter Tor row 2 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Before leaving, I remember that there is supposedly the small remnants of another double stone row to be found a bit west of the longstone, but am not expecting to find them under the vegetation. However, before I even start my search, there they are, much nearer than I expected, and once again the ground around them has been roughly cleared. I find about half a dozen pairs of tiny stones, clearly not in alignment with either the longstone or the... Read More |
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| Laughter Tor Longstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The longstone is a lovely thing, although it has supposedly been re-erected facing the wrong way, as it does not aligned either with or against the row. Its almost 2.5 metres tall, and the views south are gorgeous, and I can see my car from here, so not far back now. Checking on the time, and I decide not to go to the top of Laughter tor, as it is lower than Bellever Tor, and the views from there cannot be much better than from here. | ||
| Laughter Tor row 1 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Now I am nearly back to Dunnabridge, time to sit in the sun for a rest to take in the views and finish my supplies. Damn, I have left the fruit in the car! The stone row should be just along a bit more then up on my right. There it is, but it’s a struggle to get to it from here through the heather and gorse. The row which is a double row of some 160m in length remains with a good section at each end but with very few stones remaining in between. ... Read More |
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| Kraps Ring | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Time is getting on, and clouds seem to be coming over, and I am getting tired. What to do now, I don't want to give up and return the way I came, but completing the planned walk will be a lot further in distance. However, most of the rest of the walk will be on marked pathways, which is probably 3 times easier than tromping over open moorland, so I decide to carry on. So I head northwards downslope to Kraps Ring, past a lovely fallen tree which i... Read More |
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| Lakehead Cairn Circle 1 | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Heading back northeast, and after disturbing something fairly large within the forest edge, I proceed to what is marked as "Cairn Circle". I find a ring of 13 small pale stones, about 6 m in diameter. Nothing much to be found within the circle except for one other flat slab. | ||
| Lakehead Hill 2 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Head west from the stone row, and right at the edge of the forest is found Cairn 2, marked by the OS as "Cist". What I find is a fairly large cist box standing proud of the ground, with nothing too obvious of a cairn or circle surrounding it. | ||
| Lakehead Hill W | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I now head north to the top of the hill, where a single stone row of about a dozen stones heads east to west across the hilltop. There is no obvious cairn, but at the western end the stone is facing across the rline of the row as if to be a Blocking Stone. | ||
| Lakehead Hill 5 | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Just to the north of Cairn 6 is Cairn 5, again a nice circle of 10 pale slabs with a diameter about 7m, slightly larger than cairn 6, as are the stones. There is no signs of a cist within the circle, but a few slabs to the southeast which may have made up part of a row to the cairn. | ||
| Lakehead Hill 6 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | I now wander out onto the open hilltop and head soutwest towards carins 5 and 6 marked as "Cairn Circle and Cist" on the OS map, but am initially mislead by a large post which does not mark them before finding the pair of cairns with their small marker! The southern of the two cairn circles consists of 10 pale stones standing in a circle of about 6m diameter surrounding a fairly large flat stone, probably a capstone for a cist, but I can see noth... Read More |
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| Lakehead Hill E | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Carry on northwards and then left in the scrubby gap between the forest trees to what the OS mark as "Cairn Circle & Cist". A path leads on westwards and then there it is, the coverstar of the Lakehead Hill sites. A short stone row leads westwards to a large rectangular box structure, all in a very nicely tended open area. I suspect this has all been "restored", but it does look very pretty in the afternoon sunshine. These days eleven stones make... Read More |
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| Lakehead Hill Cairn 7 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Further north along the forest track and across the Lich Way, this next target is marked as "Cairn Circle & Cist" on the map. Down a little open trackway into a clearing in the forest, I find the remnants of a large cist in a large round cairn, but the remnants of a cairn circle elude me. Possibly once had a stone row associated, although that perhaps is for another cairn yet to be found within the forest. | ||
| Lakehead Hill Cairn 8 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | North to Lakehead Hill, and my first target is on the right of the forest track and marked as "Cist" on the map. It does what it says on the tin, and a decent cist is found within a large circular cairn. | ||
| Lakehead Hill | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Day to Dartmoor for a lovely and sunny but tiring walk from Dunnabridge finding several cairns and cists on the way up and over Bellever Tor and on to Lakehead Hill with all its prehistoric remains. Down through Kraps Ring and the forest to Bellever, then up past Laughter Hole to the stone rows on the slopes of Laughter Tor then back to Dunnabridge. Pint at the Warren House Inn after. Lovely. | ||
| Bellever Tor N Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Following lunch atop the splendid viewpoint that is Bellever Tor, I walked northwards towards Lakehead Hill along the nice and clear pathway which passes through several ancient settlements, of which various walls and other remains can be seen. | ||
| Bellever Tor Cairn one | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Now on a worn pathway along what was previously the edge of the forested area, and I get to what is marked "Cairn & Cist". A nicely formed cairn is found with a few surrounding kerbstones and a large capstone covering the remnants of a cist underneath. | ||
| Bellever Tor 2 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Making it over the northern wall into the area where the forest has recently been cleared, and look for the next "Cairn" marked on my map. Even with gps I struggle to find what could be considered to be a cairn, although there were several contenders. I suspect that what I found as a single standing stone was its last remains. | ||
| Bellever Tor 6 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Back into the western area to search for this marked as "Cairn Circle & Cist", hiding in amongst the long grass, which was at times almost waist deep. Nice remains of a cist with several cairn kerbstones encirling it. | ||
| Bellever Tor 10 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Second cain I looked for first had the challenge of getting across the wall into the eastern area. I found the cairn in what I thought was a most unlikely place on a slope, the remains being largely a single cist sideslab, with a few other stones laying nearby. | ||
| Bellever Tor 9 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Day to Dartmoor for a lovely and sunny but tiring walk from Dunnabridge. Decided to start my walk by searching out the various cairns and cists on the way up to Bellever Tor, for which the ViewRanger with OSMap app helped enormously for those marked on the map. First I found, marked as "Cairn & Cist" was a small cist with a couple of surrounding kerbstones in some open rough ground which had probably been burned fairly recently. | ||
| Cordon des Druides | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This long line of white quartz stones is easy to find in the Fougères Forest, north of the town. It is about 500 metres east of the big parking area at Chennedet crossroads along the D177 road, and has a sign and a few parking places nearby.
The row is about 250 metres long, and the white quartz blocks are spaced at about 3 metres apart. The row runs at an alignment of 233° / 053° or Southwest to Northeast. The largest stones are at the centr... Read More |
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| Pierre du Trésor | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Deep in the darkest depths of Fougères forest can be found the Pierre du Trésor. Its actually only about a 400 metre signposted walk from the big car park at the Chennedet crossing of the main D177 road north from Fougères, and the traffic on this busy road is only 100 metres away. My gps didnt stand a chance of picking up a signal, and my camera insisted on using its flash, even on this bright and sunny afternoon.
Its hard to tell exactly wh... Read More |
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| Pierre Courcoulée (Landean) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | North of Fougères, in the forest, are several megalithic remains. The Pierre Courcoulée is towards the northwest of the forest and well signposted, it is just 200m from a big forest carpark and has its own circular walk which can be followed.
The dolmen is in a little clearing with signpost, and is the remains of a little allée couverte. The western end is fairly ruinous, but the east end is quite complete and has a closing stone. There are 7... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte le Rocher Jacquot | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The remains of this monument can be found a few kilometres northwest of Fougères, along the D.17 road towards St-Germain-en-Cogles. It is signposted, but not very clearly, and there is a little trackway and fenced off area around it.
At first I thought it was the remains of a dolmen with entry corridor, but further investigation in the undergrowth suggested to me that it is the remains of a well damaged allée couverte. One capstone remains i... Read More |
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| La Roche Piquée (Baudouinais) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A few kilometres to the west of the village of Livré-sur-Changeon, and a few kilometres to the south of the little town of St-Aubin-du-Cormier, near to the hamlet of Baudouinais can be seen this menhir marked on some of my maps as Pierre Piquée. It is signposted, and after a little walk along a farm track it can be seen across the fields. When I visited, the field was well fenced off, and full of cows, so I didn't get to visit the stone properly,... Read More |
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| Roche-aux-Fées (Essé) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2010 | 5 | 5 | 5 | June 2010 visit to France to see my sister, and as usual I had my Dad with me. I had decided on a long detour to visit La Roche-aux-Fées, but before we came here, I had told him nothing about it, except to say we were going to visit somewhere special. He is well used to me taking him to old stones all over the place, often on wild goose chases in woods and across fields finding nothing. But not this time.
This monument is now presented quite... Read More |
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| Roche-aux-Fées (Essé) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Small notes only for this very well known and popular site, which I was originally thinking of saving to be my last megalithic visit of my whole 6 month tour. First thoughts, Aaaaarrrrrgghhhh, it's busy. And you pay to get in. Aaaarrrgghhhhh. Never mind, I have to see it. I decided not to take my book with me and write much, I'll just go and have a look and take some photographs.
OK, it wasn't so bad as I first thought. After I had been here ... Read More |
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| Pierre de Richebourg | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | I could initially find no evidence of this stone, looking for it from the east, and thought that it is probably somewhere in the fenced off woodland grounds of the big house on the top of the hill. Further investigation from the north, the D.41 road to Retiers, and I found a trackway which takes you to right besides it, and it is signposted.
The menhir is behind the fence, beside a pond. The stone is about 3 metres tall by 3 metres wide, and ... Read More |
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| Champ Des Louères Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Well signposted from the village of Saint-Aubin-Des-Châteaux, these lead to a parking area beside the sports centre, from where the menhir is a walk of a few hundred metres. It's a very big stone, 3.5 metres tall, 3 metres wide and over a metre thick, and it lives in a field beside the trackway. There are a couple of intriguing round holes/niches within it, but I don't know whether these are natural or have been cut. | 204 | 322 |
| Pierre-Fritte (Jumallene) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 13th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | To the south of the village of Préviere along the D.6 road, and after a couple of kilometres is a signpost to Pierre Fritte. From there it's about 500 metres walk along the farm track, taking the left turn at the crossing of tracks. It's a very nice menhir, 5.2 metres tall and shaped so that it is flat on the eastern face and pointed at the top. It has also been Christianised or vandalised, according to your viewpoint, with a cross carved with an... Read More |
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| Blackquarries Hill | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Nov 2004 | 2 | 3 | 3 | The remains of this long barrow can be seen in a field at the southern end of the ridge between Tyley Bottom and Ozleworth Bottom near Wotton-under-Edge. There is a track which is part of the Cotswold Way which runs round the hill and passes close to the barrow, but I could find no way in for a closer look, although the field was empty and being used by some people flying model aircraft. The barrow remains have been fenced off, and are becoming g... Read More |
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| Blackquarries Hill | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 13th Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Revisiting this part of the Cotswold Way, and the field around the long barrow has been opened up to the public with a stile, and an information board has been placed in front of the barrow. The fence and old tree stumps have been removed, although it is all still a very untidy heap! | ||
| Pierre a Sacrifice (Putifay) | Polissoir | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Near to the dolmen de Putifaie, and right beside the road can be found this stone once thought to be a sacrificial stone. It's now known that the grooves and channels in the stone are the result of it being used to polish axes and other implements. I have to say that I couldn't see anything much in the way of polishing surfaces, the various shapes in the stone looked more natural to me. Perhaps the polishing grooves are under the tree roots etc w... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Petifaie | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 12th Aug 2005 | This is on private property in a dense woodland beside the road, and is well fenced off. | 204 | 319 | |||
| Maison des Fées (Miré) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Just at the northern edge of the village of Miré, just off the main D.27 roadnorth, and beside a little side road can be found this dolmen. It's a tall dolmen with a single capstone covering a squarish chamber of about 3 metres dimension, and over 2 metres tall. With it being right at the side of the road, it cant be sure that it's not been altered at all, and there are some rather large gaps in the stones. There are 4 support stones, two of them... Read More |
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| Pierre Cesée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Although it looks a bit difficult to get to, this dolmen is actually very easy to visit, either by driving down the little trackway to the parking area right by it (which is signposted from the road), or by walking along the path along the banks of the river Loir. Its about a kilometre to the west of Seiches-sur-le-Loir as the crow flies, but not so straight forward by vehicle. The dolmen sits on the flood plain of the river Loir, which is just 1... Read More |
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| Molieres Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This little dolmen can be found to the west of the village of Beauvau, which has a little map with the dolmen marked on it. When you find the track to the dolmen (beware, the village detail map is rotated from the full map!) there is a signpost pointing to it. Its then about a 500 metre walk, and at the top of the windblown hill, hiding under a tree in a field, and with a little wellhouse beside it.
The dolmen is pleasant, with a 4m by 2m cha... Read More |
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| Pierre du Coq polissoir | Polissoir | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It's hard to know exactly what to make of this site. Marked on the maps as a menhir, there are actually two stones standing upright, and beside them a large flat slab, with a few other bits and pieces laying around. The larger of the two standing stones is 3 metres tall and slab form, 2 metres wide and 0.5 m thick. The second stone, 2 m from it, is 1.8 metres high and is basically a large upward pointed lump, rectangular in section. Directly in t... Read More |
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| Pierre du Coq et la Poule | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It's hard to know exactly what to make of this site. Marked on the maps as a menhir, there are actually two stones standing upright, and beside them a large flat slab, with a few other bits and pieces laying around.
The larger of the two standing stones is 3 metres tall and slab form, 2 metres wide and 0.5 m thick. The second stone, 2 m from it, is 1.8 metres high and is basically a large upward pointed lump, rectangular in section. Directly ... Read More |
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| Baugé Polissoir | Polissoir | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Right outside the front of the chateau, in the town square, can be found this nice polissoir stone, which was found in the forests to the east of the town, and is now proudly on display. The stone itself is a 2.5m by 1.5 m lump, and on the top surface are two large grooves, and many flat polishing surfaces. In fact, pretty much the whole stone is polished smooth. Excellent ! | 204 | 313 |
| Pierre Couverte (Pontigné) | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This is a very pleasant find. It's well signposted from the village of Pontigné, a couple of kilometres to the west along the D.171 Rue Des Megalithes, and appears on the village plan with a photograph. This is most unusual in these parts where most are very hard, if not impossible to find. Once at the dolmen, its a 400 metre walk along a footpath through the forest from the road.
The dolmen itself is a very nice Angevin style allée couverte,... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Laurière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 12th Aug 2005 | Probably what was under that tree and those bushes in the lump in the middle of the field where I was trying to find the menhir. | 204 | 311 | |||
| L'Aurière menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 12th Aug 2005 | This menhir is by the little picnic area at the place where I was stopped from turning by another car going into there. | 204 | 310 | |||
| Dolmen du Moulin à Vent | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 12th Aug 2005 | I found the old windmill to the northeast of Broc, but saw no signs of any dolmen. | 204 | 309 | |||
| La Pierre Couverte de la Planche | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 12th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the west of Broc, along the D.138 road towards Chigné, an after about 800 metres this dolmen can be seen in the middle of the field to the north. I went to Broc hoping for a map, but saw nothing, so was lucky to find this. The dolmen is left in a little unploughed area which has recently been cleared of undergrowth and bushes, but it is also unfortunately used for field clearance stones.
There is a single capstone, 2.5 metres roundish... Read More |
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| Amenon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The Amenon dolmen is fairly easy to find, along the little roadsouth of the river Loir between Vaas and La Chapelle-aux-Choux. Just after the little stream, the dolmen remains can be found up a trackway, and can be seen from the road. There is a little plaque explaining that it is the remains of an Angevin type Allee Couverte, which is a good thing as I would never have known that, as most of the dolmen has been destroyed in the past with having ... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit Pierre Couverte de Vaas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Couldn't find | 11th Aug 2005 | I saw something that stated that this dolmen is supposedly on an island in the middle of the Loir river somewhere. I could find no sign for it, and it wasn't on my map, so didn’t try too hard. But there is marked on my maps a dolmen up in the forested hills to the north of the village, which is a fair old walk from anywhere. | 204 | 306 | |||
| Menhir des Ventes | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Couldn't find | 11th Aug 2005 | Now I can see the ign 1:25,000 map, there is another menhir nearby, much nearer to the road about half a kilometre to the northwest of the Gobianne menhir. | 204 | 305 | |||
| Gobiane Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 2 | This was a difficult one to find. Halfway between the villages of Flée and Chahaignes is a track south from the D.255 road up to Gobianne farm. I parked and walked up the track for at least 800 metres, and eventually I saw the menhir in a field up on the hillside. The field is well ditched, fenced and hedged, and there was no way in. The best I got was a long distance photo.
Its a big menhir, I would estimate over 4 metres tall. When you know... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée (La Grange) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a large upright slab, 3.5 metres high and 3 metres wide, in a field overlooking a stream. Beside it are a few more large slabs, but they don’t look like they have broken off the top, although it is possible. It's a lovely limestone sort of slab, and looks like holes have been drilled into it in places, perhaps in an attempt to break it up.
I only found this at the second attempt, along the track from near La Grange farm from the west,... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Marcilly | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | This was not an easy dolmen to get to, as my campervan wouldn’t go under a low railway bridge, and hence I had a walk of over a kilometre. It's hard to explain, but once under the railway I just followed the field edges hoping to see something, and there it was, beyond a copse and a pond.
The dolmen is a fairly simple thing, with a single capstone sat on top of three support stones, making a rectangular chamber of 3m by 2.5m. Whether there wa... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Haute Barde | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Couldn't find | 11th Aug 2005 | This dolmen is either in dense woodland, or else on private property for the large chateau, as I can find no sign of it anywhere. | 204 | 301 | |||
| Pierre du Pont-Champion | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This three metre tall menhir lives in a field guarded by cows, just to the south of the busy D.766 road a few kilometres west of the village of Beaumont-la-Ronce. There is a parking area nearby, and its just 100 metres walk along the edge of the field to the menhir. There are several other large lumps of stone around. | 204 | 300 |
| La Grotte aux Fées | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 11th Aug 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This fine dolmen can be found just to the north of the village of Mettray. Follow the road beside the sports stadium along the railway line for about a kilometre, and it is in a bunch of trees across a field to the right, down a little track and with a parking area. It's a large monumentwith a main chamber about 10 metres long by4 metres wide, with three large capstones sitting on top of three side slabs each side, and a single large backstone. T... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Château de Pierrefitte | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Saw from a distance | 10th Aug 2005 | It's difficult to get to see this dolmen, as it resides in the grounds of a big private chateau, and cannot be visited. However I was just able to catch a glimpse of it from the front gate of the house. It is in the parkland at the east side, with trees around it. It looks a nice tidy dolmen with capstone still in place. | 204 | 298 | |||
| Oppidum des Châteliers | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Saw from a distance | 10th Aug 2005 | Long inhabited and fortified hilltop above the river Loire at Amboise. | 204 | 297 | |||
| La Pierre Levée (Chapelle-Vendômoise) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Well, thank goodness I didn't totally give up earlier, and came to find this. What a nice find. This is signposted and in a nicely tended little area just south of the village of Chapelle-Vendômoise, just off the busy D.957 road to the northwest of the town of Blois. The road here is a very busy dual carriageway, but there is a little dolmen rest area, from where the dolmen itself is about a 100 metre walk, or alternatively you can drive almost r... Read More |
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| Gâts-Fleuris Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Just to the side of Rue des Dolmens, to the north of the village of Huisseau-en-Beauce, can be found the remains of this dolmen or dolmens. Unfortunately it really is no more than a pile of stones at the roadside these days, although with the knowledge of what was once there, it is possible to make out the remains of two capstones still partly resting on their supports.
Apparently, in the 1920s, not only were the dolmens quite complete, but a... Read More |
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| Hauts-de-Bretagne Polissoir | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just outside the Hauts-de-Bretagne dolmen, at the northwest side, can be found a polissoir stone, with one groove, 5 basins and a flat area for polishing work. These are on a slab about one metre square. I do not know whether this slab was once part of the blown up dolmen or not. | 204 | 294 |
| Hauts-de-Bretagne Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | On a west facing slope in the middle of a field, a kilometre or so to the north of the village of Huisseau-en-Beauce, can be found the remains of this dolmen. It is reached by finding the Rue des Dolmens, and then a difficult kilometre walk along farmtracks, across streams and fields.
It was once an Angevin type dolmen with a 3.5 metre by 2 metre rectangular chamber, with its entrance porchway at the east. Unfortunately it was dynamited at th... Read More |
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| La Pierre Sorcière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | I have seen this referred to as both a dolmen and a polissoir, and can be found by the roadside just outside the village of Villiersfaux, and signposted from the Mairie. It is a big 5 m by 3 m lump of puddingstone, with a few other stones around and about it. It may well be the capstone of a collapsed dolmen, but on the top it has clearly been used as a polissoir stone. There are at the south end a couple of small grooves, and a couple of flats. ... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Louettes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Couldn't find | 9th Aug 2005 | Marked on my ign 1:100,000 map, but I could find no sign of this dolmen on the ground. What I did find was lots of fishing places along the banks of the pleasant Loir river near to a lovely old papermill. I asked a few people if they knew of any dolmens around here and none of them had any idea what I was talking about. The best I got offered was the Donjon de Fréteval as ancient stones !
Since my visit, and with the help of geoportail and it... Read More |
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| Mondétour polissoirs | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Couldn't find | 9th Aug 2005 | This polissoir is signposted up a trackway from the D.917 roadside to the southwest of Vendome. The trouble is, there are no more signs to be found once away from the road, and the track splits into three ways. A railway cuts the straight on, obvious path, and I could find no stone up there. The other ways all split again and again, and even after crossing under the railway, there is no obvious way. Just how the heck are we meant to find this sto... Read More |
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| Les Grosses Pierres (Breuil) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Couldn't find | 9th Aug 2005 | I could find no trace of this despite spending a lot of time looking. It should be somewhere beside the river Loir south of Cloyes near to Le Breuil farm, but a longish way from any road. All the land in this region is either flooded for lakes, planted with tall sweetcorn, or private, and I could find no dolmen. Its a very pleasant spot though. | 204 | 288 | |||
| Langault Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 9th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a pleasant little dolmen sat right beside the D.19 road between Cloyes and Morée just after the railway crossing as you travel south, and it has a little parking and picnic area beside it. It’s a pity the road is so busy with big lorries hammering past. The dolmen is made from lumps of puddingstone, and the 3m by 2m capstone sits on 4 support stones, and is open to the south, although this is possibly due to missing stones rather than bei... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Nivardière 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | In another part of the field near to the Nivardière menhir and dolmen is a large slab of stone left in an unploughed area. Is this the remains of another dolmen ? This village is very rich in megalithic remains, and it would not surprise me if this was. | 204 | 286 |
| Dolmen de la Nivardière 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Just to the northeast of the centre of the village of Tripleville, about 100 metres into the first field out of the village along the D.137 road, can be found the Nivardière dolmen and its associated menhir about 80 metres further on.
The dolmen is very complete for round here, with a 4m by 3m capstone sitting on top of a 3m by 2.5m rectangular chamber. The southern side support and the back stone are still complete, while the northern side s... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Drue à Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the east of the village of Tripleville, not far from the centre and just to the north of the D.137 road, the four metres tall limestone Nivardière menhir can be found before you reach the quarry. There is another lump of stone at its base, which I think may have broken off the top at some time. It is about 2 metres wide and 1 metre thick, and positively gleams in the late afternoon sunshine. | 204 | 284 |
| La Mouïse-Martin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the northeast of the village of Tripleville, the Mouïse-Martin dolmen can be found in a field of tall sweetcorn just to the east of the little lane leading up to Mouïse-Martin farm. Its about 80 metres from the road, and the capstone can be seen covered in grass high above the sweetcorn, so it's either sitting on some good support stones, or on a fairly big mound. The capstone looks to be roundish, about 3 metres in diameter, and fairly thick.... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Val d’Avril | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Couldn't find | 8th Aug 2005 | I could see mothing obvious of the Butte de Champart to the south of the village of Tripleville, despite walking all around the area. It is perhaps all in the trees in the back garden of a house, behind the large woodshed. | 204 | 282 | |||
| Dolmen de Prunay | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Near to the road running south from the village of Tripleville towards Prunay can be found this dolmen, about 50 metres from the road across a field. It's not much more than a large stone on a slight raise in the land, but there may be more below. Its about 3m by 3m and rounded in shape, and very thick, perhaps 1.7 metres. | 204 | 281 |
| Le Palet de Gargantua (Nottonville) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Just to the south of the La Brosse chateau and farm can be found the Palet de Gargantua dolmen, sitting right at the D.357 roadside. It has a lovely capstone sitting at a jaunty angle partly on the ground, and partly on a couple of support stones. It is sort of trapezoidal shaped, about 4m by 4m. I found it difficult to make out any semblance of structure underneath, as most of the support stones have all collapsed. | 204 | 280 |
| Baignon dolmens (5) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 4 | Baignon 5 is another completely unrecogniseable pile of stones in the field. Mostly lumps of puddingstone, there is one lump of sarsen like slab. These last two dolmens really are in a bad state, and have been ploughed right up to the edges, with the stones just heaped up into as small an area as possible. | 204 | 279 | ||
| Baignon dolmens (4) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Baignon 4 really is no more than a small heap of stones in the middle of a field. Actually, there is one stone still standing, but that’s it. Its all a nice puddingstone though, so it does have its good points. | 204 | 278 |
| Baignon dolmens (3) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Baignon 3 initially looks again like a heap of rocks in the middle of a field, and this impression is not helped by there probably being loads of field clearance stones dumped around it. Closer inspection reveals remains of an Angevin dolmen with a rectangular 4m by 3.5m chamber with its entrance porchway at the southeast. Many side stones and the broken capstone still remain in place, although the back end has collapsed. | 204 | 277 |
| Baignon dolmens (2) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Baignon 2 is in the middle of the cropped field, but which had been recently harvested when I visited. Again it is seemingly not much more than a large pile of stones in amongst the nettles and brambles. It probably has a rectangular chamber, 4m by 3m, with a single, now broken, capstone. | 204 | 276 |
| Baignon dolmens (1) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the south of the lovely old walled and moated town of Bonneval, along the D.144 road, can be found the dolmens de Baignon. They are easily found in a field beside the river near to Memillon Chateau. There are remains of five dolmens, and I will number them in the order in which I visited them, which was roughly in an east to west direction.
Baignon 1 is all a bit overgrown, in some wasteland at the corner of the field by a little fishing l... Read More |
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| Baignon dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the south of the lovely old walled and moated town of Bonneval, along the D.144 road, can be found the dolmens du Baignon. Remains of at least 5 dolmens can be found in a field beside the river near to Memillon Chateau in the commune of St-Maur-sur-le-Loir. I have numbered the 5 dolmens in the order in which I visited them, which was roughly in an east to west direction. | 204 | 274 |
| Menhir de l'Ormorice | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Whilst looking for the Bonneval dolmen to the left of the road, I saw this menhir the other side of the field on the right. About 800 metres walk from the road, it is easy to see and reach along a farm track. Its about 3.5 metres tall, and up to 2 metres wide at its base. Near to the busy TGV express rail line, there's a 10, 12, 20 or 24 coach TGV train whizzing past about one every 2 minutes. This is how railways should be. | 204 | 273 |
| Bonneval dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Couldn't find | 8th Aug 2005 | I could find nothing of this, despite having a good look all around. There are likely remains of a round mound in the fields here though. | 204 | 272 | |||
| Polissoir de la Vieuville | Polissoir | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Couldn't find | 8th Aug 2005 | I was told by the lady I met at Pierre de Beaumont that there is another dolmen in Vieuville, but she didn't know how to find it. I had a look around but could find nothing obvious myself. | 204 | 271 | |||
| Pierre de Beaumont | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | At the end of the road southwest from Vieuville at a place names les Maisons, there is a farm track which continues on down to a stream. Here in a field of horses is the Pierre de Beaumont dolmen. I couldn't actually get to it, but got to within 50 metres.
Its a nice looking thing, with its capstone still in place on top of several support stones, and I would estimate it to be about 4 metres square.
I met a lady here out walking her dog w... Read More |
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| Hertubise dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Couldn't find | 8th Aug 2005 | On my ign map, there is a dolmen symbol just to the south of the village of Alluyes, but its on the opposite side of the river to where I could drive to. Between the road and the river are houses and gardens, with lots of trees and high hedges, which prevented me from seeing anything of the Hertubise dolmen. There was a farm here with the right name though, so the dolmen probably exists somewhere. | 204 | 269 | |||
| Quincampoix Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Saw from a distance | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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. | 204 | 268 |
| Montemain stone | Polissoir | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Driving through the village of Saumeray, I saw a sign to Polissoir, so stopped for a look. Right in the middle of the village, on a little green square behind the church can be found this combination menhir and polissoir. There is a little board stating that the stone was moved here in 1998 after being found in a "ballastiere" (gravel pit) at nearby Montemain.
It is thought that the stone was once a menhir which had fallen and was used after ... Read More |
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| Puits de Saint-Martin | Polissoir | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 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 a... Read More |
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| La Pierre qui Tourne (Morancez) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 8th Aug 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Not much more than a pile of stones, La Pierre qui Tourne, or Morancez dolmen can be found amongst the houses of Residence du Dolmen, just off the main D.935 road through the village, a bit to the north of the church. I suspect the locals think of it as a bit of a nuisance, getting in the way of the road and car parking.
It was obviously once very large, the capstone remains here on the ground at 7 metres long by 4 metres wide, with a few oth... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Roche | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Couldn't find | 7th Aug 2005 | I had a good look around, but could not find this | 204 | 262 | |||
| Pierre Fritte de Yermenonville | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | In the village of Mevoisins I saw a sign pointing to Dolmen de la Pierre Fitte, so I stopped and went for a look. Little did I realise that I would be walking 2.5 kilometres to it, at 7:00pm in the evening ! And when I finally got there, I couldn't even see the dolmen, as it was undergoing excavations by Archaeo, and enclosed in a tent. There were all sorts of tents and equipment, but nobody around at this time on a Sunday evening, so I left one ... Read More |
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| Mevoisins menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This lovely 3 metre tall menhir can be seen from miles around, beside the D.329 road up in the hills between the two villages of Mevoisins and Yermenonville. It’s a gorgeous angular lump of flinty sarsen, but it turns out that it was erected only 5 years ago to mark the turning of the millennium. It seems that there was a big party to celebrate putting the stone up, using only manpower, logs and ropes.
This had me fooled into thinking it was ... Read More |
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| Chantecoq dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Marked on my ign map near to the village of Ymeray is the Dolmen de Chantecoq. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious signs to a dolmen of any kind, but there was a trackway called "Sentier des Roches" which I found near to the railway bridge, so I went for a walk up there. After several hundred metres was a little area being turned into a little public parkland, with picnic tables etc. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rock... Read More |
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| La Mère aux Cailles | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Marked on my ign map near to the village of Ymeray is the Dolmen de Chantecoq. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious signs to a dolmen of any kind, but there was a trackway called "Sentier des Roches" which I found near to the railway bridge, so I went for a walk up there. After several hundred metres was a little area being turned into a little public parkland, with picnic tables etc. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rock... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Grenouille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The remains of the Dolmen de la Grenouille are the most obvious of all the Dolmens de Chagné here beside the river Eure to the north of the village of Chagné, and stand only a few metres from the village sign.
It is a broken dolmen with two side slabs and a leaning capstone that does indeed look like a frog sticking its head out of water. The chamber is 3 metres in width, but hard to tell how long it would have been, although the capstone is ... Read More |
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| Petit Menhir (Changé) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A large slab of the grey stone stands just outside the remains of the two dolmens. It is about 2 metres tall, but was leaning against a wooden post to hold it upright when I visited, due to the excavations going on here. | 204 | 258 |
| Petit Dolmen (Changé) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | About 5 metres to the north of the Le Berceau dolmen, and also being excavated, are the remains of the Petit dolmen. This one has a chamber about 4 metres by 3 metres, with many side slabs to be seen but no capstone. Before the current excavations, there was probably very little to be seen of this. | 204 | 257 |
| Le Berceau | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The Dolmens de Chagné were undergoing excavation when I visited, and were fenced off and enclosed, but from what I could see, this includes 3 dolmens and 2 menhirs, which were apparently re-used for burials by the Merovingians from about the year 500BC. The dolmens can be found in a field beside the river Eure to the north of the village of Chagné. Le Berceau dolmen is not the portholed dolmen I thought it may have been, but the reason that I kne... Read More |
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| Le But de Gargantua | Standing Stones | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 7th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In a field to the east of the Dolmens de Chagné can be found the But de Gargantua. This seems to be two menhirs, one a large grey slab about 2.5 metres tall and the other a bit smaller. I wonder if it is the remains of what was once a dolmen. I couldn't get a close look as the stones are in a field of horses, but they are easily visible from the roadside. | 204 | 255 |
| Musée des Sciences Naturelles et de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Couldn't find | 7th Aug 2005 | The picture I have seen of the Maison de l'Archaeologie has a dolmen in the front yard, so I go for a look. But it's moved ! I found where the museum was, but its now a private residence. I have no way of knowing where to, so this must go down as the first museum I have failed to find ! Wonder what happened to the dolmen in the yard outside the museum when it moved. | 204 | 254 | |||
| Offa's Dyke near Brockweir | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th May 2019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Well preserved and significantly built section of Offa's Dyke high up on the eastern side of the River Wye near the village of Brockweir. The Offa's Dyke path is well used here, and in places offers splendid views over the river to Wales, especially at the well known "Devil's Pulpit" rock stack allowing intrepid visitors a superb vista of Tintern Abbey. | ||
| Offa's Dyke at Tidenham Chase | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 22nd Nov 2019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Well preserved and significantly built section of Offa's Dyke high up on the eastern side of the River Wye at Tidenham Chase. The Offa's Dyke path is well used here, and in places offers splendid views over the river to Wales, with options to walk north to the well known "Devil's Pulpit" rock stack allowing intrepid visitors a superb vista of Tintern Abbey. South leads to the rocky cliffs above the River Wye at Wintour's Leap. | ||
| Castle Ditches (Glamorgan) | Hillfort | Wales | South Glamorgan | Saw from a distance | 21st Sep 2019 | Wooded remnants of the Castle Ditches promotary fort near Llantwit Major. | |||||
| St Anne’s well (Siston) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th May 2020 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Not to be confused with the hexagonal gothic wellhouse tower to the north of Siston Court, the real St Anne's well is found down by the stream beside the road, just to the north of the old bridge and on a very dangerous bend. Amongst other things, the water was supposed to be good for healing poor eyesight, and people travelled for miles to try the cure, which was still being publicised into the 1930's.
What there is to see today is an open s... Read More |
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| Shortwood Hill barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th May 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | A long walk during the lockdown (end May 2020) took me through this field and over the barrow for the first time in many years. Despite the field being cleared and shorn of vegetation, the barrow was more disappointing to see than I remembered. | ||
| Oldbury-on-Severn Submerged Forest | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Gloucestershire | Saw from a distance | 3rd Jun 2020 | It is now possible to walk all the way up the Severn Estuary past the tidal pool, and through the ex nuclear power station. Looking out at the tidal pool at low tide, all sorts of lumpy bumpy bits can be seen below the wall, quite possibly the remains of the petrified forest. | |||||
| The Toots (Oldbury) | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 3rd Jun 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | At the end of a walk along the Severn estuary and all round the old Oldbury Nuclear Powerstation, I walked back to Oldbury-on-Severn right through the Toots camp. Nice roadsign leading to it, and some information boards have now been put up in the village. | ||
| Haresfield Beacon tumulus | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st Aug 2020 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Walk around the Bruce Friendship Trail, which takes in the superb Haresfield Beacon with its remnants of promontory hillfort with a round tumulus at the western point, with a trig point on the top. Superb views over the Severn Vale | ||
| Haresfield Beacon and Ring | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st Aug 2020 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Walk around the Bruce Friendship Trail, which takes in the superb Haresfield Beacon with its remnants of promontory hillfort with a round tumulus at the western point, with a trig point on the top. Superb views over the Severn Vale | ||
| Hawkesbury Knoll | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Saw from a distance | 7th Aug 2020 | Seen up on the top of the Cotswold Edge during a hot and humid Friday afternoon 11k walk, north from Hawkesbury Upton to the monument, then down the Cotswold Edge to Inglestone Common, south to Hawkesbury Common and on to Horton Court before going back up the Cotswold Edge and along the Cotswold Way andd "Yellow Brick Road" to Hawkesbury and a pint at the Beaufort Arms afterwards. | |||||
| Drakestone Camp | Misc. Earthwork | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 23rd Aug 2020 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Walk round the Korea Friendship Trail from Dursley on a bright and breezy Sunday afternoon with a pint in the Old Spot afterwards. The views up here are tremendous, and with various other nearby viewpoints you get a full 360 degrees. Even on this not very clear day, as well as almost the entire length of the Cotswold Edge, I could make out the Mendip Hills, Bristol Channel, Black Mountains, Malvern Hills. | ||
| Old Sodbury | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st Jul 2020 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Friday afternoon 10k walk, north from Old Sodbury along the Cotswold Edge through two ancient forts, past three old churches and lots of big houses to Horton Court. Back over fields through Little Sodbury. Stopped for a pint at the Dog afterwards. | ||
| Horton Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 31st Jul 2020 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Friday afternoon 10k walk, north from Old Sodbury along the Cotswold Edge through two ancient forts, past three old churches and lots of big houses to Horton Court. Back over fields through Little Sodbury. Stopped for a pint at the Dog afterwards. | ||
| Oldbury Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 3rd Jun 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Went for a look for this stone on a hot sunny June afternoon as part of a walk around Oldbury. Despite being 99% sure where it was to be found, I initially didn't find it as it was totally overgrown, and not under the new footpath gate, but an old wooden bit of fence to the side. With a bit of trampling on the long grass, I got to see the whole stone. Great to see it, it would be a splendid standing stone. | ||
| Gray Hill summit cairn | Round Cairn | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 5th Sep 2020 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Breezy but sunny afternoon walk up Gray Hill to check out the old stones, then a walk around Wentwood Forest. Beautiful views all around from the cairn at the top of the hill | ||
| Gray Hill stone row | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 5th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Breezy but sunny afternoon walk up Gray Hill to check out the old stones, then a walk around Wentwood Forest. Much of the top of the hill has become very overgrown, and it was initially difficult to find the stone row leading down to the circle. I disturbed at least three fallow deer on my way through. However, the bracken and gorse on the slopes around the stones is mostly cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row, and two of the... Read More |
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| Gray Hill circle | Stone Circle | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 5th Sep 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Breezy but sunny afternoon walk up Gray Hill to check out the old stones, then a walk around Wentwood Forest. Much of the top of the hill has become very overgrown, and it was initially difficult to find the stone row leading down to the circle. I disturbed at least three fallow deer on my way through. However, the bracken and gorse on the slopes around the stones is mostly cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row, and the circle... Read More |
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| Forresters' Oaks Round Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 5th Sep 2020 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Breezy but sunny afternoon walk up Gray Hill to check out the old stones, then a walk around Wentwood Forest. Just before the end of the walk, this round barrow can be found, with views up to Gray Hill. | ||
| Grosse Pierre d'Ymorville | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Saw from a distance | 6th Aug 2005 | This stone is about 500 metres from the road, according to the map, but I could see nothing obvious. There are no features around to help find it, in the middle of this massive industrial farming area. Perhaps it is in a field of maize. Perhaps I saw a large stone in a field of stubble. All very frustrating. Onwards towards Chartres. | 204 | 253 | |||
| La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 6th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | La Pierre Clouée dolmen can be found in a field to the south of the village of Andonville, beside the little road to Annemont. It was a bugger to get to, with shut roads and suchlike. When I got there the field it stands in was being ploughed, so I nearly gave up. However, I asked the farmer and he told me it was OK to go and look, and told me about the polissoir as well.
The dolmen is falling apart a bit, but the basics are still there to be... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Grès de Linas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Ile-de-France:Essonne (91) | Couldn't find | 6th Aug 2005 | I spent ages looking for this. I can only assume it is somewhere in the very dense fenced off woodland, in amongst the open fields. I am getting fed up of all this again. | 204 | 250 | |||
| Menhir dit la Pierre aux Prêtres | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Couldn't find | 6th Aug 2005 | I could find nowhere to stop beside a nasty busy road to go and look for this stone. I could see nothing obvious. | 204 | 249 | |||
| Menhir de la Croix Saint Jacques | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Visited | 6th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This menhir can be found in a field just to the side of the D.410 road, about 500 metres to the south of the village of Tousson. It stands about 3.3 metres tall, and is a rectangular section lump of sarsen. I found it difficult to park here. | 204 | 248 |
| Pierre de l'Armoire | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Visited | 6th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen can be found a couple of kilometres north of the village of Rumont, along the D.16a road. There is then a signpost to it, and it's about a kilometres walk from the road along a farm track.
The dolmen is within a cropped field, but has a reasonable area left around it, and is in the remains of a mound. it looks to be an Angevin type dolmen, with a rectangular chamber 4 metres long by 2.5 metres in width, and it is covered by a larg... Read More |
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| La Roche au Diable (Paley) | Polissoir | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Couldn't find | 6th Aug 2005 | Marked near to the menhir is a polissoir stone, in the woods down by the little river. I could find no obvious signpost or footpath towards where it is marked, and having now found out how difficult to find some of these polissoir stones are to find, I didnt spend any time looking. | 204 | 246 | |||
| Polissoirs des Ortures | Polissoir | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Couldn't find | 6th Aug 2005 | Near the hamlet of Les Ortures, in the Bois Tranzy, there is a little signposted footpath near to the reservoirs. Along this path can be found two rock outcrops, the tops of which have been used for polishing stone tools. One of the two rocks has several grooves in it, while the other has a polishing basin. | 204 | 245 | |||
| La Pierre Clouée (Nanteau) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77 | Visited | 6th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a 4.5 metre tall menhir which can be found in a field south of the village of Villemarechal. Its near enough a kilometres walk from the roadside, but can easily be seen from there. It has been ploughed very close to, and in fact is suffering from various collisions with agricultural machinery. There are also several nails hammered into it. It also suffers from many overhead powerlines buzzing away, but it is still here after thousands of ... Read More |
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| Mérinville Polissoir | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Couldn't find | 6th Aug 2005 | Today I went back for a proper look for the Mérinville Polissoir, which is another stone the farmers wife at Coinche said I should go to see. I walked a lot down the forest track near to where it is marked on my map, but there was no chance of finding it without knowing exactly where to look. There is lots of marsh and ponds in the forest which doesn't help in trying to find anything. After quite some time going to look at any rock I can see, I d... Read More |
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| Monte à Peine menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 6th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Take Rue du Menhir east from the village of Pers-en-Gâtinais, and just after the first road junction the road bears round to the right. The menhir is right beside the road, but almost lost in bushes and undergrowth. It's just over 2 metres tall, and is a lump of sarsen type stone. | 204 | 242 |
| Menhir du Bois de Forville | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Couldn't find | 5th Aug 2005 | To the south of Pers-en-Gâtinais there is a menhir and nearby polissoir stone marked on my map, but I could find no obvious sign of this. | 204 | 241 | |||
| Polissoir des Davaux | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Couldn't find | 5th Aug 2005 | At Pers-en-Gâtinais there is another polissoir stone marked on my map, but I could find no obvious sign of this. Perhaps tomorrow. | 204 | 240 | |||
| Mérinville Polissoir | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Couldn't find | 5th Aug 2005 | The Mérinville Polissoir is another stone the farmers wife at Coinche said I should go to see. However, I am not exactly sure where to find it, and it is now pouring with rain, so I am not going to go for a long walk now, especially as it is getting late and starting to get dark. There is no sign to it, so I will for now leave it. | 204 | 239 | |||
| Menhir dit la Grande Roche | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | To the west of the village of Pers-en-Gâtinais can be found this 2.5 metre tall menhir in a field beside the small road to Mérinville. It is in the middle of a freshly ploughed field, so I didn't go right up to it, but it is only 50 metres from the roadside. | 204 | 238 |
| Pierre de Minuit Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 18th Feb 2007 | 5 | 4 | 4 | I wouldn't have bothered with this one, but was told I should visit it by the farmers wife at Coinche. And my thanks must again go to her. It is a wonderful stone, the tallest menhir in the Departement of Loiret. It is almost 5 metres tall, up to 2 metres wide and very variable in thickness. The stone is half a sort of holed and pitted sarsen like stone, on the west face, while the east face is a puddingstone conglomerate of flints and gravel. Mo... Read More |
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| Coinche polissoir | Polissoir | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 12th Feb 2007 | 4 | 3 | 3 | About 80 metres from the menhir are several large rocks laying flat in the next field. One of these stones has three lovely polishing grooves in the top at one side, each about 50 cm long, and a big cuvette basin for polishing the flat sides. As for the menhir, these stones are in a cropped field, and not normally possible to find, but I was again taken to them. There were more polishing grooves elsewhere on the rocks, but these have been broken ... Read More |
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| Menhir de Coinche | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Loiret (45) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This menhir is in the middle of a cropped field just behind the farmhouse, down a track and then turn left near the wood. It is not normally possible to get right to it, but I was proudly shown the stone by the wife of the farmer. The field is full of sunflowers this year, and the stone was not visible from the road, and proved difficult to find, even for the farmers wife and daughter.
It stands in a little area left uncropped for its protect... Read More |
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| La Pierre Pointue (Montacher) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A few kilometres to the south of the village of Montacher-Villegardin via windy unmarked roads, and about a kilometre walk to the west of the little road which runs south from the village, along farm tracks and you can find this menhir in a field. It is about 2.3 metres tall, and very pointed as its name would suggest. Around the stone are lots more rocks, whether broken from it or field clearance I cannot say. | 204 | 234 |
| Dolmen de Bercenay | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Couldn't find | 5th Aug 2005 | Just off the edge of my map, the Pierre au Laurin, or Pierre Couverte, has no obvious signposts to it, and I could see no obvious signs of any dolmen in the locality, so I didn’t really look. Which is a shame really, as I see later there are three good dolmens to be found here, much better than anything I did find! | 204 | 233 | |||
| Polissoir des Roches | Polissoir | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Couldn't find | 5th Aug 2005 | The Polissoir des Roches, or Courgenay polissoir should be found in the forest to the south of the village of Courgenay, up on the hills. There are no signposts to be seen to it, so I am pretty sure that I will not be able to find it on my own. | 204 | 232 | |||
| Polissoir avec Plage | Polissoir | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 7th Aug 2011 | 3 | 4 | 3 | A further 40 metres downstream from the second polissoir stone, is found a third. This one is a smaller stone, about 2 metres by 0.5 metres, and a nice smoothed crescent shape, hence the name. As well as the entire polishing "beach", there are at least three bowls for polishing, some of which are quite deep, and about 20 cm in diameter. This is quite some industrial centre, isn't it!
As I write this I am being watched by at least two deer, no... Read More |
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| Polissoir avec Cuvette | Polissoir | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | About 50 metres from the Pierre à l'Eau, and thankfully signposted through the tricky forest, can be found a second polissoir stone. This one has a large water filled basin, and as far as I can make out, only two two large flattish basin like polishing areas. I guess this stone was used for the flat faces, while stone 1 was used for the edges. | 204 | 230 |
| Pierre à l'Eau | Polissoir | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | This is much more like it, a lovely polissoir stone, with its own source of water in the form of a couple of deep basins which I assume are natural, and it is not far from a little stream. The stone is sort of triangular, about 2 m by 1.5 m, and has five well worn grooves and a couple of flat basins for polishing. It is found from the D.110 road through Lancy Forest, south of the Pavillon-de-Lancy. There is a parking place and signposted walk of ... Read More |
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| Lancy Polissoir | Polissoir | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | About 350 metres to the north of the D.110 road through Lancy Forest can be found this polissoir stone. Park at the Pavillon-de-Lancy picnic site, and the stone can be found down the track along the edge of the forest from there. Luckily it is signposted, as without them I would never have found it.
As polissoir stones that I have seen go, this is not very impressive. Its a nice stone in the forest, about 2.5m by 2.5 m laying on the ground, w... Read More |
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| Lancy Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Now this is more like it. In the Foret-de-Lancy, a couple of kilometres to the southeast of Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes can be found this nice looking little dolmen. It is signposted from the road through the forest about 700 metres south of the parking place at the track to the Traînel dolmens, and is a 700 metre walk from the road along a forest track.
The dolmen is in a little clearing, 10 metres from the track, and easy to find. The f... Read More |
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| Petit dolmen de Trainel | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | About 15 metres to the north of the Grand Dolmen along the slope of the hill, and perhaps in what was once the same mound can be found the Petit Dolmen. It doesn’t look much more than a medium sized rock sat on the hillside, but closer inspection shows there to be a 1 metre by 0.5 metre slab sided cist underneath the 1.7 m by 1 m capstone.
Without the signpost right beside it, I very much doubt that I would have found this, although it is rig... Read More |
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| Grand dolmen de Trainel | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 5th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | There are two dolmens here in the Traînel forest, signposted a couple of kilometres to the west of Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes. Where the road bends, park in the forest car park and walk for a kilometre to the north along the forest track, and the dolmens are signposted from here.
The Grand Dolmen is a bit of a mess of large stones with the remains of a bit of a mound around them, built into the hillside in the forest. There is one obviou... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Bourde à la Gousse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Couldn't find | 4th Aug 2005 | There is a dolmen marked on my ign map near to the village of La Bourde a la Gousse, so I went to have a look. I walked a fair distance down a forest track, but I could find nothing. The forest was either very dense and impenetrable, or fenced off. There was at one point lots of rocks on the forest floor, in about the right position, but these were in a fenced off enclosure. | 204 | 224 | |||
| La Pierre-Aux-Sorcières | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Couldn't find | 4th Aug 2005 | La Pierre-Aux-Sorcières, or La Pierre-Enlevée is to be found in the community of Vaumort. I'd have liked to have found the Witch's stone, but I don’t have a map with it marked on, and there are no signs or notices in the village to help. Shame. | 204 | 223 | |||
| La Borne-Percée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Visited | 4th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | In the Houssaye forests, high above the Yonne river southeast of Sens, and near to the village of Les Auberts can be found this menhir at a junction of forest tracks. Its very small, only 1.3 metres tall, but mounted on a plinth and easy to find. Near to the top is a hole which has been cut through it, to which legends and stories are aplenty. | 204 | 222 |
| Pierre-Fritte (Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Couldn't find | 4th Aug 2005 | I could find nowhere to stop and look for this menhir, which is somewhere between the busy N.6 road and the river Yonne. | 204 | 221 | |||
| Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Bourgogne:Yonne (89) | Saw from a distance | 4th Aug 2005 | I drove past these caves, without realising what significance they have. If I had realised, I would have visited. | 204 | 220 | |||
| Roche d'Arthur | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 4th Aug 2005 | The village of Roche-en-Brenil is supposed to have two menhirs, but I could find no sign of either of them. It's a shame that these places do not have village maps with things marked, or any signposts like they do elsewhere. The area is covered with forests, and looks to be lots of natural granite outcrops. | 204 | 219 | |||
| Pierre Pelot | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 4th Aug 2005 | The village of Roche-en-Brenil is supposed to have two menhirs, but I could find no sign of either of them. It's a shame that these places do not have village maps with things marked, or any signposts like they do elsewhere. The area is covered with forests, and looks to be lots of natural granite outcrops. | 204 | 218 | |||
| Pierre-Pointe | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Visited | 4th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This menhir, about 4 metres tall, can be seen around the back of an out of the way farmyard, just to the north of the N.6 road between Aunay and Saulieu. It is not easy to get to, but can be clearly seen from the lane leading to the farm, at a distance of about 50 metres. It is up on top of a hill with commanding views over the valley and plains below. | 204 | 217 |
| Camp de la Justice Alignements | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Saw from a distance | 4th Aug 2005 | 2 | 2 | Just to the north of Autun, near a place called Orme, along the busy N.81 road, can be found the remnants of these alignements. They are difficult to get to, across a railway and a couple of fields, but they can however be seen from the main road. There are a couple of large stones and at least three smaller stonesin a line along in the hedge. Any more than that, I cannot say, as I couldnt get right to them to have a proper look. | 204 | 216 | |
| Tombeaux du Single | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | As with so many of the megalithic sites in the area, I could find nothing to help me find it. Remains of two burial chambers made with large slabs were excavated here in 1867. Many human bones, flint tools and a round holed stone were found. | 204 | 215 | |||
| Croconnet Tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | I had a need to fill up with diesel, and so couldn’t spend long looking for this, having spent about an hour driving round every lane in the area trying to find it. I am wondering if there is a local law around here prohibiting any roadsigns for anything other than wine sellers. The tumulus wasn't to be obviously found up the trackway I walked up. | 204 | 214 | |||
| Dolmen de Pierrefitte (Volnay) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | Dolmen in tumulus to be found in the commune of Volnay. This dolmen was excavated in 1914, yielding several bones. I could find nothing obvious to lead me here. | 204 | 213 | |||
| Dolmen dit la Pierre-Brûlée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Visited | 3rd Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just to the south of the D.17 between Meloisey and Pommard, near to the crossroads with the D.23, this dolmen is to be found within a field which when I visited was well fenced off with electric fencing and full of sheep, so I didn’t go in. The remains of a mound can be seen, with a capstone sitting on the top. | 204 | 212 |
| La Garenne (La Rochepot) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | Dolmen to be found in the commune of La Rochepot, Côte-d'Or, but I could find nothing on maps to find it | 204 | 211 | |||
| Chateillon | Passage Grave | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | Remains of an Allée Couverte and its mound are to be found on a west facing slope near to the village of La Rochepot. I could find nothing obvious on maps to find. | 204 | 210 | |||
| Allée Couverte de la Chaume | Passage Grave | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | There are supposedly several dolmens and an allee couverte in the Rochepot community, but not marked on my maps, I doubt I will find any of the others, so soon decided to give up now on looking for more. | 204 | 209 | |||
| La Pierre qui Vire (Rochepot) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Côte-d'Or (21) | Visited | 3rd Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | High up on the ridge to the south of the village of Rochepot, with its fantastic chateau and well known wines, can be found this stone which turns. There's not much left to see, except the big capstone which is sort of triangular shaped, 4 metres by 3 metres. There are traces of a mound, and a chamber underneath, but nothing really substantial remains.
There are supposedly several dolmens and an allee couverte in the Rochepot community, but i... Read More |
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| Mont-de-Sène dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Couldn't find | 3rd Aug 2005 | Remains of at least three dolmens and their mounds are to be found on the slopes of Mont-de-Sène, high up above the village of Dezize-les-Maranges. | 204 | 207 | |||
| Cul Blanc Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Visited | 3rd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Cul Blanc 1: Still within most of its tumulus, this dolmen is on the northern slopes of Mont des Troix Croix, high up above the village of Dezize-les-Maranges at a junction of the tracks. The circular mound is about 15 metres in diameter, and the dolmen is in the middle. The chamber is about 2.5 metres in length by 1.3 metres wide, open to the south and covered with a triangular limestone capstone, of dimensions 3m by 3m by 3m. It was very diffi... Read More |
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| Menhirs d'Epoigny | Standing Stones | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Visited | 3rd Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Just to the south of the D.978 road, a few kilometres north west of Couches, is a sign to menhirs, which I of course followed. About a kilometre from the main road is a little road junction, and several menhirs can be seen in the fields. It's hard to make out exactly what the menhirs represent, and how accurate they are is open to question, as they have all been re-erected in concrete bases fairly recently.
Near the side of the lane is a row ... Read More |
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| Pierre Guénachère | Sculptured Stone | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Visited | 3rd Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This is a large granite blockdeep in the forest near a little stream, about one kilometres walk from the farm of La Madeleine, just to the west of St Emiland. Take the track beside the farm, keeping left, and after some distance it is signposted.
The stone is a granite block, 4m by 3m by 2m high, which has got several strange carvings in it, particularly large circles. On the north side there are three circles, between 70 cm and 1 metre in di... Read More |
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| Pierre-aux-Fées (St-Micaud) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Visited | 2nd Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a very large menhir right beside the D.28 road in front of a large house in the village of St-Micaud. I would estimate it to be about 7 metres tall, but its not easy to tell as it is in the private garden and surrounded by a hedge. The menhir is of rectangular shape, nd has very uneven surfaces, and has perhaps got some carvings on it. | 204 | 202 |
| Menhir d'Uxelles | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Couldn't find | 2nd Aug 2005 | I see in my notes that there is a menhir to be found in the commune of Uxelles, but there is nothing to be found on any of my maps, and I could find no signposts to it or reference to it on any of the village signs. | 204 | 201 | |||
| Pierre-Levée du champ de la Fa | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) | Visited | 2nd Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Near to the medieval village of Brancion, beside the D.14 road, can be found this nice menhir, which has a fine view to the west. It stands about 4 metres tall with a cross on the top in a field close to the turn off to Pierre-Levée farm, on a bad corner. It was raining horribly while I visited. | 204 | 200 |
| La Pierre-des-Fievres | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Haute-Loire (43) | Visited | 28th Jul 2005 | 1 | 4 | The Cathedral of Puy-en-Velay is said to be built on the site of an ancient dolmen, part of which is still in existance as La Pierre des Fievres which is kept and presented near to one of the entrances. It is said that this stone is a part of the coverstone for the dolmen which stood in this sacred place for thousands of years before the coming of Christianity. It is believed that the dolmen was complete until the 9th century, when it was broken ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Haute-Loire (43) | Visited | 28th Jul 2005 | -1 | 5 | 3 | The 11th century Chapel St Michel is built on the ridiculously pointed site of the volcanic Aighuille. But it is built on top of the site of a previous chapel, which was said to have been built on top of a dolmen, or some other megalithic structure. | 204 | 197 |
| L'Usteau du Loup | Passage Grave | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 27th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | To the south of St-Gervazy, near to the hamlet of Unsac, can be found the remains of this fine dolmen, perhaps the largest in the region, and which is signposted from nearby. On a little granite outcrop, near to the village sports ground, surrounded by high hills, it sits under an oak tree.
The chamber is rectangular, 5 metres long by 3 metres wide, is constructed with three granite side slabs each side, and opens to the east. There is in pla... Read More |
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| Menhir dit Pierre Fichade | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 27th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | The Pierre Fichade at Champeix is a pleasant menhir, about 4 metres tall and which can be found in a field to the south of the D.28 road between Ludesse and Champeix. It is easily visible from the road, and can be visited via a couple of farm tracks. There are signposts to it along the local footpaths, and in fact it is signposted from the village of Champeix. | 204 | 195 |
| Menhir de Villars | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Saw from a distance | 26th Jul 2005 | This little menhir, less than 2 metres tall, can be found in the hamlet of Villars, near to the lavoir in the village square. On the top of the menhir is mounted a curious cross with a carving of Christ on it. Again, I missed this only because I did not know of it. There were once three menhirs to be found in the commune of Orcines. | 204 | 193 | |||
| Thedes Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Saw from a distance | 26th Jul 2005 | Approximately 2 metre tall menhir with an iron cross mounted on the top of it. It is to be found at the D.5 and D.90 road junction just to the west of the hamlet of Theddes, and is marked as a cross on the ign map. I must have driven right by it, perhaps twice. | 204 | 192 | |||
| Dolmen de Samson | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Couldn't find | 26th Jul 2005 | Marked on the ign maps, this is now thought to be a natural rock formation. It looks to be an hours walk from anywhere to get to it in its hilltop position, so I didn't go. However, excavations have been carried out here, and fragments of neolithic pottery were found. | 204 | 191 | |||
| Cournols allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the south of the village of Cournols, and on a signposted walk from there, can be found the remains of this curious dolmen. Excavated in 1841, various things were found which are now in the Clermont Ferrand museum. Said to be an allée couverte, its not much like any other allée couvertes I have seen!
It looks more to me like a sort of double dolmen, with two chambers beside one another, both about 3.5 by 2 metres in dimension, and rectangu... Read More |
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| Pierre Longue (Fohet) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This is a lovely menhir standing four and three quarter metres tall at the top of the high hills near the village of Fohet. Its obviously been fairly recently re-erected, as one side is all dirt covered from being on the ground, and there is a sign in the village pointing to "menhir couché"! The views from here are breathtaking in all directions. To the northwest the Chaine-des-Puys range of volcanoes, with Puy-de-Dome standing high above the oth... Read More |
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| Plateau de Sailles tumulus | Barrow Cemetery | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | High up in the hills to the north of St-Nectaire, beside the D.640 road across the Plateau de Sailles, are a couple of round cairns on a hilltop. Closer inspection reveals them to be made of stones piled up, with perhaps some large slabs within. Just seeing these here against the skyline makes me wonder just how many more there may be around here, either lost in the woods or ploughed out. | 204 | 188 |
| Freydefond Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | This is a superbly positioned menhir, made from a hexagonal block of crystalline volcanic basalt, up on top of the high hills overlooking St-Nectaire (of cheese fame) in the deep valley below, and with splendid views all around, except for the various trees and woods in places. It is now only about 1.5 metres tall, but the top has obviously been broken off, and indeed something has been cemented on to it at some point. This menhir is easily found... Read More |
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| Saint Roch Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This menhir can be fairly easily found by following marked footpaths for a mile or so from St-Nectaire to Croix-St-Roche, high up on the hill, beside the track which passes from one valley to the next. It's about 2 metres tall, and made from a hexagonal block of crystalline volcanic basalt, the sort which they call orgues (organ pipes) round here. Very nice. If it weren't for all the trees, the views from here in many directions would be superb, ... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Parc (Saint-Nectaire) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 25th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This is a pleasant dolmen, sat on a hillside within a sort of sports activity park above the thermal spa and roman baths of St-Nectaire (of cheese fame). It can be found easiest by following the path up the hillside from near to the art-deco Casino, or from other footpaths in the area.
The dolmen has a 3.5m by 2.5m capstone sat up high on five support stones, with a rectangular chamber below, and is made of volcanic blocks. It faces towards t... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Lac (Le Cheix) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 24th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Blimey, it was an effort to get here from Mont Dore, along miles and miles of windy narrow roads in the mountains. From the hamlet of Le Cheix on the D.978 road, take the small lane to the south across the river and then winding up into the hills. Despite some trepidation, the camper van got through the narrow gaps between the buildings, and up the ferociously steep windy lanes. Eventually I came to a junction signposted Le Lac, managed to find a... Read More |
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| Farges Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 23rd Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Take the little country road southwest from Herment, and after a while the dolmen will be signposted. Its in the middle of a field above the hamlet of Farges and easy to see in the field. Unfortunately it’s a complete wreck, having had trees growing in and around it, and probably its share of hits by the plough. The capstone sits at a steep angle on one high side stone and the ground at the other side. Two other support stones remain standing, pl... Read More |
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| Dolmen d'Urbe | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Visited | 23rd Jul 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | In stark contrast to many places, the lovely medeival city of Crocq is proud of its dolmen, which I wasn’t going to bother with as it looks difficult to find on the big map. However, its shown on all the town maps, and clearly signposted along Route du Dolmen from the town. And they sell postcards of it !!!
Its a pleasant 500 metre walk from a parking place, slightly uphill and into the forest. The dolmen is a pleasant, pretty thing made of g... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Croix Blanche (Felletin) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Couldn't find | 23rd Jul 2005 | To the east of Felletin, on the D.10 road to Crocq, is supposedly this dolmen, at the hamlet of Croix Blanche. I looked long and hard but found nothing except for a sign telling me about it, and how it had had a grant from various people for restoration in 1987-89. Apparently its an Angevin dolmen, but whether its in the dense woodland, or in the field of tall sweetcorn, I do not know! There was nobody around to ask. | 204 | 179 | |||
| Dolmen dit Pierre-la-Fade | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Visited | 23rd Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the west of Aubusson, go through the village of Blessac and take the road west to Sagnas. Continue right through the hamlet until the road runs out at a forest, and becomes a dusty trackwith some marked forest walk footpaths. Within 100 metres, down a little track into the forest, the dolmen can be found.
Its a pleasant enough dolmen, made of fairly rounded granite slabs, with a 3 metres by 2 metres capstone sitting on top of two side and ... Read More |
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| Pierre Bercé (Naillat) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Signposted south from Colondannes, it was however only the one signpost and then 5 kilometers of guessing the way ! From the village of Naillat take the road out to the east at the back of the village, turn left at the cemetary, cross over the river and then go to the left. The Pierre Bercé is then to be found in a fenced off field about 40 metres from the road at a bend. It is on a little spur and looks out over the stream below, and is about 3 ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Pierre Euberte | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Saw from a distance | 22nd Jul 2005 | I thought that I perhaps saw this dolmen on its hillside position, but I could find nowhere to park, and saw no obvious way through the houses and fields to get to where I thought it was. | 204 | 176 | |||
| Saint-Hilaire Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Couldn't find | 22nd Jul 2005 | I could not find this, despite it being clearly marked on my ign 1:100,000 map. However, it seem to be no longer marked on any new maps, I wonder whether it is a casualty of the N.145 trunk road, or whether it is still to be found somewhere near to the big road junction. | 204 | 175 | |||
| Pierre Folle de Saint-Priest-la-Feuille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Creuse (23) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | What a wonderful little dolmen this is, and so well kept and presented too. What a lovely surprise. It's a bit of a struggle to find from the village of Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (which is on one of the routes to Santiago de Compostella), but take the road towards Lizieres and eventually there are little signposts.
It is kept in a little parkland now, with a carpark, information board, and a windy path across a stream through a little wood and ... Read More |
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| Menhir des Fichades | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | At the hamlet of Grand Bagnols, on the D.7 Road, take the little side lane to the south (best to park and walk). The Menhir des Fichades is signposted and only a couple of hundred metres from the road. It stands in a field beside a wood, just above a little stream, and I suspect it was a natural rock which has been stood up, as there are many other rocks like this in the little valley above the stream. It stands about 3 metres tall, and is nicely... Read More |
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| Bagnol Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Just beside the D.7 Road to the east of the station at Fromental is found this nice little dolmen, with a parking space and picnic area. The egg shaped capstone covers an oval chamber about 3 metres long and 2 metres wide. The pointed end points to the west, sitting on four slide slabs about 1.8 metres above the ground. It is open to both east and west ends. | 204 | 172 |
| Menhir du Pic | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Couldn't find | 22nd Jul 2005 | I could not find this. | 204 | 171 | |||
| Rouffignac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | From the hamlet of Rouffignac, this little dolmen is signposted and easily found, about 400 metres along the track opposite the farm, first to the west, and then south (left) into a little recently cleared area amongst thet trees. The dolmen is a simple thing, with a 2.5 by 2.5 metre capstone sat on three upright supports, about one metre above the ground. The capstone has several 30 mm cupules carved into it, and also a fairly large diameter cir... Read More |
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| Pierre a Cupules (Arnac) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | On a green grassy area at the southern edge of the village of Arnac, is found this nice standing stone, standing about 2.5 metres tall. But the noticeable thing about this stone are all the cupules, or cupmarks, engraved into it.
Not immediately obvious in the mid day sunshine, but the first marks to stand out are on the southeast edge, where there appears to be a couple of rows of 35 mm diameter holes running in a line up the edge. Closer in... Read More |
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| Ceinturat Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | "Megalithes" are signposted to the south of Montemart, and following these signs takes you first to a parking place from where a 700 metre walk to the Ceinturat Menhir can be taken. I was surprised by how big it is, as it is taller than 5 metres and looks like the top has been broken off. It has a flat north face, but a rounded southern face, which faces downhill. These days it is in a little woodland clearing, surrounded on one side by oak fores... Read More |
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| Betoulle dolmen 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Saw from a distance | 21st Jul 2005 | Some stone slab remains at the base of a tree in the field the other side of the road. | 204 | 167 | |||
| Betoulle dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is another nice dolmen, found just inside a fieldby the roadside a few kilometres south of Berneuil. You can find it by turning left at the crossroads near La Lue dolmen, and travelling a couple of kilometres until just past the big road on the right.
It is a nice tall dolmen with a nice capstone sat upon six support stones, covering a chamber 3 m by 2 m. Closer inspection again shows a reconstruction job, with some cemented together bro... Read More |
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| Betoulle dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | I spent quite some time looking for the second dolmen here, in all the hedges and adjacent fields nearby. But never just a few yards across the same field, where a large slab can be found ! Doh ! | 204 | 166 |
| Borderie Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A couple of kilometres west of Berneuil, along the D.83, turn right at the crossroads besides the La Lue dolmen. After a couple of hundred metres there is a trackway to the right, and signposted "dolmen", and then walk along there for another couple of hundred metres.
This is a very pleasant and nice looking dolmen on first sight, standing almost 2 metres tall. But closer inspection leaves me wondering about its authenticity. Firstly there is... Read More |
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| La Lue Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | To the west of Berneuil, travel a couple of kilometres along the D.83 and you come to this dolmen at a bend in the road, just after a crossroads, where it is about 30 metres into the field. It has a 4 m by 2 m chamber facing east, made of two long sidestones and with two smaller stones at the back of the chamber, which are made of a different coloured rock. I wonder if it has been "restored". It is covered by a large single capstone about 5m by 4... Read More |
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| Pierre-Levée (Chiroux) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Atop a little hill overlooking a pond can be found this fine dolmen, 150 metres from the road and signposted with a little parking area. It's chamber is a sort of Vee shape, about 5 metres long and up to 3 metres wide, with its entrance to the east, on a bearing of about 100°. The single large capstone sits about 1.5 metres high on top of two sideslabs each side, and with a single large backstone. There are many other boulders around on the groun... Read More |
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| Dolmen au Grand-Fâ | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 21st Jul 2005 | I found no sign of any dolmen or other megalithic monument in this village, but there is a place called Pierre Brune on the 1:25000 map to the northwest of the village near the rubbish dump. | 204 | 161 | |||
| Villaigue Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Well, I just HAD to come here, to the village of St Martin l'Ars, didn't I. All those years ago, when I started researching and cataloging French megalithic sites, I found two dolmens recorded in the community of St Martin l'Ars, possibly via the Merimee online database. Some time later, I had decided to quit work and go on a 6 month odyssey around France looking for old stones - in particular trying to find many of the little know ones. So, it b... Read More |
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| Villaigue Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Well, I just HAD to come here, to the village of St Martin l'Ars, didn't I. All those years ago, when I started researching and cataloging French megalithic sites, I found two dolmens recorded in the community of St Martin l'Ars, possibly via the Merimee online database. Some time later, I had decided to quit work and go on a 6 month odyssey around France looking for old stones - in particular trying to find many of the little know ones. So, it b... Read More |
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| Arlait Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Being more careful this time, and not in so much of a rush, I was able to find this dolmen. Follow the signs to the north of the village of Chateau Larcher for about a kilometre, and just before the road gets to the top of the hill, stop. There is a little dirt track which crosses the road, and if you look carefully, has a little painted sign to dolmen, to the west (left) of the road. Follow this track for about 800 metres, alongside a large wire... Read More |
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| Château-Larcher Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Saw from a distance | 20th Jul 2005 | While trying to find a campsite at Chateau Larcher, I saw lots of signposts to Dolmen. I tried to follow them, they pointed out of the town and then I could find no more. So this was another two dolmens not found on this very frustrating day. However, right outside the chateau, there is a big cross mounted on top of a sort of dolmen. I wonder if it is real. By the time I saw it, I had driven past, and there was nowhere to stop. Maybe thats anothe... Read More |
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| Pouzac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Even having the detailed map, finding this dolmen was not easy. Go south along the track from the east end of the hamlet of Pouzac, then go right at the crossroads of trackways. Go along here for 100 metres and then the dolmen is to be found in the southern side of the southern hedge, and is getting a bit overgrown. It is a little limestone simple dolmen, with a capstone about 3 m by 2 m sat up off the ground on several broken support stones, wit... Read More |
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| Pouzac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | I could find absolutely no sign of this. I should have the few minutes extra in the shop to have a look at or buy the 1:25000 map, rather than think I could go without. | 204 | 153 | |||
| Andillé Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Saw from a distance | 20th Jul 2005 | 4 | About 50 metres to the south of the road (Route de Dolmen), in a field of sweetcorn, I could just see the top of this dolmen. There was no obvious way of getting to it to have a proper look, but it looks to be the remains of a little simple dolmen. | 204 | 152 | ||
| Vaintray menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the east of the hamlet of Vaintray, and about 100 metres south down a little cross track from the road to Aslonnes, can be found this little menhir, stood in a little grassy clearing amongst bushes in a region left clear of the fields. It is a small triangular stone, only about 1.3 metres tall, and 0.8 metres wide at the base. It's got some lovely yellow lichens on it, and is hiding in amongst some strange fruit trees, sort of a tiny litt... Read More |
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| Vaintray menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | Lots of new houses have been built in the area around this menhir, and I could find nowhere to get behind them to have a look. It is all very busy, narrow roads around here. | 204 | 151 | |||
| Dolmen de Laverré | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 21st Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen is a kilometre or so to the south of the village of Andillé, and can be found in the round wooded area behind the lone house to the northwest of the road. The wooded area is perhaps the remains of a tumulus surrounding the dolmen, which is a nicely made rectangular dolmen. A single capstone sits on top of a 3.5m by 2.5 m chamber, made with two sidestones each side, two backstones and a single stone at the east end, where the entrance ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Laverré | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | Most of the fields around here have a bunch of bushes in the middle of them. I went over to two, but they both looked just like field clearance piles. There wasn't anywhere to properly park, nor to turn round and go back to where I think the dolmen must be, so I missed this one. I must try harder. | 204 | 150 | |||
| La Pierre-Levée (Poitiers) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 20th Jul 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Leaving a major shopping complex having been to buy a new camera, I saw a sign to dolmen, so just followed the signs. Past the Gymnasium de dolmen, past a school and along Rue du Dolmen, and there it is. This suburban dolmen is in a little well tended garden park area amongst the houses in southeastern Poitiers. It has a rectangular chamber about 4 m by 2 m and a large capstone sat on several supports along the south side, but fallen to the groun... Read More |
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| Roche d'Avon | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | In the book I have about Bougon, there is a map showing a dolmen at Roche D'Avon. A drive past the area and there is nothing obvious to see except a major farm of this name. | 204 | 148 | |||
| Pierre Levée de Bougon | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | Unless this is another name for the Dolmen des Sept Chemins, I could find nothing for this. | 204 | 147 | |||
| Les Vinettes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | In the book I have about Bougon, there is a map showing a dolmen and tumulus at Les Vinettes. A drive past the area and there is nothing obvious to see. | 204 | 146 | |||
| Les Doignons | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Couldn't find | 20th Jul 2005 | In the book I have about Bougon, there is a map showing a dolmen and tumulus at Les Doignons. A drive past the area and there is nothing obvious to see. | 204 | 145 | |||
| Croissonnière Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 20th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Up on the hill to the southeast of the village of Nanteuil, right behind a road of new houses (Rue du Dolmen) can be found the remains of this little dolmen, a few hundred metres walk from the road. It is not much of a dolmen now, more just a large capstone about 4.5 m by 3.5 m, and a pile of stones, tight up against the back hedge and fences of the new houses. It has seen better times!
While I was here, there is a young chap out in his back ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Garenne (La Mothe) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | The Dolmen de la Garenne at Villedieu-de-Comblé is fairly easily found from the southern end of the village by following Allée du Dolmen up to the top of the hill and then walking along the footpath to the left into the woods. This is in all just a few hundred metres walk.
The dolmen is in a clearing in the woods, and still mostly within its mound. I cannot be totally sure what this is the remains of, whether it is one chamber with a long and... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Bourg (Exoudun) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | The remains of Exoudun dolmen are to be found less than 100 metres from the village centre and road junction, and it is signposted from there. It is a bit of a wreck, and the 5m by 3m capstone has fallen to the south with the collapse down the hill of the side stone. The back stone is still upright. This has probably not been helped in the past by the building of a flat terraced garden for the big house below, which has been cut into the hillside... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Sept Chemins | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | La Pierre Levée, Sept Chemins dolmen can be found not far from the Bougon necropolis, which is just a couple of kilometres away. The dolmen, just to the south of the Sept Chemins crossroads, has been recently restored, and sits in a little area with parking and notice board. The chamber is about 3m by 2m, with two side slabs and a backstone covered by a nice capstone. The entrance is completely open to the full 2 metres width, and faces towards t... Read More |
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| Bougon Tumulus F | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus F is a wonderfully reconstructed three stage construction. The earliest part, F1 has a small round dolmen within a cairn made of drystone walling with a corbelled beehive roof. This is said to be the oldest dated man made room in the world. Fantastic. F2 is a long thin construction adjoining F1. F3 is another circular construction at the far end of F2 from the F1 cairn. This contains a large dolmenic chamber under a massive capston... Read More |
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| Bougon Tumulus E | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus E is a rectangular shaped tumulus, containing two dolmenic chambers. One of these would have been covered by a large capstone on top of slabs, while the other was almost certainly corbelled. | 204 | 139 |
| Bougon Tumulus D | Cairn | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus D seems to be more a defining line separating the necropolis into two parts. It is about 70 metres in length, but only 1 or 2 metres in width, and it winds in a serpentlike form between the quarries used to get the stone to build the other tumuli. | 204 | 138 |
| Bougon Tumulus C | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus C another large round tumulus, with a single small chamber within, about 2 metres by 1 metre. The entrance to this is now open, but the original was sealed. Adjoining on the back of this is another large rectangular tumulus with drystone walling. | 204 | 137 |
| Bougon Tumulus B | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus B is a long thin tumulus adjoining A, within which there are two dolmenic chambers, and also two funerary pits in the top. A superb reconstruction has been done here. | 204 | 136 |
| Bougon Tumulus A | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Bougon Tumulus A is a large round mound with a single dolmenic chamber within it. It's a massive dolmen, with a capstone estimated to weigh 90 tonnes on top of a 5 metre by 5 metre chamber 2.5 metres high. It is incredible. It is a pity the french graffitti disease has got here and people are carving onto the stones. Apparently Tony Blair was here in 2002, and has carved his name to prove it... Its also a pity, but the flash and exposure on my ca... Read More |
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| Bougon Tumulus | Barrow Cemetery | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | A magnificent site not far from the town of St-Maixent-l'Ecole, and signposted for miles around. It was about €4 to get in (2005), and this includes everything. I spent more than three hours here, and went back the next day for more, as it had shut before I had finished seeing everything I wanted to, so it was good value. The raison d'etre for this site are the six ancient constructions of the necropolis, of which there are basically 5 tumulus mo... Read More |
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| Musée des Tumulus de Bougon | Museum | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | I don't really know where to start except to say that it's not far from the town of St-Maixent-l'Ecole, and signposted for miles around. It was about €4 to get in, and this includes everything. I spent more than three hours here, and went back the next day for more, as it had shut before I had finished seeing everythng I wanted to, so it was good value. With lots of parking and disabled access, the museum is built within the archaeological remain... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Fontenille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Couldn't find | 19th Jul 2005 | From the village of Faye-l'Abbesse I tried to find the Fontenille double dolmen, hoping that the village had a map with it marked, but there wasn't. All it has is lots of lorries and a difficult traffic scheme. I found a track to Fontenilles farm, but it was all closed off and gated with no way through, and no signs of any dolmens. This is not the nicest part of France. | 204 | 132 | |||
| Pierre Levée du Grand Gât | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 19th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A couple of kilometres south of the village of Moutiers-Sous-Argenton, on the little lane to nowhere really, and there is a sign to dolmen, 250m. I walked at least a kilometre along the main track without finding it ! The trick is to not stay on the main track, but to keep straight on always, and yes, the dolmen is there about 250 metres from the road to the left of the track.
This appears to be a dolmen with entrance corridor, but I cannot ... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit le Gras du Chien | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just north of the main dolmen are lots more stones, which seem to make one large, and one small chamber adjoining the first cairn. These are probably to the side of what was the entranceway, facing to the east. | 204 | 130 |
| Pierre Levée (St Léger-de-Montbrun) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Just to the north of the road from the town of Thouars to Loudon, a couple of kilometres east of Thouars, can be found this complex of stones. Firstly, there is a simple dolmen, 3 metres by 2 metres, within a restored circular cairn about 10 metres in diameter. The single capstone sits on two side supports and an end stone, and it appears to open to the southwest. Just north of this are lots more stones, which would seem to make one large, and on... Read More |
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| Monpalais Dolmen 6 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | As I was walking back to the campervan, I noticed a tree and some bushes in the middle of the field on the other side of the road. Now, why would they be there ? Yep, it's another dolmen, but not in very good condition. Like the others, it has been tidied up, and now consists of a chamber in a little round mound of stones, about 7 metres in diameter. The chamber is 2 metres long by 1 metre wide, facing to the northeast, but it has no capstone. It... Read More |
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| Monpalais Dolmen 5 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Further west from the first four dolmens, towards the new houses, can be found another little dolmen in the middle of a field, which again has been nicely restored. It is a simple thing with a 2 m by 2 m capstone sitting on top of two side slabs and a back stone. It opens up to the east on about 060°, and in fact is looking directly at what I have called dolmens 3 and 4. It has about a 5 metre cairn of little red stones surrounding it, and a few ... Read More |
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| Monpalais Dolmen 4 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | A few hundred metres north of the first dolmens can be easily seen and reached this large dolmen, which from the south looks like it is going to be an Angevin dolmen. However, upon reaching it, it is a V shaped dolmen in an oval mound. Another superb bit of restoration, this large dolmen sits in an oval cairn, of dimensions about 15m by 10m, with faced walling around the outside. The chamber is about 8 metres long and opening at the east, where i... Read More |
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| Monpalais Dolmen 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | This is another small simple dolmen, about 150 metres to the west of the large dolmen 4. A 3 m by 2 m capstone sits on what appears to be two side stones and a back stone, with the entrance looking to the north. The stones sit in a little 7 metre diameter mound of stones, and in fact the chamber is full also. It has obviously had a restoration job done on it, but they probably didn't have much to work with, so have just tidied it all up a bit. | 204 | 125 |
| Monpalais Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just 50 metres west of Taizé No 1 is this poor little thing. It also looks to have been recently excavated and restored, but there can't have been much to work on. There is a collapsed capstone and two side stones, and also probably the backstone, but it is now all nearly flat to the ground. For whatever reason, the restorers have left a rectangular patch of stones around this one, about 7 m by 5 m. The chamber would have been about 1.5 m by 1 m ... Read More |
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| Monpalais Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | This is a beautifully restored dolmen with entry couloir sitting on and in a little stone cairn. The chamber is about 3 metres by 2 metres opening to the east, with a single stone acting to close off half the entry. It has a single capstone covering only the western end. Around it is a double walled cairn, the internal cairn of about 8 metres diameter enclosing the dolmen and its entranceway, while the outer cairn is about 15 metres in diameter, ... Read More |
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| Monpalais | Barrow Cemetery | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | There are a couple of dolmens marked here on my map, but when I get here there is a sign and a parking area, and before I even get out of the van I can see four dolmens ! In all there are remains of about a dozen dolmens here, many of which have been recently restored. It is a pity about the busy road and the open fields, which make for low ambience scores for an otherwise very good place. | 204 | 122 | |
| La Petite Pierre Levée (Chantebrault) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Just about 80 metres from the first dolmen, in the next field, is a large stone, which look to be the remains of another dolmen. | 204 | 120 |
| La Grande Pierre Levée (Chantebrault) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen is not far off the side of the road up on a windy ridge a couple of kilometres south of the village of St Laon. I cannot figure out what it is the remains of, it could be an allée couverte with lateral entry, or it could be a double chambered dolmen with the entrance between the two. What is either the main chamber, or two chambers, are about 10 metres from one end stone to the other, and it is about 2 metres in width. The chamber run... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit la Pierre-de-Verre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | In the back garden of a house to the north west of the St Laon village centre, and not far from a busy road, can be found the remains of this. Whatever this dolmen was, it has been altered about with quite a bit, including fairly recently being dug into on the west side to be made into a goat house. What there is looks a bit like an allée couverte 6 metres long by 2 metres wide, but probably was an Angevine dolmen. There is a nice donkey over the... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Briande 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A few more hundred metres across another field from the first dolmen, and there are the remains of another fairly large dolmen. This one is clearly of the Angevin type with a 5 m by 3 m main chamber with a single large capstone now fallen into the middle. At the southeast there is the remains of a collapsed porchway entrance. While visiting this dolmen I ended up in the middle of a grasshopper attack frenzy ! | 204 | 117 |
| Dolmen de Briande 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | A couple of hundred metres away from the large tumulus, towards the railway line and across a field can be found a nice dolmen 6 metres long, 2 metres wide and 2 metres high. Three capstones sit on three pairs of side stones, but there is no evidence of any entrance or closing slabs. | 204 | 116 |
| Tumulus de Chassigny | Round Barrow(s) | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a blinking great big mound, it must be 50 metres in diameter and 10 metres high. It looks to have been well dug into and messed about with, but there is nothing obvious to see except for the large mound. I wonder what is underneath. | 204 | 115 |
| La Pierre-Levée de Maisonneuve | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 18th Jul 2005 | This is marked on my ign 1:100,000 map, but down a dead end lane into a forest southeast of Loudun. I had a good look round, but there were no signs or anything, and in the thick bushy forest I didn't really stand a chance. | 204 | 114 | |||
| Le Carroir Bon-Air | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 18th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Up in the hills overlooking the Vienne river, in the Chinon wine producing area can be found the remains of this dolmen. It is signposted, just to the north of Ligré and then just about a hundred metres walk along a track from the road.
It is a fairly large dolmen with main chamber 6 m by 3 m, covered by two large capstones which are still in place. Unfortunately several of the side support stones have fallen, with the resulting collapse of m... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Griffier | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be found in a field beside the road running west from the village of Coulon, after about a kilometre. The remains are enclosed in a clump of bushes and a tree, about 20 metres from the road. The capstone has collapsed, leaving what at first look is not much more than a heap of stones. Closer inspection reveals it to be an Angevin dolmen, 5m by 2.5m, with an entrance porchway to the south. Unfortunately, the ploughs are getting too... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Fontaine au Son 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | There are two dolmens here, about 30 metres apart, near to the Fontaines de Son water treatment plant. The western dolmen is slightly bigger, and in a bit better condition. It seems to have a north south oriented chamber, with two capstones surviving, covering the southern part of the 8 metre long chamber. The northern end has collapsed. It is difficult to tell where the entrance would have been. Oddly, this dolmen has a well tended grassy area b... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Fontaine au Son 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | There are two dolmens here, about 30 metres apart, near to the Fontaines de Son water treatment plant. The eastern dolmen is now fenced off, partly because of the water works, but probably also because it looks to be in a dangerous state, It is an Angevin dolmen with a 4m by 2.5 m chamber underneath a single capstone and its entrance to the east. Most of this is however now collapsed. | 204 | 109 |
| Vaon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This nice dolmen can be found about a kilometre southeast of the village of Trois-Moutiers, and is easy to find because it is signposted. It is about a 300 metre walk from where you can park near to a barn. It is a fairly complete Angevin dolmen with a 5m by 2.5m main chamber fronted at the east end by a 2.5 by 1.5 metre entrance porch. The two capstones of the main chamber are still in place, although the roofstone of the entrance has fallen. Ni... Read More |
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| La Pierre Crapaud | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | This dolmen can be found a few hundred metres down a track to the south west of the village of Trois-Moutiers, where it resides just inside a field which was full of sunflowers when I visited, which meant that i could not get right to the dolmen. What I could see is a large capstone sat on top of some sort of support stones at one end, and the ground at the other. | 204 | 107 |
| La Roche Vernaise | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 17th May 2005 | 1 | 2 | 4 | On top of a hillock near a junction of lanes to the west of La Roche Vernaise is a big jumble of large stones. It is hard to know whether this is the actual dolmen, or just a load of field clearance stones, but it was the only likely candidate I found in this area. Perhaps it has all been fairly recently all moved to the edges of the fields. There is a lot of stone, so perhaps it was a fairly big dolmen, at least 10 metres in length. It is diffic... Read More |
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| Dolmen d'Epennes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Not marked on any of my maps, but I found this mentioned from the same source that I found out the information about the nearby Pierre Folle. It is just to the east of the hamlet of Epennes, south of Bournand, about 300 metres from the road junction and across a field.
It looks to be a fairly standard 4 x 2.5 metre Angevine dolmen with its entrance to the south east, but it's all a bit of a wreck and overgrown. Unfortunately, the field it is ... Read More |
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| La Pierre-Folle allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Poitou-Charentes:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 17th Jul 2005 | To the north of Bournand, but in a very vaguely marked place on my map, is marked the Pierre Folle allée couverte. In the village of Bournand, there is a sign pointing to the Pierre Folle, but as is often the case, there are no more signs later, and try as I might, without a detailed map I could not find this. After my failed visit, I found out that it is an 18 metre long allée couvert, on inaccessible private land within a Renaissance Lodge. It ... Read More |
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| Menoignon menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Absolutely splendid menhir which is easily found near to a corner in a little open farmland lane, just behind a little scrubland area. The menhir must be about 8 metres in height, of large girth at the bottom, slowly tapering up to a pointed top. The southeastern face of the menhir has been worked into an extremely flat surface, of triangular shape, something which clearly took a lot of time to produce. One can only speculate at what this was use... Read More |
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| Diévet Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Now completely surrounded by cultivated fields, the remains of this allée couvert are easily found to the west of the hamlet of Diévet. What remains are two parallel rows of orthostats (12 in total), between 10 and 11 metres in length by 1.5 metres wide, and with a single large coverstone remaining in the middle. | 214 | 3 |
| Lann Ar Peulven menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Couldn't find | 16th Apr 2014 | A five metre tall menhir which should be found in the forest to the west of the D.88 to the north of Lannion, however I could not find a way to get to it. | 214 | 16 | |||
| Toul an Lann menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A nice slender four metre tall menhir in a field just to the north of the busy D.786 just north of Lannion. | 214 | 15 |
| Kerprigent Alignement de Menhirs | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 3 | 4 | 5 | After the disappointment of Barnenez being closed we still have quite a drive to the hotel in Ploumenach, so although no time for any out of the way stone visits, but should be able to fit a couple of quick visits in if not too far out of the way. A good look at the maps suggests a couple of places, the first of which seemed to be an old chapel despite its dolmen sign on the map, and this the second which looked easy enough to find, and indeed w... Read More |
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| Barnenez cairn #2 | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Leaving the car in the main Barnenez car park, we walked the few hundred metres up to the top of the hill and then took the first trackway to the left (west) just before the first house. Between 50 and 100m along here, and a field to the south opens up from which gives views over the main Barnenez cairn site, with a few gaps in the hedges at the fence allowing decent views.
The northwestern side of this field is slightly raised, and all cover... Read More |
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| Trémarche menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 5 | Passed by in a front garden on the way to Ploumanach | 214 | 17 | ||
| Rochers de Ploumanac'h | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 4 | 4 | Morning in Ploumenach with Dad, and take the time to walk all around the pink granite coast. It is superb in the morning sun. The headland north of Ploumanac'h is now a municipal park, and has the most spectacular coastline where the pink granite rocks tumble into the emerald blue sea. This headland abounds in strangely shaped rocks, many with names such as the tortoise, the witch, the Egyptian and a bottle. There is a beautiful signed footpath w... Read More |
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| Oratoire de St Guirec | Ancient Temple | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Morning in Ploumenach with Dad, and take the time to walk all around the pink granite coast. It is superb in the morning sun. The Oratoire de St Guirec is situated on the beach named after St Guirec, the Welsh monk who landed here on his voyage from Britain in the 6th century, allegedly arriving in a stone trough pulled by angels. The original wooden statue has been replaced by one of stone, after becoming damaged by the local tradition for girl... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Pierrelée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of Montsoreau, on the hills above the Loire valley can be found this strange dolmen. It was difficult to find and to park nearby, but its close to the Tete Loire cycle route, and signposted about 50 metres into a field under some trees. What's left of this Angevine dolmen is still within a mound, although how ancientthe mound is I wouldn't like to say. But the odd thing is that it has been lived in, and the inside has been rebu... Read More |
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| l'Accomodement Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 17th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Passing again, I tried again to find this menhir. This stone is actually right beside the railway cutting on the eastern side, just to the south of the new ring road, and visible from it. It is on the hilltop, but fallen - perhaps just put there when they were building the railway - who knows ? The stone is about 3 metres in length, but only a metre high. I think perhaps it is broken. | 204 | 112 |
| l'Accomodement Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 16th Jul 2005 | Somewhere between a new major road junction and a railway junction, in farmland. I tried, including driving round many farm tracks, but could find no signs of this at all. | 204 | 102 | |||
| Grande Pierre de la Prée de Thouars | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 16th Jul 2005 | Supposedly near the river Thouet south of Lenay, and it looked easy to find from the map. I looked, but found nothing, despite walking for what seemed like miles. It must be behind the farm somewhere. | 204 | 101 | |||
| La Pierre de Lenay | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 16th Jul 2005 | This menhir is supposedly right by the river Thouet at Lenay, and looked as if it would be easy to find. I looked, and looked again, but found nothing. Must be on private land. | 204 | 100 | |||
| Menhir dit de Grésil | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 16th Jul 2005 | There are three menhirs marked on my 1:100,000 map here in the region of the ring road to the south of the town of Montreuil-Bellay. I struggled to find any of them, so went to the local Super U to check out the 1:25,000 map. Turns out there are 4 menhirs to be found, and three castles, one of which blocks off most of the town to a camping car. This menhir is somewhere in a swamp by the river Thouet, between a major road junction and the river Th... Read More |
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| Pierre Fiche de Chacé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice menhir to find, a few hundred metres walk along a track near to the river Thouet, just to the west of the village of Chacé. The menhir is about 4 metres high, 2 metres wide and with a sloping top, as so many do have. It is signposted from the road, and they go to the effort of cutting all the nettles and other undergrowth for a reasonable distance around it. If only all the local communities were this concerned about their ancient ... Read More |
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| La Vacherie Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | This is a nice little site, and easy to find to the south of Distré, as it is signposted. The dolmenis in a little woodland clearing in a marshy area, which makes it nice and green and shady on this hot afternoon. The dolmen is what I am now taking to be a standard Angevine dolmen, with a 4m by 3m rectangular chamber, with a 2 metre long entranceway at the eastern end. The main chamber is capped by a single capstone which rests on two side slabs ... Read More |
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| La Pierre Couverte de Mousseau | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This is a fairly ruined Angevine type dolmen, in a field of sunflowers just to the east of the village of Ulmes, reached by a couple of hundred metres walk in a gap in the crops. The chamber would have been about 4 metres wide by 5 metres long, with an entranceway at the northeast, which is several metres in length. The whole thing is rather falling down and covered in undergrowth, but can still be clearly seen. Two capstones of the chamber, and ... Read More |
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| Dolmens du Bois de la Chenaise | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 16th Jul 2005 | This is within a fenced off and private area. There was no way I could get to see this one, which is in a wood on top of a hill. | 204 | 95 | |||
| Le Petit Dolmen de Bagneux | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Saw from a distance | 16th Jul 2005 | High up on a cliff edge (because of a quarry) this dolmen can just about be seen through the trees from the roadside next to the cemetary. However, its on private land, and a proper viewing is not possible. It looks like a pretty big dolmen despite its name, and perhaps a more typical Angevine dolmen. It looks to be in fairly good condition. | 204 | 94 | |||
| Le Grand Dolmen de Bagneux | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | This is now round the back and in the garden of a bar, but not in a very nice area of town. When I was here, it was €3 to visit the dolmen and a little visitor centre, but nearly impossible to get decent photos as its to enclosed between all the surrounding roads.
The dolmen itself is massive, 22 metres in length, by 7 metres wide and almost 4 metres high. Four large capstones sit supported by about four side slabs each side, and with one mas... Read More |
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| Pierre Couverte de Corbeau | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This one is quite easy to find, as it is signposted from the nearby hamlet of Bournée, and there is a little picnic area there, despite nowhere decent to park a camper van. It is on top of a hill, in a nice shady wooded area, surrounded by vines, roses and sunflowers, with Troglodyte villages and dwellings all around the area. I couldn't quite make out exactly what this dolmen is the remains of, it seems to be an allée couverte, rather than an An... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Madeleine (Gennes) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 16th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Went back as my photos were out of focus, having forgotten to switch off the macro function yesterday. | 204 | 91 |
| Menhir du Bois Gilbert | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just outside of Gennes beside the D.751 road is this pointy topped menhir, near to the corner of a field by a cement works. It is about 4 metres tall, and of the local sarsen stone. | 204 | 90 |
| Dolmen de la Motte | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just to the east of the village of Chemellier, and actually signposted from it, this dolmen is about 800 metres walk from where the road runs out, and just inside the forest. While I was there, there were a couple of deer mooching around nearby, and also a wasps nest inside the dolmen. Beware ! Until today, I would have called this a massive dolmen, but how things change - it looks quite small now ! It's a typical rectangular Angevine dolmen with... Read More |
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| Caillère Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Despite not being marked on any of my maps, this dolmen is easy to find, right at the side of the street in the middle of Caillère, near to the manor. It's about 3.5 metres square, with four large sidestones and a single capstone. It shows evidence of having been lived in, with steps down into it, and what looks like a window cut into it, although it may be the original entrance. In this area of many troglodyte habitations, including the manor, i... Read More |
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| Etiau standing stones | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 5 | Several standing stones to the north of Etiau Dolmen at the road junction. | 204 | 87 | ||
| Etiau Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | In an area to the west of the hamlet, in an area rich in natural rock outcrops, can be found this strange little dolmen. It would appear that a large capstone has been positioned over a natural chamber, which is about 4 metres by 2 metres, this being a sort of split in the rocks. But there is more to it than that, as an entranceway has also been constructed, using two slabs set on their sides, and a backstone nicely in place also. Within the cham... Read More |
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| Bajouillière Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Down a long track from near Bourgneuf, when you eventually get there this dolmen has parking and a picnic area. It is also the only one I have seen all day in this area that is signposted. Bizarrely, there is an owl hooting somewhere nearby, although it is 4:00pm on a scorching hot afternoon. This is another enormous dolmen, situated just below a naturally rocky outcrop in a flat field. The main chamber is pretty much exactly square, and about 6 ... Read More |
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| Butte-aux-Houx alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Try as I might, I couldn't find any of these menhirs shown on the ign 1:25000 map. The map shows 5 menhirs lined up along the ridge, but the forest and undergrowth here is very thick, and there are many private keep out signs. Some of the area they are shown in is being bulldozed and flattened, no doubt to make more holiday houses for rich Parisiens. Hopefully none of the menhirs are suffering this fate, but I couldn't be sure.
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| Pierre-de-Nézan | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | This stone is a longish walk, more than a kilometre, from anywhere, and can be found near to a junction of forest tracks. It is about 3 metres long, with a slanted top, but is leaning so much that I'd say it was fallen ! Thankfully most of the walk is in the shade, it is so hot and humid today, 42° on the thermometer in the van. | 204 | 83 |
| Menhir des Varennes de Cumeray | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This 3.5 metre tall triangular slab of rock is set upright in the forest at the top of the hill above Cumeray. Easily found along a forest track after a few hundred metres walk. Beware the vicious brambles surrounding it - they tore my shirt while trying to get a picture. | 204 | 81 |
| Dolmen des Varennes de Cumeray 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A hundred or so metres southeast of the menhir is this difficult to find dolmen, buried deep in the undergrowth. Although the capstone has completely collapsed and broken into several pieces, its easy to see that there was a rectangular chamber, about 3.5m by 2 metres with an entrance to the east. It could do with a bit of clearance work around it. | 204 | 83 |
| Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This six metre tall menhir stands just beside the road between Le Sale Village and Nideville, to the west of Gennes, amongst some modern houses. In fact, it is on the opposite side of the road to where it is marked on my ign 1:25000 map, and looks like it might have been moved here fairly recently.
While I was visiting, I noted that there was a hole dug down one side of the stone, showing at least another metre of stone below ground level. Bu... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Forêt (Gennes) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | About half a kilometre to the northwest of La Pierre Longue, and at a junction of lanes can be found this dolmen, right beside the road. It's a typical Angevin dolmen, with its main chamber being 4 metres by 2.5 metres and rectangular, made with large single slabs along the sides and back. It has two capstones, and an internal partition stone which is possibly there to hold the capstones up, however there is a hole through this internal stone, li... Read More |
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| Pierre Longue du Bouchet | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A fine menhir, standing around 3.5 metres tall near the top of a hill amongst the fields and forests. Its a nice triangular shaped slab of the local sarsen like stone. It is fairly easily found with the ign 1:25000 map, a few hundred metres walk along a track from the roadside above Bouchet. | 204 | 78 |
| Dolmen de la Pagerie | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This monster dolmen can be found a few hundred metres up the GR.XX footpath from near the farm of the same name, just to the southwest of Gennes. It is another of the enormous dolmens they have around here, with the main chamber being 10 metres long by 5 metres wide, made using enormous slabs of the sarsen like rock. The whole thing is covered with just two massive capstones, the back one of which is still on top of its three support stones, but ... Read More |
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| Avort Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Found about 80 metres to the west of the D.70 road southwest of Gennes, with a trackway leading to it. Its a typical Angevine dolmen with a 4 m by 2.5 m chamber, made using large slabs covered by a single large capstone. The entrance, and its two porch stones, is to the east. It is still substantially within its mound, atop which a tree is growing. The southern side slab is broken, allowing easy access. | 204 | 76 |
| Dolmen de la Madeleine (Gennes) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 15th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | What a monster this is, its bigger than my house ! Easily found just to the south of Gennes, beside the D.69 road to Doué, at the top of the hill. Cannot be missed. It's a fairly simple thing, but the proportions are enormous.
The rectangular chamber is 11 metres long, 4.5 metres wide and 3.5 metres high inside, made with massive slabs. Three 5.5 metre wide capstones are held up on three side slabs each side, with a fourth added on the north ... Read More |
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| Beaupréau Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Thirty metres to the west of the dolmen is a nice pointed menhir, probably about 3 metres high, but in a fenced off field with cows in, so I left it alone. | 204 | 73 |
| Beaupréau Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | About 600 metres walk round the back of the farm can be found this dolmen and its outlying menhir, which can clearly be seen from the road. The farmer was only too pleased to point it out to me. It's a fairly large Angevine dolmen, with chamber 4 metres by 3 metres, with a single capstone sitting on 2 large sidestones and a backstone. It opens to the east, and there are the usual couple of entry portals, although the northern one has fallen. Out ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Colleterie | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 14th Jul 2005 | I had no chance of finding this, although I tried very hard for quite some length of time. The roads around here are all barricaded off so that they can build the new motorway north of Angers. I don't think that the dolmen marked on my map will be in the path of the motorway. I had a long walk round all the tracks I could find which looked like it might be there, but it is probably in dense woodland. I found lots of bees and a deer though. | 204 | 71 | |||
| Dolmen de Romme | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Couldn't find | 14th Jul 2005 | I saw no evidence of this one, supposedly just to the northeast of the ruined chateau, beside the river Romme. The best option is that it is somewhere down a private and gated trackway. | 204 | 70 | |||
| Dolmen du Champ-du-Ruisseau | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 2 | 3 | On a signposted village walk, just to the east of the village of Villemaison can be found this dolmen. It is a little allée couverte about 6 metres long and still partly within a mound, and has four capstones still covering the passage. There are also some entry blocking slabs.
I was just about to take a picture or two when a man shouted at me to get out of the field - its dangerous he said. He went on to say it was private property, and that... Read More |
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| La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The remains of this dolmen can be found by following the road along the north bank of the river Loire to the east of Ancenis chateau for about 800 metres, beyond the little pleasure boat port and into the industrial estate. It is signposted, and there is a little grassy open area between industrial units. This dolmen is another of those which demonstrates the rising of the sea level over the last few thousand years, as now instead of there being ... Read More |
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| Pierre Meslière | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This was most unexpected, I saw a sign to this from St Géréon, so just followed the signs. There is a large rocky outcrop high above the river Loire, around which evidence of man living here has been found dating back to the paleolithic. From the neolithic period, when the settlement was extended, there was once a line of 48 menhirs running east to west. It says that today only two remain, the rest having been destroyed for roadbuilding, along wi... Read More |
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| La Pierre Blanche (Oudon) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a massive lump of white quartz, more than 4 metres tall and 3 metres wide, in a vineyard up on the hills overlooking the beautiful Loire river, to the north of Oudon. As seems to be the case with this quartz, it keeps lovely and cool on a scorching hot day, and is nice and sparkly. | 204 | 64 |
| La Pierre Percée (La Chapelle-Basse-Mer) | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | I dont know whether there ever was an ancient menhir here, but today there is a modern sculpture of a woman looking out over the Loire, with a hole of course, and its rather nice. | 204 | 63 | |
| Toul an Lann menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Saw from a distance | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ace dinner at Diben. | 193 | 21 | |||
| Kerivin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Jun 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth. | 193 | 32 | |||
| Barnenez Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Jun 1993 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth. | 193 | 31 |
| Pointe De Primel Dolmen | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this dolmen marked on the map, but I couldn't find it under the undergrowth. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions! | 193 | 25 | |||
| Pointe de Primel menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this menhir marked on the map. I don't remember finding it, so perhaps it was still fallen back then, or it was the dolmen I couldn't find and the menhir was of lesser interest. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of ... Read More |
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| Fontaine St Jean-du-Doigt | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Sep 1992 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ellie of course wanted to see St John the Baptist's finger, but I think the church was closed and we couldn't see it. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, and meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions! | 193 | 23 | ||
| Bez An Inkinerez | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Had a quick look for this but to no avail. | 193 | 22 | |||
| Trémarche menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. All getting tired now, but it should be mostly downhill back to the campsite. | 193 | 19 | |||
| Menhir a Vertu | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Ooo Errr missus. This one goes well after the St Uzec roughly hewn instruments of passion. | 193 | 18 | |||
| St Samson Chapel well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 17 | |||
| Saint-Uzec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Take lunch at the St Uzec menhir, where we have a lot of fun discussing the way it has been christianised with its roughly hewn instruments of passion, and some offerings left beside. | 193 | 16 | |||
| Ty-Lia (Île Grande) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 15 | |||
| Prajou-Menhir allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 14 | |||
| Prajou-Menhir menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 13 | |||
| Keryvon allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 12 | |||
| Kerguntuil allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 11 | |||
| Kerguntuil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 10 | |||
| Le Roi Gradlon | Rock Outcrop | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. A large granite outcrop which resembles a crowned kings head protruding up through the earth towers above the beach of la grêve blanche. | 193 | 9 | ||
| La Tête de Mort | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. At the northern end of Coz Pors beach is a large granite outcrop which viewed from some angles resembles a giant skull, known as La Tête de Mort. | 193 | 8 | ||
| Oratoire de St Guirec | Ancient Temple | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Camp and head to Ploumanach for a big seafood dinner.
The Oratoire de St Guirec is situated on the beach named after St Guirec, the Welsh monk who landed here on his voyage from Britain in the 6th century, allegedly arriving in a stone trough pulled by angels. The original wooden statue has been replaced by one of ston... Read More |
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| Rochers de Ploumanac'h | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Camp and head to Ploumanach for a big seafood dinner. The headland north of Ploumanac'h is now a municipal park, and has the most spectacular coastline where the pink granite rocks tumble into the emerald blue sea. This headland abounds in strangely shaped rocks, many with names such as the tortoise, the witch, the Egyptia... Read More |
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| Toul an Lann menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Big seafood dinner. | 193 | 1 | ||
| L'Armoirie menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 13th Jul 2005 | I could not find the forest track which leads to this menhir, again there are no signposts obvious, and this stone is not even marked on the ign 1:25000 map, so I didn’t spend long looking. Supposedly it’s a 1.5 metre tall menhir that has been broken, standing to the southwest of the alignement, between the D.779 and L'Armorie crossroads. So the menhir would be less imposing than most of the stones in the alignement. | 204 | 62 | |||
| Kornevec Alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This alignement can be found just to the south of Loge Charlotte, and is signposted. The alignement is a row of menhirs, now nearly all fallen, which runs for about 300 metres through the forest on a bearing of 065°. The stones are all about 3 metres in length, and are spaced at about 4 metre intervals.
Over 200 stones have been found here. It would be nice to see these stood up again, at least the non broken ones, and also a bit better looke... Read More |
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| Lann-er-Bein allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 13th Jul 2005 | I had a quick look for this, now to be found somewhere in the outskirts and building land of Camors, but could see no signs or obvious place for it to be, so moved on. | 204 | 60 | |||
| Toul Er Rest Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 13th Jul 2005 | I had a quick look for this, now to be found somewhere in the outskirts and building land of Camors, but could see no signs or obvious place for it to be, so moved on. | 204 | 59 | |||
| L'Etoile allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 13th Jul 2005 | After all the time spent looking for the previous stones, I thought that I'd best not go on another long walk through the forest to try and find this one. My notes and books say that it is difficult to find, so I left it alone. | 204 | 58 | |||
| Men Braz menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | I wasted best part of an hour for this stone to clear of about 30 to 40 scouts having lunch and playing games here. Eventually they left so I could look at the stone on my own. It is easy to find from the L'Etoiles roundabout, where there is a few parking places. Take the forest track south for a couple of hundred metres, and then turn right at the signpost down a footpath, from where it is about 80 metres into the forest between the rows of tree... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Men Braz | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 1 | 4 | 4 | In the vicinity of the Men-Braz are many other stones, which I am lead to believe are the remains of a much wrecked dolmen. | 204 | 57 |
| Men-Bihan Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | About 50 metres from Men-Bihan is a line of 5 flat stones, looking very much like they have been placed there. There might be remnants of stones underneath. The line is about 10 metres long, and is oriented roughly east to west. Is this the remains of an allée couverte, or just natural ? | 204 | 55 |
| Menhir de Men Bihan | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | The "little stone" is well hidden deep in the forest. I found it as much by luck as by good navigation using a detailed map and asking people. There are no signs or anything to help you, and it is 100 metres away from the nearest footpath. The menhir is about 1.8 metres tall, and a nice white granite all covered in moss. Its a nice stone to find, partially because of the difficulty in getting to it, with no gps or anything to go by. | 204 | 54 |
| Petit-Resto menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This menhir can be seen at the edge of the road, but it is difficult to stop or turn round here. It is a sort of triangular stone, perhaps 2 metres high, just at the edge of a field. It has weird weathering, and looks like it has got a tide mark on it. | 204 | 53 |
| Soldats-de-Saint-Cornély | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | This site consists of three parallel rows of stones, about 140 in all, running southeast to northwest, spaced at about 40 metres from each other, but what a terrible state these poor soldiers have fallen into. Not only has a road junction been built right into the middle of them, and a forest grown over them, but many of them have been taken away to ornament a garden in Lorient. What remains there are have become very overgrown and almost impossi... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Roh Du 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This simple dolmen, still half within its small round mound, can be found a few hundred metres walk into the forest from a signposted parking place nearby. It has been dated to between 2000 and 2400 BC, and has a very simple form, reminiscent to the dolmens to be found further to the south of France. There are two side slabs and an end stone making a chamber about 2 metres long by 1,5 metres wide, with a single capstone sitting on top. The remain... Read More |
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| Kermorvan Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is the remains of a little dolmen at the roadside to the southwest of Moustoir-Ac. There is a single capstone, approximately round with diameter 2.5 metres, sitting on top of four or five uprights. There are a few more stones around the area. It is possible that this is the end of an allée couverte which has been wrecked by the road being built through it. | 204 | 50 |
| Menhir du Mené | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This tall thin menhir is built into a roadside bank, and is more than 4 metres tall from the top of that. If the ground level is at the road level, the menhir would be 7 metres tall. It is difficult to get to see due to all the undergrowth, but when round the back, in amongst the brambles, it looks like it has a crook carved onto it. | 204 | 49 |
| Cosquéro Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 12th Jul 2005 | The trackway through to this menhir was barricaded off with private signs on it, so I didn’t get to the menhir. It is said to be the largest still standing menhir in Morbihan. | 204 | 48 | |||
| Kermarquer menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This superb menhir can be found in a little woodland clearing, not far from the roadside to the southwest of Moustoir-Ac. It is signposted, and there is a little parking area.
The menhir, which is slightly leaning, must be getting on for 7 metres tall, and it has been mostly shaped and smoothed, although one face is fairly rough and has probably had bits fall off over the millennia. Not only has the menhir been shaped and smoothed, but there ... Read More |
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| Kerara Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice shaped menhir, just under 4 metres tall, standing in a little clearing in an area of many natural granite rocks. It is just beside the road and has a parking place and signpost, from which it is about a 50 metre walk. Its got some lovely shade for this very hot and sunny afternoon. It is only a few hundred metres from the large Kermarquer menhir. | 204 | 46 |
| Larcuste cairns 3 | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | To the south of the two restored cairns, it is clear to see that there is a very faint raise in the adjacent field which is the ploughed out remains of a further cairn. In fact there were once two more cairns here. | 204 | 45 |
| Larcuste cairns 2 | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cairn 2 is a slightly bigger mound, with only a single eastern facing entrance. From this entrance, the passageway continues for about 10 metres into the cairn, and from which 6 chambers open out onto the sides. Each chamber is topped with a capstone, 4 of which remain today. Most of the walling is made with dry stones, very few large slabs are in place. Some of these chambers are quite round, while others look sort of squareish, and all are abou... Read More |
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| Larcuste cairns 1 | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cairn 1, the northern of the two, contains two dolmens with entry passageways, which both open to the east. The chambers are made up of alternating slabs and drystone walling. Only the northern chamber has its capstone in place, along with one of its passageway covers.
If the reconstruction is accurate, then it looks to me as if this was built in two stages, the southern single dolmen built first in a smaller cairn, with the northern chamber ... Read More |
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| Larcuste Cairns | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | The remains of these chambered cairns are easily found by following the plentiful roadsigns a couple of kilometres to the south of Colpo. This well known and important site occupies a hilltop position in open countryside, but has a large area set aside around it. What it consists of these days are the remains of two cairns, but once there were several more lined up with them. Looking around, a bit further to the south on the top of the hill it is... Read More |
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| Kerjagu Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the north of the allée couverte and almost in the garden of a house are a couple of menhirs, one standing about 3 metres tall, the other broken and fallen beside it. This fallen stone would have probably been taller than the one still standing. | 204 | 41 |
| Kerjagu allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A pleasant little allée couverte which cn be found round the back of the farm of the same name. Although the eastern end is very damaged, the passageway can be seen to be about 10 metres long. Many of the sidestones lean on each other, and with the lack of capstones I wonder whether it is of the Arc Boutté type.
At the western end there is a fairly large chamber covered by a single capstone, making it look almost like a dolmen a couloir. Behi... Read More |
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| Kerarmel Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This nice pointed deltoid menhir must be over 5 metres in height, and is easily found just beside the D.778 road south of St Jean-Brévelay by the farm of the same name. It seems a strange position to me, on a hillside. It has a chestnut tree growing beside it, and from many angles it looks like the stone is the trunk of the tree. | 204 | 39 |
| Lann Doaur menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This menhir, more than 4 metres tall (4.5m), is right beside the dirt track between Kertuhet and Kercado. Its almost 3 metres in width, but less than a metre thick | 204 | 38 |
| Kerherne-Bodunan dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 3 | 5 | 3 | This lovely monument is to be found in some lovely oak woodland high on top of a hill overlooking a stream. It is signposted from nearby, but there is nowhere really to park, and it’s a fair walk along a track and then up a woodland footpath.
The monument is a strange one, which uses a natural rock outcrop as its base. The first thing you reach is a massive chamber, 4 mtres long by 2.5 metres wide covered by a single massive slab. It would se... Read More |
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| La Moustoir stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Just round the southwest side of the little chapel at Moustoir can be found this nice granite stele. Its about 2.3 metres tall and nicely shaped, with a flat face facing to the southeast. Onto this face has been carved a cross. | 204 | 36 |
| Kergonfalz Tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | To the west of Bigan, and signposted from there, can be found this dolmen almost completely still within its large mound, just over the road from the easily found allée couverte. The mound must be about 25 metres in diameter, and up to 5 metres high within woodland. The rectangular chamber is about 3 metres by 2 metres, and covered by a single capstone. The entry passageway to the chamber, although now completely fallen and dug into, comes off th... Read More |
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| Kergonfalz allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Just to the west of Bigan, and signposted from there, can be found the remains of this allée couverte right at a road junction. The allée is 9 metres long and oriented to the south, at a bearing of 185°. At the north end there is a closing slab and a little ante chamber behind that. One stone has been lost to the road. Three capstones are still in place, although fallen within the passage. It has been dated to about 2700-3000 BC. | 204 | 34 |
| St Jean-Brévelay stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Right out the back of the church, is the remains of an iron age stele, almost used as a roadsign. | 204 | 33 |
| St Jean-Brévelay menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Right outside the church is a splendid 4 to 5 metre tall menhir. It looks like an original, but I couldn’t find it mentioned in any of my books. | 204 | 32 |
| Colého Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 11th Jul 2005 | Marked on my map as not far from the roadside near to a junction, I thought that this would be an easy menhir to visit. However, the woodland is very thick and filled with bracken, and I could not get to see it. | 204 | 31 | |||
| Dolmen de Men-Gouarec | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 11th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | This allée couverte with carved breasts on the back stone is signposted from miles around, and with its own little parking place and signpost. However, when I visited, I was not able to reach it as the farmer has a crop of sweetcorn growing all around it and there was absolutely no way through. this is not supposedly allowed, a pathway should have been kept clear, but what can I do about it ? | 204 | 30 | |
| La Quenouille de Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 11th Jul 2005 | I could not find this. | 204 | 29 | |||
| Roche de Migourdy | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | This was a nice one to find, and is a few hundred metres walk up a track and then across a field to the south of the village of Kergoff, which itself is a few kilometres south of Plumelic. What you find is a nice 25 metre diameter mound at the top of the hill in a field, covered as usual with trees and dense undergrowth.
Within this mound is the remains of a very nice dolmen a couloir, still mostly buried within it. The chamber is about 3.5 m... Read More |
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| Babouin et Babouine | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Deep in the forest to the east of Trédion can be found these two bizarre menhirs. Babouin, the baboon, is only about 1.4 metres tall, but has been resculpted at some point to have a flat front surface with a rounded shaft below a larger rounded head. On the flat face of this head has been carved a rough face within a circle, which is looking out into the forest to the south.
Babouine, the female stone, is 3.2 metres tall, slightly leaning, an... Read More |
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| Grande Villeneuve Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This menhir is to be found in a garden in the hamlet of the same name, a kilometre or so to the north of Tredion. The menhir is about 4 metres tall and nicely shaped, although it looks to have lost its top at some point, due to a lightning strike. | 204 | 26 |
| Menhir Fourchu | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a nice menhir stood at the side of the road just to the east of Lezonnais. It is about 3.5 metres tall, 1.5 metres wide and only 0.3 metres thick, and has a nicely forked shape at the top, hence its name, and a sort of nose on one side. Around this area are many stones stood up beside the road, in gardens etc, of which I assume are mostly modern and field clearance, otherwise I would have known about them, but perhaps they are the remains... Read More |
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| Grand Breuil Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This menhir is easily found at Grand Breuil, right at the junction of the D.112 and the road for Lezonnais. The stone is about 3 metres tall, and in a little grassy area beside the road junction. It looks to have been nicely shaped, and is cared for to this day. There is a very nice garden on the opposite side of the road, all landscaped and with little megalithic creations in it. | 204 | 24 |
| Pierre Tabulaire de la Bataille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This is a massive slab of rock deep in the forest, found by following a trackway which now has a private sign on it, but I went for a look anyhow. I would think it is a natural slab of granite with its dimensions 10 metres by up to 5 metres, but it would appear to have been used as a capstone to a burial chamber under the eastern end, which has been dug underneath and surrounded with a couple more slabs. Whatever it is, this is a nice place to fi... Read More |
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| Menhirs de Coëby 1 | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | At the junction of lanes in the forest, there are a couple of menhirs. Both are about 3 metres high, and they are about 15 metres apart. Not marked on any map I have seen, they are however easy to find. | 204 | 22 |
| Dolmen de Coëby 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 11th Jul 2005 | This is supposedly just beside the road, but the forest was far too thick for me to be able to find it. | 204 | 21 | |||
| Dolmen de Coëby 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In the thick forest, just beside the D.766 road north of the Grande Loge can be found the remains of this dolmen. It's difficult to tell exactly what it is the remains of, but there are half a dozen large stones still standing. It was possibly a large simple chamber of which the capstones have now fallen, of which the largest is approximately 4 m by 4m trapezoidal shape.
The forest was obviously undergoing a major clear out when I visited, af... Read More |
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| La Pierre Branlante (Trédion) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 11th Jul 2005 | The track up to this from the road between Tredion and Ervan was gated and with a keep out sign. I hoped I would be able to perhaps get to this later from the other side in the forest, but there was no such luck. | 204 | 19 | |||
| La Loge au Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jul 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Easily found a few kilometres south of Trédion just to the west of the D.1 road to Elven, this nice site is signposted and has a parking place from where it’s a couple of hundred metres walk up into the lovely woodland on the ridgetop. I thought it to be a strange monument, which looks in some ways to be an Arc Boutté type allée couverte with a V dolmen built on top of it!
The passageway is about 9 metres long and faces 120°, with its paired ... Read More |
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| Grand Village allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the southeast of the village of Caro, and signposted with a little parking area, can be found this allée couverte, a few hundred metres walk from the parking. It is one of the longest allée couvertes around, at about 25 metres, but apart from the two large end stones, not much is left standing or in its proper place. The chamber is oriented at 145°, and is neither along the ridge or across it. The entrance is a lateral entrance, about in the m... Read More |
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| Maison Neuve menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a beautiful white quartz menhir standing beside the road to Morhannais to the northeast of Monterrain. It is about 3.5 metres high, and there are several other blocks of quartz beside it, which are either bits which have fallen off it, another broken menhir, or simple field clearance stones. The menhir is nicely shaped at the top which seems to rule out the first option. Even in the bright hot sunshine of the day I visited, the stone felt... Read More |
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| Piprais menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This 4.5 metre tall menhir can be found in a field of sweetcorn just to the northeast of the village of Monterrain, near to a roadside cross. The menhir, a white quartz looking stone, seems to be splitting into two. Apparently there is another fallen stone nearby, but hidden from view by the maize. | 204 | 15 |
| Dolmen de la Maison-Trouvée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | This is an Angevin type dolmen with a massive rectangular chamber still mostly buried within its tree covered mound. The chamber is about 4.5 metres by 2.5 metres and is topped by a massive 6 metres by 3 metres capstone. As often seems to be the case with the Angevin dolmens I have seen, the side slabs are accurately shaped so that they fit together extremely well, and the whole chamber is very straight sided and regular. Unusually, the portal do... Read More |
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| L'Hotié de Viviane | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 3 | 5 | 3 | This can be found about a kilometre walk from the same car park that is used to visit the Tombeau des Géants, but in the other direction. It is signposted. Just below and to the north of a ridge with tremendous views can be found this little grave, about 3 metres long and 1 metre wide, made with 1.5 metre tall side slabs. It is enclosed within a 12 metre diameter stone cairn with a ring of stones around the outside. It is supposedly a rarity in B... Read More |
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| Tombeau des Géants | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Also known as "Roche a la Vieille", or "Old Hag's Rock", this is a strange little monument high up in the hills by the GR37 footpath, a kilometre or so from a large parking area. What it is now is a 4 metre long, 1 metre wide coffre type grave, made using 4 large stone slabs and many other smaller stone bits making up the ends.
It is supposedly a bronze age burial tomb, but constructed from some previous megalithic standing stones from the ar... Read More |
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| La Verrie menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | This is a nice stone, fairly easily found near to the farm of La Verrie a kilometre or so to the northeast of Monteneuf. The stone is nearly 5 metres tall and 4.5 metres in width, but is less than 0.5 metre thick. It resembles the comb of a cockerel the way the top edge has become serrated. The stone is near to the corner of a field, only 20 metres from the lane, but also only 30 metres from the farm, with all sorts of buildings and machinery aro... Read More |
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| Chomet de Coëtplan | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 10th Jul 2005 | Despite being on the signposts of the megalithic walk, I could not find this 4 metre tall menhir and its fallen companions. The menhir is the only one now standing of a little alignment, the other stones small and fallen, but it is on private property which is probably why I missed it, despite a very long walk towards it from at least two directions. | 204 | 9 | |||
| Rocher Maheux | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | What a terrible state the remains of this allée couverte are in. It seems to have been pushed about to the edge of the field, and is now not much more than a row of stones in the edge of a wood. The remains are about a dozen slabs, roughly lined up, but probably only in line with the edge of the field. It is however signposted and on the megalithic trail walk from Monteneuf, but it is not worth the detour. | 204 | 8 |
| Lande de Rousse | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Beside the track to the Loge Morinais is marked a menhir on the local maps. I had a good look around, and deep into the forest is what looked to me to be a row of fallen menhirs, with one large rock still protruding from the ground. It wouldnt surprise me if there was another row here, like those at the nearby Pierres Droites, or La Pièce Couverte. | 204 | 7 |
| La Loge Morinais | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This is the remains of an allée couverte made of the local purple schist, and can be found in the forest to the north east of the Monteneuf visitors centre, about a kilometre away along a signposted trail. It is about 13 metres long and has an orientation of due east to west. There is an entrance lobby at the east end, and an antichamber at the west, but no capstones remain in place.
It can be easily found from several places with signposted ... Read More |
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| La Pièce Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 9th Jul 2005 | This is now not much more than a line of a dozen or so slabs positoned in a line of about 10 metres length, and is probably the remains of an allée couverte. Several of the slabs are marked with cupules and symbols. | 204 | 5 | |||
| La Roche Blanche | Round Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This is a nice shining white quartz block within a sort of circle of local schist stones. It is thought to probably mark the grave of an individual, rather than being a collective grave. It can be found about a kilometres walk from the Monteneuf visitors centre, through the forests along a marked trail. | 204 | 4 |
| Les Bordouès | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is the remains of a small allée couverte, 8 metres long and 1.5 metres wide, with only one capstone still in place. There is a small entry porchway, separated from the main chamber by a large slab, at the southeast end. Excavations in 1976 found amongst other things five polished axes. Much of its oval mound still remains. It is to be found about a kilometres marked walk through the forest from the Monteneuf visitor centre. | 204 | 3 |
| Centre Les Landes | Museum | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A visitor centre has been set up amongst the Pierres Droites near to the village of Monténeuf, which has interactive displays which show erection of menhirs, building of neolithic homes, crop growing, archaeological excavations etc etc. Around the centre have been found several hundred megaliths, with most of the stones was only discovered in the last 20 years after a forest fire.
When I visited in July 2005, they were holding a round of the ... Read More |
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| Pierres Droites (Monteneuf) | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 9th Jul 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | The true extent of these stones was only discovered in the last 20 years or so after a forest fire, yet this set of aligned menhirs is probably one of the most important in France. A visitor centre has been set up with interactive displays which show erection of menhirs, building of neolithic homes, crop growing, archaeological excavations etc etc.
Several hundred megaliths have been found here, of which many have now been re-erected in their... Read More |
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| L'Eléphant | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 4 | 3 | Celebrated rock formation thought to represent an elephant, in the Sidobre region to the east of Castres. | 200 | 84 | |
| Le Billard | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Celebrated rock formation thought to represent a billiard ball on the extremely flat billiard table, in the Sidobre region to the east of Castres. | 200 | 83 |
| Les Trois Fromages | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Celebrated rock formation thought to represent a pile of three cheeses, in the Sidobre region to the east of Castres. There are many sticks and stones thrown onto the top of the rocks, but I cannot at present remember the folklore behind it. | 200 | 82 |
| Roc de l'Oie | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Celebrated rock shaped like a goose, in the Sidobre region to the east of Castres. | 200 | 81 |
| Peyro Clabado | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Extremely large (780 tonnes) and celebrated balanced rock, in an area abounding with many odd rock shapes to the east of Castres. Some of these have been revered since history began. | 200 | 80 |
| Dolmen du Plo de Laganthe | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 24th Sep 2000 | 5 | Roadside dolmen visited on a drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Mazamet, Toulouse. | 200 | 85 | ||
| Dolmen de Bartalbenque 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 2nd Sep 2005 | Marked on my map are two dolmens not too far from the road between Dardenne water tower and Bartelbenque. However, this area of land has recently all been divided up and fenced off for what looks like new housing projects. In the scrubland behind the fences it was not possible to see any dolmens. I wonder what their fate is to be. | 205 | 34 | |||
| Dolmen de Bartalbenque 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 2nd Sep 2005 | Marked on my map are two dolmens not too far from the road between Dardenne water tower and Bartelbenque. However, this area of land has recently all been divided up and fenced off for what looks like new housing projects. In the scrubland behind the fences it was not possible to see any dolmens. I wonder what their fate is to be. | 205 | 33 | |||
| Bruniquel Cave | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Saw from a distance | 27th Aug 2000 | Drive north from Toulouse to explore Bruniquel, Penne, Gorges d’Aveyron, Caussade | 200 | 70 | |||
| Dolmen de la Jagartière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th Aug 2000 | 4 | Drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Pic de Nore, Mazamet, Toulouse. These dolmens were up a steep hillside road from Villeneuve Minervois with a tremendous view | 200 | 65 | ||
| Tombeau de Roland | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th Aug 2000 | 4 | Drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Pic de Nore, Mazamet, Toulouse. These dolmens were up a steep hillside road from Villeneuve Minervois | 200 | 64 | ||
| Roque Traoucado | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th Aug 2000 | 4 | Drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Pic de Nore, Mazamet, Toulouse. These dolmens were up a steep hillside road from Villeneuve Minervois | 200 | 63 | ||
| Allée Couverte de Saint-Eugène | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th Aug 2000 | 4 | Day out from Toulouse to explore Minerve ancient village, Rock tunnels, Morrel das Fadas, St Eugene. it was getting late and the roads and map didnt seem to match. I just followed signs to something like fairy hill, and on top of a hill was this amazing site, with a circular walled structure with various chambers and passages in it. | 200 | 63 | ||
| Morrel das Fadas | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th Aug 2000 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Day out from Toulouse to explore Minerve ancient village, Rock tunnels, Morrel das Fadas, St Eugene. On a little hill covered in pines to the south of the D52 road to the northeast of Carcassonne is found the remains of this teriffic allée couverte, the hill of the fairies, said to be the largest in southern France. | 200 | 62 |
| Le Cercle de Rennes-les-Bains | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2000 | 3 | Visit Rennes-le-Chateau with some of the Americans. Walk into the hills to look for stone circle, but find nothing obvious. | 200 | 41 | ||
| Montségur | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 14th May 2000 | Dad over to Toulouse for a long weekend. Explore Mirepoix. Montsegur, Couiza, Rennes-le-Chateau, very strange place. Gorges St George upper Aude valley, Col de Pailleres (2001m). Ax-les-Thermes, Tarascon, Foix, and back to Toulouse. | 200 | 36 | |||
| Grotte de Mas D'Azil | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 5 | A lovely sunny day to explore the Ariege mountains. Puivert castle. Fontestorbes. Montsegur Castle. Pass de ? closed. Plain de ? Ax-les-Thermes, Col de Portel, scary roads. The usual drive through of Mas D’Azil on the way home to impress visitors. Get back to Toulouse late. | 200 | 25 | ||
| Montségur | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 24th Apr 2000 | 3 | 5 | 3 | A lovely sunny day to explore. Puivert castle. Fontestorbes. Montsegur Castle. Pass de ? closed. Plain de ? Ax-les-Thermes, Col de Portel, scary roads. Mas D’Azil. Toulouse late.
Ancient defended settlement on top of the sacred hill known as The Pog at Montségur in Ariège. Although the main remains of the castle date back to the time of the Cathars, there is plenty of evidence that this hill has been inhabited since time immemorial. There... Read More |
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| Montségur museum | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 24th Mar 2000 | 4 | Small museum with lots of items in the village of Montségur below the sacred hill known as Le Pog. | 200 | 24 | ||
| Carcassonne - La Cité | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 13th May 2000 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Dad over to Toulouse for a long weekend. Drive to Carcassonne via Naurouze and the Canal du Midi. Visit La Cité, Castle, Ramparts, Cathedral. Move on to Mirepoix for the night. | 200 | 35 |
| Carcassonne - La Cité | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 22nd Apr 2000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Drive from Toulouse to Carcassonne the slow way via Bram. Visit La Cité. | 200 | 20 |
| Dolmen de Tella | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Spain | Aragón | Visited | 8th Sep 2000 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Ten days touring and exploring in the Pyrenees. Drive from St-Lary-Soulan through the Tunnel de Bielsa into Spain. Bielsa, Tella, Ainsa, then long way to Torla-Ordesa. this is a magnificently situated dolmen, high up on the mountainside below the village of Tella in the Spanish Pyrenees. A few miles to the south of Bielsa, a road climbs towards the top of the mountain with the ancient village of Tella at the top. Before reaching the top, there ... Read More |
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| Carcassonne - La Cité | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Visited | 15th Sep 1978 | Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now medieval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here. | |||||
| Grotte de Niaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 16th Apr 2000 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Full guided visit Grotte de Niaux with Sean. Fabulous. So glad I booked this up last week. | 200 | 15 |
| Peyralade Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This dolmen is easily found, as it stands on a traffic island at the junction of the D.5 and D.91 roads a couple of kilometres to the north of the village of Vaour, on the high plateau to the south of the river Aveyron, and is signposted from several kilometres away.
The large but broken 5 metres by 3 metres capstone sits high above the ground on top of its two side supports (and 4 additional modern support stones) covering a chamber 4 m by 2... Read More |
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| Peyralade Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 19th Mar 2000 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A day driving NE from Toulouse. L’Isle-sur-Tarn, Gaillac, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Vaour, 2 Dolmens, Castelnau-de-Montmiral. The Dolmen de Peyralade, is near to the village of Vaur, Tarn Southwest France. This dolmen is on the top of the plateau which the Aveyron river cuts through in a splendid gorge. | 200 | 3 |
| Saint-Paul Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Up in the hills covered with vineyards for the lovely Gaillac wine, to the northwest of the village of Le Verdier along some tiny lanes, can be found this relatively large dolmen. It is perhaps easier to reach by walking along the GR footpath along which it is signposted from the village, than trying to drive towards. However, I drove to a point in the hills to the northwest from where it was also signposted "dans le Bosquet", and then walked bac... Read More |
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| Saint-Paul Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Couldn't find | 19th Mar 2000 | Drive NE from Toulouse to visit Cordes-sur-Ciel and explore the area. On the way back visit Vaour, and also a quick look for this dolmen marked on the map before a stop at Castelnau-de-Montmiral. I saw nothing obvious from the car, | 200 | 4 | |||
| Pierre levée de Picarel | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Saw from a distance | 26th Mar 2000 | Seen from the road during a drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Mazamet, Toulouse. | 200 | 5 | |||
| Grottes et abris préhistoriques de la vallée de la Save | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2000 | 4 | 5 | Drive west from Toulouse to explore Gascony. Montmaurin, Mielan, Mirande, Condom, St Puy, Fleurance, Mauvezin, Cologne. Fields of sunflowers, beautiful. An intriguing little road through a gorge with lots of cliff shelters and cave which contained ancient remains. | 200 | 55 | |
| Tourenne Gallo-Roman Villa | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 22nd Jul 2000 | 5 | Drive west from Toulouse to explore Gascony. Montmaurin, Mielan, Mirande, Condom, St Puy, Fleurance, Mauvezin, Cologne. Fields of sunflowers, beautiful. Stopped by this Roman villa, but it was going to take too long for a proper visit, so satisfied myself with a look over the hedge from the car park. | 200 | 56 | ||
| Autel Druidique de Saint-Jean | Holed Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 28th May 2000 | Drive north from Toulouse to explore Montauban, Castelsarrasin, Caussade. Had a quick look for these things marked on my map, but found nothing | 200 | 46 | |||
| Piquecos tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 28th May 2000 | Drive north from Toulouse to explore Montauban, Castelsarrasin, Caussade. Had a quick look for these things marked on my map, but found nothing | 200 | 45 | |||
| Palet de Sanson | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 1st May 2000 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Drive south from Toulouse with the intention of climbing the Pic des Trois Seigneurs, have to stop, too much snow at 2055m. Superb up here. Back via Aulus, Arse, Seix. Strange language spoken out here. On the way down, stop to look at the Dolmen de Sem, also know as Palet de Sanson. A remarkably sited dolmen in the Pyrenees, near to the village of Vicdessos, Ariege, France. Pictures taken 1st May 2000. I discovered this dolmen while driving up th... Read More |
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| Source de Fontestorbes | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 24th Apr 2000 | 5 | Lovely sunny day exploring in the Ariege hills. Puivert castle. Fontestorbes intermittent spring fascinating. Montsegur Castle. Pass de ? closed. Plain de ? Ax-les-Thermes, Col de Portel, scary roads. Mas D’Azil. Toulouse late. | 200 | 22 | ||
| La Pierre Droite (Peyrolles) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Aude (11) | Couldn't find | 23rd Apr 2000 | A rainy day exploring in the mountains south of Carcassonne. Drive S to Couiza, Arques, Peyrepertuse, Quéribus. Gorges de Galamus, more castles and driving, to Quillan. Hoped to see this stone from the roadside, but didn't | 200 | 21 | |||
| Dolmen dit Collets de Collioure | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 26th Jun 2000 | 3 | Weekend to explore Collioure area. Drive coast road Port Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Cerbere, into Spain, Portbou, Platja de Garbet to Figueras. Beautiful but slow. Signs to dolmens. Dali Museum brilliant. Back to Collioure through mountains, Argeles-sur-Mer. Look for the dolmens near Collioure, Fairly long walk up past the Chateau de Valmy, but only found one. | 200 | 52 | ||
| Dolmen Da Cova de l'Alarb | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc-Roussillon:Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | Visited | 26th Jun 2000 | 3 | Weekend to explore Collioure area. Drive coast road Port Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Cerbere, into Spain, Portbou, Platja de Garbet to Figueras. Beautiful but slow. Signs to dolmens. Dali Museum brilliant. Back to Collioure through mountains, Argeles-sur-Mer. Look for the dolmens near Collioure, Fairly long walk up past the Chateau de Valmy, but only found one. | 200 | 51 | ||
| Parc Pyrénéen de l'Art Préhistorique | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This is a wonderful day out, in a beautifully landscaped park in the wonderful Pyrenees. The visit starts in the Grand Atelier, a sort of museum of prehistoric artwhich explains all the whys and wheres of prehistoric art, not only in this region, but all over the world.
There is a special emphasis on the nearby Grotte de Niaux, and there is an excellent model of the cave to be seen. There are all sorts of audiovisual items to be seen, and the... Read More |
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| Grotte de Niaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | The world famous cave, known for its tremendous paintings of bison and horses, is easily found just up a small valley to the west of Tarascon, and is signposted from all around, you can hardly miss it. The cave is up the hillside from the village of Niaux with its museum, and is situated opposite to the Grotte de la Vache.
The modern day entrance, with its rusting iron "artwork" is high up the hillside in an enormous opening, which was not th... Read More |
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| Grotte de La Vache | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | Just opposite to the Grotte de Niaux, on the other side of the valley, is the Grotte de la Vache, with its celebrated Salle de Monique. The cave is open for visits at €8 a time, but because I had spent so long at the nearby Parc Pyrénéen de l'Art Préhistorique, the visits had finished for the day when I arrived.
The information at the cave states that it is the smallest cave open for visits in the Pyrenees, but has had the most finds and arti... Read More |
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| Grotte de Lombrives | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 11th Sep 2005 | This is said to be the biggest cave in Europe, and has a complex arrangement of 25 different types of visit. Or in my case, none at all ! | 205 | 74 | |||
| Grotte de Lombrives | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 2nd Apr 2000 | Drive S through Pyrénées mountains to Andorra. Lots of snow at top of pass. Look at Ax-les-Thermes, Niaux and other caves on way back, checking out the possibilities of a proper visit. | 200 | 13 | |||
| Grotte de la Petite Caougno | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 2nd Apr 2000 | 4 | 5 | Drive S through Pyrénées mountains to Andorra. Lots of snow at top of pass. Look at Ax-les-Thermes, Niaux and other caves on way back, investigating the possibility of a full visit to Niaux. This is a small cave shelter beside the little road up to the modern Niaux entrance, in which ancient remains have been found. I am sure I saw a bear wandering around in one of the fields below. | 200 | 11 | |
| Grotte de Bédeilhac | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 2nd Apr 2000 | Drive S through Pyrénées mountains to Andorra. Lots of snow at top of pass. Look at Ax-les-Thermes, Niaux and other caves on way back. A cave of which the entrance is so big, aeroplanes were to have been built within it during the war, and taken off from within. | 200 | 12 | |||
| Grotte de Niaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 2nd Apr 2000 | 4 | Grotte de Niaux near Tarascon in Ariège. Check out the world famous Niaux caves for a possible visit soon. The main entrance to the fabulous Niaux cave used for visitors is now further up the hillside than it once was. In ancient times, there would have been several lower, smaller entrances. | 200 | 10 | ||
| Musée de Mas-d'Azil | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 10th Sep 2005 | 5 | In the village of Mas d'Azil is the natural history museum. Its in a nicely kept building just off the main village square, opposite the roofed market place right outside the church. As it was late in the day I didn’t go in. I think that if you do the caves tour, the museum visit is included for free. | 205 | 73 | ||
| Brillaud Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | At Cap-Del Pouech, I looked carefully at my maps and found that I could drive halfway to this dolmen and hopefully park up by La Page farm, which will save on the walking. From there, it was a 25 minute walk along a well maintained and signed footpath along a lovely ridgetop, but difficult underfoot on the bare and slippery limestone and mud.
It is in fact two dolmens, both within most of their stony mounds which are adjoined. The east dolmen... Read More |
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| Cap-Del Pouech Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Decided its silly to have come to Mas d'Azil and not gone to visit the dolmen, as it is signposted from the village, and you can drive up a narrow windy lane almost right to it, and theres a place to park just a few hundred metres from the dolmen.
It looks to me to have been re-erected at some point in the past, with one of its little supports possibly being concreted in. A large limestone capstone, 3.5 metres by 2.5 metres, sits high on top ... Read More |
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| Cap-Del Pouech Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 27th Feb 2000 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Lovely walk to the dolmen from Mas D'Azil across the top of the cave. Signs suggest there are more here. | 200 | 2 |
| Grotte de Mas D'Azil | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 27th Feb 2000 | 5 | Drive south into the lower mountains from Toulouse. Visit St Sulpice, Mas D’Azil, many mountain roads, Foix, Pont du Diable. | 200 | 1 | ||
| Grotte de Mas D'Azil | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Parked at the upstream end of the Mas d'Azil cave, and it hits home again just how MASSIVE this cave is. I walk through the cave again, partly to check where the low bits are for the van. I have forgotten that you can see all sorts of bits and pieces of passages inside.
Decided not to bother with the paid visit, although perhaps I should have, cos I spent enough other time here anyway. A bungy jump has been set up outside the south entrance t... Read More |
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| Source de Fontestorbes | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a very interesting place, one of only a few known examples in the world, with its intermittant spring gushing from a cave in a cliff face beside the road, well signposted a kilometre or so to the south of the little Pyrenean town of Belesta. In the dry summer months, due to a complex and not fully understood syphoning mechanism, the spring alternates between full flowing river, and barely a trickle, on an approximately hourly cycle for ab... Read More |
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| Beleven allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 12th Jun 2009 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Remains of a fairly disturbed but mostly complete allée couverte can be found in dark woodland to the northwest of the village of Plouer-sur-Rance, to the north of the magnificent ancient city of Dinan. Although the quartz block stones of this 14 metre long allée couverte are fairly well disturbed, it is in fact mostly complete, with a well defined terminal cella, and even with traces of its mound still to be seen. It is possible that it once ha... Read More |
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| Outre Tombes | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 12th Jun 2009 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This horseshoe of megalithic stones has alternatively been considered as a megalithic enclosure (cromlech) or perhaps the stones once surrounding a dolmenic burial chamber. Seven stones are shaped in a sort of semi circle, of diameter about 7 metres.
This monument was classified as a historical monument in 1966, but by 1977 had disappeared, being the victim of an expansion of the local quarry at Vaujour. When this was discovered, the police ... Read More |
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| Menhir du Perron (St-Marcan) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 12th Jun 2009 | -1 | A 2 metre tall menhir similar to the Roche Longue of St Marcan, once stood in the fields of Perron, about 800 metres south of La Roche Longue. It somehow disappeared in the 1930's. | 209 | 14 | ||
| St-Benoit polissoir | Polissoir | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2010 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Decide to take Dad here to see this special stone, so leave the autoroute at St James, to go have a look – the third time I will have tried to take Dad here, having missed it twice before due to roadworks and a shut bridge, and lateness on the previous occasions. Blimey, there are now big brown signs indicating it from the main road.
Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike the old descrip... Read More |
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| St-Benoit polissoir | Polissoir | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | I was understanding that this polissoir stone was going to be difficult to find, but thought that I'd give it a go. Luckily for me, since the source of my information was written, it's all been tidied up into a nice little area and signposted. It's about 800m from the village of St Bénoit, up the D.363 to the east, beside the little stream.
The stone itself is a sort of white quartz, about 1.2 metres in length and flat on the ground. In the t... Read More |
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| Mont St Michel | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Far too hot and busy and crowded. | 203 | 604 |
| Mont St Michel | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 11th Oct 2012 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Getting a late lunch at Plein Fougeres, it is now much too late to go to Fougeres and have a proper look round, so we decide to go to Mont St Michel for a quick look around. Shouldn't be too busy at this time of year. It has all changed since either myself or Dad was last there, and you now have to park miles away, at what is becoming a sort of holiday village resort. Many huge car parks, some hotels and restaurants etc, and a 40 min walk to the ... Read More |
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| La Roche Longue (St-Marcan) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 12th Jun 2009 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This well shaped menhir is just under 3 metres tall in a field to the east of the St Marcan cemetary. As with my previous visit, the field is planted with maize, and is today sodden wet, which prevents me from being abole to walk right up to the stone. However, this time I can walk up the western edge of the field by the cemetary, and photograph its other side in the afternoon sunshine. | 209 | 13 |
| La Roche Longue (St-Marcan) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A large slab sided menhir, about 3 metres tall with its wide sides oriented east and west, in a field near to the cemetary to the east of the village of St Marcan, on a slope overlooking the marshes of the bay of Mont St Michel. Whilst I couldn’t get right to it, the menhir is easily visible from the roadside. About 800 metres to the south of this menhir used to stand another similar menhir 2 metres tall, which was destroyed in the 1930s | 203 | 603 |
| Champ Dolent Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This is a glorious 9 metre tall shaped and sculpted granite menhir, the stone for which has been brought here from over 4 kilometres away. It stands high on a little hillock overlooking the ancient city of Dol, with the rock which has been inhabited for many thousands of years just beyond that. At its base is another small and polished stone, the origins of which are unknown.
Looking carefully at parts of the stone in the shadow, and it would... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Pierre du Domaine | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This menhir can be found just to the west of the road around the east of Beaufort lake, a bit to the north of the Abbey. It's in a field of wheat, but can be easily seen. I estimate it to be at least 4 metres tall. | 203 | 601 |
| Champ Dolent Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 208 | 6 | |
| La Maison des Feins | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 208 | 5 | |
| La Ganterie | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Revisiting this in March 2008, and it was not so overgrown as it had been in June 2005, but it was still impossible to tell how long the allée couverte was, with the eastern end all covered in very thick brambles and other bushes. The more open western end has one or two capstones still sitting on top of their supports, with the two side walls of the allée being about 1.5 metres apart. | 208 | 4 |
| La Maison des Feins | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This is a lovely little allée couverte, deep inside a lovely oak forest just to the east of the village of Tressé, and signposted from there. There is a parking area, and a signposted and guided walk footpath from there to find it, along with many other items of interest.
The allée is about 12 metres long, at an orientation of 155°, but it is not much more than a metre wide or high. Truly a house for the fairies. All but the end capstone are ... Read More |
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| Four-És-Feins | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 12th Jun 2009 | 2 | 4 | 3 | I went and had another look for this while in the area last weekend, now knowing to look nearby to the Beillac farm. I could see nothing obvious when driving slowly down the lane past the farm, but there was an old couple out tending their wonderful vegetable garden, so I stopped and asked them if they could tell me where the dolmen was. They were interested to know what an Englishman was doing looking for the remnants of the dolmen, but were ha... Read More |
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| Four-És-Feins | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Couldn't find | 28th Jun 2005 | I had a good look around for the remains of this allée couverte, but could find nothing obvious. It's somewhere to the west of the hamlet of Vieux Bourg, beside the north to south expressway. | 203 | 599 | |||
| La Ganterie | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 28th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Just beside the D.676 Dinan to Dol road, at the top of the hill to the east of the hamlet of La Ganterie where the road is a dual carriageway, there is a place to park. From here the allée couverte is signposted along a trackway into a wood, and just 50m along this well tended path the remains are to be found. It is almost impossible to see what is here though, as it is all totally overgrown. It might be a very long allée couverte going by the le... Read More |
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| Ville Génouhan allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 19th Sep 1992 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle. | |||||
| La Hautière | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 19th Sep 1992 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle. | |||||
| Ville-Tinguy dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 19th Sep 1992 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle. | |||||
| Menhir Bois-es-Lucas | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Couldn't find | 19th Sep 1992 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle. Failed to find | |||||
| Temple de Mars | Ancient Temple | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 19th Sep 1992 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, day 2, Dinan, Corseul, St Caste. Roman tower, dolmens, Lunch at Le Guildo castle. Having cycled to this site with the others, all I got was scorn due to the state of the remains. I think it was here that the phrase HOC was first coined. I thought it was interesting. | ||
| Doigt de Gargantua (Côtes-D'Armor) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 20th Sep 1992 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Cycling camping trip round Emerald Coast, Brittany, day 3, Fort La Latte, Cap Frehel, Les Sables d’Or. This 2.5 metre tall, thin menhir stands guard beside the footpath overlooking the splendid Forte de la Latte, at the headland of the same name to the east of Cap Fréhel. | ||
| Dent de Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This 4 or 5 metre tall white quartz menhir is contained within a private orchard near to Chablé in the community of St Suliac, near the Rance estuary south of St Malo. Although it is very close to the road, getting to see it through the hedges which surround it is not easy. Not too long ago, there was an allée couverte nearby which has now been destroyed by the farmer, and also another menhir, Le Gravier de Gargantua. | 208 | 1 |
| Champ des Roches | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 208 | 2 | |
| Thiemblais menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 20th Mar 2008 | 5 | 5 | 4 | My second visit to this most wonderful menhir, about 1:30pm, late March 2008, in a hazy sun, and some of the carvings on the front face can be seen. An hour or two earlier would have been better, as would a stronger sun. After a while, you "get your eye in" and more and more wonderful carvings come into view. I can see on here (with the eye of the knowing, and the full def picture) the animal (mid left, just above the quartz vein) and a couple o... Read More |
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| Thiemblais menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This is a truly wonderful 8 metre long granite menhir, which can be found signposted along a little track just to the east of the village of St Samson.
Although it leans at about 45°, it is beautifully shaped and has multitudes of carvings and engravings all over it. Apparently those on the flat western face are easy to see at mid day, but when I was here at 7:00pm, I could barely make anything out. I could, however, clearly see some of the c... Read More |
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| Champ des Roches | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Just behind the churchyard to the south of the village of Pléslin and well signposted is this “field of rocks” which is kept in a nice and shady oak garden and included on a couple of signposted local walks. I didn’t know of this place beforehand despite having been near it several times before, it not being far from St-Malo, yet it is described as Brittany’s third most important site (which seems a bit over the top considering some of the other ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Ville Goudier | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Marked as a menhir on the ign maps, this large standing stone can be seen from the D.768 road across a field of wheat, about 100 metres away and underneath a pine tree near to the Trégon water tower. I could initially see no way of getting any nearer, and I estimated it to be about 2 metres high. However, I later found a way round the back.
The stone is about 2 metres tall and fairly chunky. There are lots of other large stones around here al... Read More |
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| Ville-Tinguy dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Despite supposedly having a footpath to it, and being only 80 metres to the east of the D.768 road between Créhen and Trégon, this dolmen proved difficult for me to get right up to, in its field of barley. I have seen it described as an allée couverte, but it looked more like a simple dolmen to me, unless there is much of it ruined and not visible amongst the crops. At least one capstone is held up proudly in place for all to see as they drive pa... Read More |
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| La Hautière | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a fairly large allée couverte in a field to the east of the D.768 road between Créhen and Trégon, which had just been cropped for hay when I visited, so it was easy to get to. The main passage is about 14 metres long, oriented to 155°, and has 6 capstones still in place. Many of the sidestones have fallen inwards, so there is not much of a covered passageway left, more a long pile of stones ! The large western endstone can still be seen i... Read More |
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| Ville Génouhan allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of the busy D.786 road between ND de Guildo and Trégon can be found the remains of this allée couverte. I find it strange that although it is signposted, has got a little parking area, is kept within a little grassed area within a field of maize, and has got several hundred metres of well tended footpath to it, the monument itself is left to become thoroughly overgrown.
It's the remains of a fairly standard looking allée cou... Read More |
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| Doigt de Gargantua (Côtes-D'Armor) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This 2.5 metre tall, thin menhir stands guard beside the footpath overlooking the splendid Forte de la Latte, at the headland of the same name to the east of Cap Fréhel. On a late June Monday afternoon it was very busy here, and getting a space in the car park was a problem. The bushes surrounding the giant's finger have grown substantially since my last visit several years ago, and now the views from here are severely limited. Before there was a... Read More |
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| Ville Hamon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | This poor thing is a bit of a mess. Difficult to find without a detailed map, but only a few dozen metres from a track, on top of a good sized mound, to the east of the town of Erquy. What remains is basically a large jumble of stones on top of a mound. It was probably a very large dolmen with entry passage, but the stones have mostly broken into a heap. One large section of capstone still sits on two bits of upright, but the rest is all on the g... Read More |
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| Ville Bellanger allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Just beside the D.52 road, 3 km north of the village, and a km south of La Bouille and all its industrial sites, can be found this allée couverte, either in somebodies garden, or a little public area besides. The remains are a bit of a jumble, but an allée almost 10 metres long aligned at 050° is clear. Whether it has an external cell at the western end, or whether its a fallen capstone I can not be sure, but the chamber appears to be divided. A ... Read More |
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| Ville Pichard Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 27th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 3 | High up on the clifftop near Pléneuf-Val-André overlooking the sea in two directions can be found this very overgrown cairn. Despite getting near after a very long walk round the coastal path, I could not get to the actual cairn through the gorse and brambles. Supposedly the remains of three dolmenic chambers with entry passages can be seen in the mound with drystone chambers, but there was no chance of seeing any of that for me on my visit. But ... Read More |
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| Liscuis 3 allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | There are three allée couvertes here on the hilltop on the ridge overlooking the river Dourla, and beside the busy GR37 footpath. They are signposted from all around, and are several hundred metres walk uphill and along the ridge from a little car park. They are all suffering badly from neglect and vandalism, which is a great shame as I was reading a book from 25 years ago which says that they have only recently been discovered and are in a wonde... Read More |
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| Liscuis 2 allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | There are three allée couvertes here on the hilltop on the ridge overlooking the river Dourla, and beside the busy GR37 footpath. They are signposted from all around, and are several hundred metres walk uphill and along the ridge from a little car park. They are all suffering badly from neglect and vandalism, which is a great shame as I was reading a book from 25 years ago which says that they have only recently been discovered and are in a wonde... Read More |
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| Liscuis 1 allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | There are three allée couvertes here on the hilltop on the ridge overlooking the river Dourla, and beside the busy GR37 footpath. They are signposted from all around, and are several hundred metres walk uphill and along the ridge from a little car park. They are all suffering badly from neglect and vandalism, which is a great shame as I was reading a book from 25 years ago which says that they have only recently been discovered and are in a wonde... Read More |
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| La Roche (Uzel) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This little menhir is probably about 2.5 metres tall, standing on the slopes above the road and stream, positioned just outside a wood, making it visible from the road. I thought this to be a strange place for a menhir, on a slope this steep. | 203 | 587 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lorette spring | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Just to the west of the little chapel at the top of the hill is a nice little spring with a full blown well house built on top of it. Water gushes up into a crystal clear pool, and there is even a tap with a local authority certificate of cleanliness. There is of course a cross and suchlike also. The well is legendary for curing earache ! | 203 | 585 |
| Notre Dame-de-Lorette Alignements | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 3 | 5 | 5 | Just outside the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette chapel is what I have seen described in various sources as a cromlech, allée couverte, tumulus or long barrow. From my visit, I have to say it is difficult to say just what this is the remains of. There is a signpost which says that it is the remains of a neolithic long barrow.
Basically, just to the north of the chapel are two rows of stones, lined up at about 100°, which are 20 metres long and 10 metre... Read More |
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| Coët Correc allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | A few kilometres to the east of Liscuis can be found this nice allée couverte. Once off the busy N.?? Road, it is thankfully signposted, as it's a bit of a tortuous journey to get there. From a parking place up a steep lane, it's then several hundred metres of walking, some of which is overgrown, to find the monument.
Once you get there, you are immediately taken aback by what has happened to it, presumably as an act of christianisation, as a... Read More |
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| Caillouan Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This is a massive 8 metre tall menhir which is positioned very near to a spring. It is rectangular shaped at the bottom, but gets larger as its height increases. The front (southern) face is lovely and flat, looking down the valley.
It is well signposted, and lives in a little grassy area of woodland, and is apparently well looked after. Just below is another lump of stone which I thought was meant to have been broken from the top in the 1960... Read More |
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| Tanouëdou tumulus | Round Barrow(s) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 26th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a large bronze age tumulus, diameter 40 metres and height 6 metres, which once contained a tomb made of wood and stone within which were found many bronze weapons, gold studs and jewelry when excavated in 1865. It is signposted and found on top of a hill behind a farm to the south east of Bourbriac. There are several other smaller tumuli nearby. | 203 | 578 |
| Tossen-Keler Cromlech (1964-2018) | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 1995 | 5 | Cross Channel sailing trip from Plymouth, after a 19 hour crossing in rough conditions we berthed in Treguier for some well deserved rest and relaxation. The remains of this cromlech have been positioned on the quayside. | 195 | 41 | ||
| Île-Coalen allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The remains of this monument can be found at low tide on the beach at the southwestern corner of Ile Coalen, which is just offshore from the mainland at the northwest entry to the Trieux river estuary. The island can be reached by walking from the mainland when the tide is out.
It is the remains of an allée couverte, the chamber of which has an orientation of 155°, the length of which was indeterminate to me. At the northwestern end is the re... Read More |
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| Tour-ar-Varquez | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Two standing and one fallen stone make up this alignement of stones in a field wall to the northeast of Pleubian. The two standing stones are about 2.5 metres tall, but the fallen one is of indeterminate length and lost in the undergrowth. It is situated about 100 metres across a field beside the road north from St Antoine. The orientation is 065°. | 203 | 576 |
| Men-ar-Rompet | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The remains of this allée couverte, "the Giants Stones", sit within a field wall (which is no doubt the reason for its survival) just 25 metres from the sea at high tide, near to the entrance of the Tréguier estuary. The chamber is quite short at about 6 metres, probably due to the eastern end being destroyed. The western end is intact with not only a back stone, but also an internal dividing stone a couple of metres in. Three capstones sit in pl... Read More |
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| Menhir de Kerriou | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Marked on the ign map to the north east of Plouguiel, along the road to La Roche Jaune, is this menhir in the middle of a field, which I wondered whether this was the newly posted onto the portal menhir, despite it not fitting the description. So, after a pleasant lunch at Treguier, it’s time to have a look and find out. No, this stone is clearly not that recently posted as La Roche Jaune menhir, but something in its own right.
Although in th... Read More |
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| Menhir de Kerloc'h (Plouguiel) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Part of the La Roche Jaune menhir mystery solved, and so time to continue along the road towards La Roche Jaune in order to find and fully position the "unknown menhir".
A couple of kilometres further to the northeast, right at the roadside and fitting all descriptions, this menhir is easily found. It is about 6.5m tall, and has clearly been recomposed out of several broken parts, and has a strange look about it, as if it has an open mouth. I... Read More |
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| Tossen-Keler Cromlech (1964-2018) | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Following lunch in the old town at Treguier we were then heading north along the river to go and sort out the Roche Jaune menhir quandary, so first did a little detour by dropping down from the old town to the quayside for a quick look at the Tossen Keler cromlech.
Poor thing is looking very unloved today, with vehicles parked all around it and various funfair or market stalls nearby. In this situation, it looks not much more than a load of b... Read More |
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| Tossen-Keler Cromlech (1964-2018) | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | For a reason unknown to me, the 40 metre diameter and 7 metres high Tossen Keler tumulus from Penvénan was excavated and totally removed in about 1960. The horseshoe of stones (cromlech) that surrounded it were moved to a position in a little public garden on the quayside here at the pleasant old port town of Tréguier. Much of the horseshoe is here, but there was once a few stones with engravings on them, which are now in some museum or other som... Read More |
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| Menhir de Kermarker | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Couldn't find | 25th Jun 2005 | This menhir is suposedly right beside the road, but I could not find it. According to the map, it is just into the woodland, which is exceedingly densely covered in ferns, and inaccsessible. | 203 | 572 | |||
| Kerpeulven Menhir (Penvénan) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This pleasant menhir is about 4 metres tall, and trapped in a garden about 250 metres north of the church along Rue de Menhir in the village of Penvénan. It is however only a few metres from the road, and easily visible from it. | 203 | 571 |
| Menhir de Kervéniou | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 25th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 2 | This little menhir, which I estimate to be about 2.5 metres tall, can just be seen in a private garden round the back of a house. It is difficult to get to see, if indeed it is what I saw. | 203 | 570 |
| L'Armor menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This menhir is in a private garden which had a huge and thick hedge around it, making the menhir difficult, if not impossible to see. However, since my last visit, the (presumably new) owners of the house have cut the hedge beside the road, and indeed made a gap through which the menhir can now be clearly seen. The menhir is a pointed piece of granite, between 2 and 3 metres tall. A win for all. | 214 | 21 |
| Saint-Uzec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Thought Dad would like to see this one, so chose this as the only megalithic site to specifically go look at after leaving Ploumenach about midday and driving round the coast road. We get here with nobody else around, the sky is a perfect blue and lots of birds chirrupping away. I think that when I have been here before it has either been dull grey sky, or with the sun in the wrong direction making photos bad, but today it is really looking terri... Read More |
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| Keryvon allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Apr 2014 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Doing a little coastal route after leaving Ploumanach, and the remains of this allée couverte are right beside the D.788 road from Trébeurden to Trégastel, only feet from the cliff edge. | 214 | 20 |
| Crec'h Quillé | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This allée couverte to the south of Perros Guirec is situated just to the east of the busy D.788 dual carriageway, and signposted from it, but most people will go whizzing straight past. From the parking area beside the main road, it is just a couple of hundred metres, but is walking access only. It's set in a nice little plot, probably originally intended for a house when it was discovered in about 1960.
It is surprisingly complete except fo... Read More |
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| Ty-Lia (Ile Renote) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 2 | This allée couverte is now a bit of a garden feature within the grounds of a large house on the island of Ile Renote, and is not on public property. Made from the lovely pink granite that everything is round here, the remains are about 8 metres in length and have only one capstone still in place, with another one fallen.
Closer investigation suggests that there may be remains of a lateral entry and peristalith but its difficult to tell. This ... Read More |
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| L'Armor menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Couldn't find | 24th Jun 2005 | This menhir is in a private garden with a massive thick hedge surrounding it. I didn't get to see the stone, but it is supposedly about 2 metres in height. | 203 | 567 | |||
| Parc-ar-Peulvennic | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This menhir can be reached only by getting wet feet at a very high tide, as it is right on the edge of the land in the marsh area near to Ile Grande. The stone is just over 2 metres tall, and has been incorporated into a wall, but it is a splendid stone to go and see. It is now incorporated into a local "Megalithic Trail", details of which can be obtained from the local tourist office. | 203 | 566 |
| Toenno menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This little menhir now gets a drink most days at high tide, as it is situated in the marshes at the edge of the sea, and a high tide surrounds it. The menhir is less than 2 metres tall, but it is pleasantly shaped. It can be reached easily from a nearby track and carpark. | 203 | 565 |
| Dolmen de Lann Kerellec | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | This dolmen is situated in somebody's garden, but it can be seen through the fence and over the wall from the roadside. It is probably the remains of an allée couverte. | 203 | 564 |
| Trois-Tables-en-Place | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 2 | The Trois-Tables-en-Place is a bit of a monster allée couverte, on the little island of Ile-Milliau which is reachable by foot only an hour or so each side of low tide. It is situated on a low flat spot just behind the farm buildings, in pretty much the middle of the island.
It has three capstones still on top of the upright supports, hence it's name, and there is at least another one fallen at the eastern end. It is about 14 metres long by 2... Read More |
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| Saint-Uzec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Signposted from all around, and with its own parking area, this is a truly massive menhir in all senses. It must be about 6 metres tall or more, and impressively bulky in its other dimensions also. But its crowning glory is the granite cross on top, and also the tremendous carvings on its front (southern) face, which show scenes from the bible and the "roughly hewn instruments of passion". In the past it was also painted.
The menhir's back fa... Read More |
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| Menhir a Vertu | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Oooh errrr, this one's a bit rude ! This is a wonderful little menhir, less than 2 metres tall, but a tremendous phallic shape, which was no doubt recognised by the ancient people. It has been revered so much over time that it is still standing erect, and indeed has had a chapel built with its front door no more than 8 metres from the stone, and opening directly onto it. This place has been christianised not only by the chapel, but the head of th... Read More |
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| St Samson Chapel well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Just to the north of the St Samson chapel is a splendid little spring and well house, with clear water bubbling up from within it. | 203 | 560 |
| Trémarche menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Pleasant enough menhir set into a little gravel area at the side of the D.11 road beside the junction at Trémarche a few kilometres to the south of Trégastel. It's about 3 metres high, of rectangular section, and made from a nice pink granite. | 203 | 559 |
| Kerguntuil allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Just about 100 metres upslope from the Kergunteuil dolmen can be found its neighbouring allée couverte, also signposted and kept in a little area. This one again has been incorporated into a field wall at some time in the past, which has no doubt ensured its survival.
It is 8 metres in length, oriented at 070° and has 4 capstones covering the 1.5 metre wide, 1 metre high chamber. The entrance is at the northwest end in the side, but I am not ... Read More |
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| Kerguntuil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a large single chambered dolmen, easily found and signposted, and kept in a little fenced off area in a field. It has at times in the more recent past as both a stable and a house. The chamber is about 5 metres by 2 metres, and a good 2 metres in height, all covered with a single large capstone. Three large side supports remain, but the others have been broken up and made into large block walls around the chamber.
There is evidence of... Read More |
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| Keryvon allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Right beside the D.788 road from Trébeurden to Trégastel, and only feet from the cliff edge is the remains of this dolmen, but it would not surprise me if it is part of what was once an allée couverte. It has a single capstone on side supports only, but there are at least three of them on the south side, and possibly more.
Survival of this has again been helped by it being part of a wall, but I suspect the road has cut off the eastern end. Or... Read More |
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| Prajou-Menhir allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a terriffic allée couverte approaching 14 metres long and facing towards its indicator menhir at orientation 103°. Seven capstones of varying sizes are still in place, the two westernmost being the covers for a separate end cell of about 2.5 metres length. Within this end cell are many carvings, including pairs of breasts, cartouches, palettes and many others. Approaching 2 metres wide, it is not much more than a metre in height.
It h... Read More |
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| Prajou-Menhir menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 24th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | The "indicator menhir" just outside and in front of the allée couverte. It is about 1.7 metres high but nicely weathered. | 203 | 554 |
| Ty-Lia (Île Grande) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This looks to be a fairly complete standard allée couverte well signposted and in a little grassy area on Ile-Grande, just off the coast near Trebeurden. It is about 9 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, and oriented to 110°. There are two large capstones which cover most of the chamber. Many of the outer peristalith stones survive, particularly on the southern side and the back end, and there are traces of the mound within them. | 203 | 553 |
| Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | I had terrible trouble finding this from the south. The road signs are almost non existent, and very inconsistent, and its all windy lanes and farm tracks. None of the roads, or the names on any of the rare signs seem to agree with the maps. I think the maps are in French, while the signs are in Breton ! I eventually found it by a bit of a fluke, after travelling for a fair distance along a road I was wanting to turn round on, and go back, there ... Read More |
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| Kerelcun Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Just off the D.764 road by the hamlet of Kerelcun can be found this nearly 5 metre tall, 3 metre wide menhir, standing in a little green area with a picnic table. It is signposted from the village and easy to find. | 203 | 551 |
| Menhir de Coat Mocun nord | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 23rd Jun 2005 | Supposedly 8 metres tall, and re-erected recently when they built the new road, I could not find this. I asked an old gent with a straw hat and waving a stick, who was pushing a wheelbarrow of grass. He took great delight in telling me how I could get to see it, although it was on private land, but he was fairly difficult to understand. From what I did understand, I thought he said it was in a quarry area, I had several looks, from various points... Read More |
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| Kerampeulven Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 10th Sep 1987 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 11. Day at Huelgoat, cycle to Carhaix to get bike fixed in afternoon. Many strange shaped rocks, and a large menhir with modern ish carvings | 187 | 87 | ||
| Kerampeulven Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Just to the north of the village of Huelgoat, well known for its lake and strange shaped rocks, is this lovely menhir which is signposted from the road to Berrien, and is easy to find. Its about 5 metres tall, and a lovely shape, set in a little grassy area with some nicely shaded picnic tables. At some time in the past local quarrymen have engraved little pictures onto it. There is a house and several animals, plus a few other shapes and things.... Read More |
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| Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 9th Sep 1987 | 5 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 10. Cycle from Telgruc up over the moors to Huelgoat. | 187 | 81 | |
| St-Guinec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 9th Sep 1987 | 5 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 10. Cycle from Telgruc up over the moors to Huelgoat. | 187 | 82 | |
| St-Guinec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Despite being nearly 6 metres tall, this beautiful menhir is becoming obscured from view by a large thick hedge around the garden within which it stands. This is a shame, as it really is a rather nice stone. It can be found just off the Huelgoat to Brennilis road, by the bridge over the busy north / south D.764 highway. | 203 | 548 |
| Alignement de Leintant | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 23rd Jun 2005 | Row of fallen menhirs now incorporated into a bank at the edge of a field. I could find no trace of this alignment, supposed to contain one standing and three fallen menhirs, which was said to align on mid-summer sunrise. I found the farm, and went up and down the road several times, with no luck. Supposedly, the standing stone is nearly 4 metres tall and beside the road..... | 203 | 547 | |||
| Leintant menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 23rd Jun 2005 | Three metre tall menhir, which was probably once part of the nearby alignment. | 203 | 546 | |||
| Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | What a lovely monument this is! It's one of my favourites. It is easy to find, just at the northern edge of Brennilis village and clearly signposted, it has a little car park, a picnic area and it lives in a lovely large green and shady area, all very nicely looked after and with birdies tweeting away.
It is a rare dolmen in V form, which is thought to be a transitional stage between dolmens with entry passages (dolmen a couloir) and allée co... Read More |
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| An-Eured-Ven | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | On the high moorland to the southwest of the St Michel reservoir, in the bowl below the Montagnes d'Arrée to the southeast of Mont St Michel, can be found some rows of white quartz stones, the name of which, An-Eured-Ven, translates to something approximating the wedding stones dance.
I found a couple of hundred metre long, slightly curved line of white quartz blocks running along the ridgetop just to the south of the lake, the alignment of w... Read More |
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| Le Rocher du Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a pleasant enough menhir in a field beside the road on the western slopes of the hill upon which the Chapelle St Michel is built. It's approaching three metres in height, nearly as wide at the base, and made of the local quarzite stone, which is pointed at the top. There is another block of stone beside it which is the top which was broken off after a lightning strike. With a name like this, there should be legends and stories, but I dont... Read More |
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| Mougau Bihan | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This is an absolutely splendid allée couverte, which has been dated to 3000BC, found a couple of kilometres to the south of the village of Commana, and signposted from there. It has a little car park and picnic area, as well as a nice and spacious grassy area around it.
The main chamber is 14 metres in length and oriented approximately north to south, with its entrance at the northern end. The southern end has an extra small chamber, the "ce... Read More |
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| Commana Stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | On the village green by the car park round the back of the church can be found this Iron Age granite stèle. It's a tapered cylindrical shape just over 2 metres high. There are no obvious grooves or other shaping to it. | 203 | 540 |
| Bois de la Roche dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 23rd Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | I am not quite sure exactly what I found here - the pile of rocks I found looked decidedly natural, yet in a very distinctive pile with one set on top of three and a large space underneath, and its in exactly the right place compared to the map. I guess its one of those dolmens made using the best locally available materials. In dense woodland, but right at the junction of two country lanes about 3 km north of the village of Commana. | 203 | 541 |
| Barnenez Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After our visit to Ile Carn, we really had to pay a visit to this, to show Dad the sanitised version of one of these big Brittany Cairns, and just how big they can get. Unfortunately, we arrived just after 5:00, and the man would not let us in, saying that yes, it is open till 5:30, but last entrance was before 5:00 (now about €5:50).
Never mind, we had time to wander round the outside, and although the fence and hedges now prevent any view f... Read More |
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| Barnenez Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | This magnificent large cairn, is now signposted from miles around as Le Grand Cairn (de Barnenez). It costs €4.60 to get in, and there is a little visitor centre and shop, with replicas of some of the carved stones on display. Unlike 12 years ago, or whenever, you cannot go into many of the chambers, which are now walled off fairly crudely and unimaginatively, which I think really spoils the place. Its not just that you cant get in, but the way i... Read More |
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| Kerivin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 28th Jun 2016 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Not far off the busy road between Morlaix and Roscoff, this Tee shaped allee couvetre is becoming very overgrown, and its difficult to make anything out at all now. It is also not far from a field corner where people have decided to dumpstuff, so overall its not a winner. I seem to remember this from many years ago as being a good and interesting place to visit. | 216 | 1 |
| Kerivin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 11th Sep 1987 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany day 12. Cycle from Huelgoat, across the Monts Arrée in the pouring rain to St Pol de Leon | 187 | 92 |
| Kerivin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Not far off the busy road between Morlaix and Roscoff, this Tee shaped allee couvetre is becoming very overgrown, and its difficult to make anything out at all now. It is also not far from a field corner where people have decided to dumpstuff, so overall its not a winner. I seem to remember this from about 10 years ago as being a good and interesting place to visit. | 203 | 538 |
| Kerider stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice tapered Iron Age stèle which can be found near the hamlet of Kerider, a few kilometres to the east of Plouescat. It is easy to find, just to the north of the D.10 road to St Pol-de-Léon near to the roundabout. It is about 2 metres tall, and nicely octagonal in section. | 203 | 537 |
| Couinandré Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a nicely curved menhir just down a little track and signposted east of Plouescat. Its about 4 metres tall, but in a strange position, not on top of the hill or by the stream. Despite a little area set aside for it to live in, its getting very overgrown. | 203 | 536 |
| Créac’h-ar-Vrenn | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | I am not 100% sure that I found this. What I possibly found is just some natural rocks. I looked all over the place and asked a couple of people, who both pointed me in the other direction away from their house towards the others. Despite signposts to it down the same lane as the menhir, there was no further evidence for it down there, but the new house being built is probably where the path went.
What I did find, behind the house at the top ... Read More |
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| Menhir d'Irvit | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just below 4 metres tall, this tapered menhir has a sort of hook at the top of it. Perhaps it is intended as a washing line post! It looks to me, by the patterns in the lichen, that it had a sign attached to it for many years. It can be found down a track into a field just east of the D.330 road south of Poulfoen. | 203 | 534 |
| Menhir de Kergoarat | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | In contrast to its bulbous headed, thirsty neighbour, this fine chap looks to be wearing a pointy hat. He must be a good 7 metres tall and standing perfectly upright on this little headland beyond the beach. As with most of the stones round here, it is a wonderfully weathered rock, and from certain angles it has a face in it, looking out over the sea. | 203 | 533 |
| Porz Ar Stréat menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice menhir in a field not far from the harbour, only a couple of hundred metres from the main village centre. Its over 4 metres high and a sort of square section, but tapered at the top, and it has a nice lean. I cant get right up to it for details though, and its a pity about all the refrigerated lorries at the fish plant nearby making a racket, and a very smelly farmyard. | 203 | 531 |
| Prat Meur menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a pleasant enough menhir, probably 2.8 metres tall and nearly as wide, but less than a metre thick. It is stood in a field beside a trackway at the end of the lane from the port to Prat Meur hamlet. It is nicely weathered at the top.
Somebodies air force is out and about, looks like F.16s so it isn't the French. Probably on holiday at Landivisiau. Suddenly there's a commotion, and a dog barking. A large rabbit or hare flashes past me ... Read More |
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| Grand menhir de Saint-Eden | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 22nd Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | This is the menhir that the chap I met last night was telling me about, right at the edge of the Grève (rocky shore), and unfortunately the sea has claimed it. It is now fallen and laying top down into the sea when the tide is in. Perhaps its one of those menhirs that came down to the sea to drink at midnight, had too much and didnt make it back. Or perhaps came down one night when the tide was not a big one, and fell over while trying to quench ... Read More |
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| Grand menhir de Saint-Eden | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Splendid fallen menhir, right at the edge of the sea, and bigger than I recall it. Now got some pictures with Dad in it for scale. Dad thought it looked like it had a snake or serpent head | 214 | 1 |
| Guinivrit | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 16th Apr 2014 | Seen from over the estuary from the south, tide out and on the sandy beach. | 214 | 2 | |||
| Guinivrit | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This really is a nice place to visit, certainly when its quiet and the sun is out. I had hoped to see it with the tide well in tonight, but one thing and another and its now gone 8:00, and the tide is already gone out for two hours, and the water has gone from around it. However, there is still a lot of water flooding out of the bay, and I certainly wouldn't want to try and get a boat in here, as its going at running speed.
The allée couverte... Read More |
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| Créac'h Gallic | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Here are the remains of a fairly large dolmen, but it looks to be in a bit of a precarious state. Warning signs and a fence warn of climbing on or near to the stones. The basic chamber is about 4 metres by 2 metres and 2 metres high, with a single capstone resting (just) on three support stones. It looks like a fourth support has recently broken and fallen, and it looks most precarious and that it could fall at any time.
Strangely there are m... Read More |
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| Men-Marz | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Had to bring Dad to see this fantastic menhir which is found to the north of Brignogan-Plage village and found by following plentiful signs. Men-Marz is set in a nice little area which has an information centre across the road with lots of informative boards.
At more than 8.5 metres high it is said to be the fourth largest menhir still standing in France. It is a strange shaped beast as are the natural rocks around here and looks to be a thin... Read More |
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| Men-Marz | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | What a wonderful and fantastic menhir this is easily found to the north of Brignogan-Plage village by following plentiful signs. Men-Marz (the Miracle Stone in Breton) or Men-Bras (Grand Stone) is now set in a nice little area a previously close built house having been bought and demolished by the state and has a good information centre across the road with lots of informative boards.
At between 8.2 and 8.5 metres high depending upon where it... Read More |
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| Croazou chapel menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Laying outside the back wall of the chapel is a fallen menhir, a couple of metres in length, which has had three medieval crosses mounted onto it, all supposedly in their original position. | 214 | 8 |
| Croazou chapel stèles | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A total of six Iron Age Stèles are to be seen at Croazou Chapel, of which four have been incorporated into its construction, three into the outside walls, and one internally. The largest of these is now the southeast corner of the chapel, and stands 2 m high. Two others are to be seen making part of the construction of this wall. Outside the front of the chapel is a fine stub of an 11 sided stele, now used for the base of a cross. | 214 | 7 |
| Croazou chapel menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is an odd little place where many thousands of years of ritual and worship can all be seen together. In the middle of a fairly busy road junction is built a little chapel which is said to be the smallest in Finistère. This chapel has been built onto a stèle with it still standing there at one of the back corners about 2 metres tall.
Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir supposedly in all be... Read More |
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| Croazou chapel stèles | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This is an odd little place where many thousands of years of ritual and worship can all be seen together. In the middle of a fairly busy road junction is built a little chapel which is said to be the smallest in Finistère.
This chapel has been built onto a stèle with it still standing there at one of the back corners about 2 metres tall. Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir supposedly in all be... Read More |
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| Croazou chapel | Ancient Cross | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is an odd little place where many thousands of years of ritual and worship can all be seen together. In the middle of a fairly busy road junction is built a little chapel which is said to be the smallest in Finistère. This chapel has been built onto a stèle with it still standing there at one of the back corners about 2 metres tall.
Outside the back wall are three medieval crosses positioned on top of a fallen menhir supposedly in all be... Read More |
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| Goarivan Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a nice 4 metre tall menhir in a field just to the north of the hamlet of Goarivan, which can be reached along a farm track round the back of the houses. It's got a very curious thing near the base of its northern side, which looks like a marble in a case. There is a rounded white quartz lump which has been worn away from the grey surrounding granite and smoothed spherical. It looks like it should rattle around in the hole, but unfortunate... Read More |
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| Croazou chapel | Ancient Cross | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Driving away from Men-Marz through the maze like country lanes and after about 10 mins I thought I was completely lost, and then all of a sudden I arrived at the road junction with this little chapel in the middle of it. Aha, fabulous, I hadn't intended coming here as there was no time, but now I'm here, better have a quick look. It's probably best not to just abandon your car in the middle of the junction, but I thought it would be OK for a few ... Read More |
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| St Grouanec well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | At the site of the St Groanec chapel there are many wells and springs gushing forth. The water is just flowing out of the ground here. It is no wonder the ancient chapel was built here. | 203 | 522 |
| Grouanec stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a fantastic iron age stèle by the D.32 roadside just to the east of the village of St Groanec, which has been christainised and turned into a roadside cross. The stèle is about 3.5 metres tall with an extra metre on top for the cross. It is tapered towards the top and carved into an octagonal shape, with each of the faces concave. What a super find. | 203 | 521 |
| Dolmen de Vourch | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 21st Jun 2005 | Supposedly the remains of this dolmen can be found near to the coast path just outside the municipal camping. It is said that if you stand with your chin resting on the menhir out on Ile Tariec, then the solstice sunrise used to rise between the legs of this dolmen. It is not marked on any of my maps, and despite now being fallen, I was told that I should be able to find it. However, despite spending well over an hour looking (and enjoying the wa... Read More |
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| Ile Guénioc | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 21st Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Just offshore from Presqu'ile Ste-Marguerite near the town of Landéda, and due west of Ile Tariec, can be seen Ile Guénioc (Ile Gaignog). This island, which is difficult to get to, has on it three massive cairns with their multitude of chambers and dolmens within them. In order to get here a boat is needed, and I think that landing on the island is controlled, so I am not going to manage it now, as there is nobody about with a boat who I can try ... Read More |
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| Île Tariec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Just offshore from Presqu'ile Ste-Marguerite near the town of Landéda are a few small islands which can be reached at low tide, upon which there are stone monuments.
Ile Tariec is one of these, which can only be walked to for a short while each side of low tide, and the island became split into two parts in about 1876. The part of the island nearest to the mainland has the remains of a twelfth century hermitage on it, and the island was used ... Read More |
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| Île Tariec cairn | Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Just to the north of the menhir on this little island which can be reached at low tide, is the slight mound of a cairn. Its about 15 metres in diameter and 2 metres in height. I could see nothing in the way of structure under all the grass and stuff. | 203 | 518 |
| Ilot Roc'h-Avel | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 21st Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Just offshore from Presqu'ile Ste-Marguerite near the town of Landéda are a few small islands which can be reached at low tide, upon which there are stone monuments. Ilot Roc'h-Avel is one of these, which can be easily walked to from the beach at Kerennoc when not high tide tide.
Towards the western tip of the islet is the fascinating remains of a cairn which is now half on the island with the other half now taken by the sea. At the seaward e... Read More |
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| Lagatjar alignements | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 8th Sep 1987 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany day 9. Cycle from Telgruc all around Crozon peninsula. | 187 | 71 |
| Saint-Michel tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 3rd Sep 1987 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Cycling camping trip round Brittany. Day 4. Get to visit inside the huge Tumulus St Michel, and see the ancient burial sections within it. | 187 | 36 |
| Pointe de Guilligui allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 16th Apr 2014 | Seen high up on its rocky promontary from across the bay on the quay at Portsall. | 214 | 11 | |||
| Ile Carn menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 1 | 4 | 3 | I read somewhere that a menhir was once reported on this island, but has become missing. So, before we went for a look at the cairn, I had a brief look all over the rest of the island, and just behind one of the ruined concrete look out positions is a large long stone laying flat to the ground and mostly now buried, which would have made a perfect menhir, probably just below 2 metres tall. | 214 | 9 |
| Île Carn cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Apr 2014 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Just offshore from the bay of Porsguen in the community of Ploudalmézou at the northwestern point of Finisterre, Brittany, lies a small island, which can be walked to at low tide from the mainland. A large part of this small island is made up of a massive and remarkable round cairn which contains three dolmenic chambers. The outer round cairn is about 30 metres in diameter, and perhaps still almost 10m in height. It seems to have only been reco... Read More |
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| Île Carn cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 20th Jun 2005 | 2 | Just offshore is this little island which can be reached a low tide, with a massive cairn containing three dolmenic chambers. There are also some WW2 gun emplacements and lookouts which spoil it a bit. The cairn is massive, and looks like its been quarried into, and from the shore the entry to one of the chambers can be seen. Its a pity I cannot get out to have a look. Should I borrow a boat ? | 203 | 514 | ||
| Menhir du Guilligui | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | About 60 metres to the east of the Guilliguy headland and dolmen, is a little menhir, about 1.5 metres in height. | 203 | 513 |
| Pointe de Guilligui allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is an unusual allée couverte, not quite at the top of the Guilliguy headland, overlooking the ocean where the Amoco Cadiz was wrecked, and the little port of Portsall. This is a place which has been revered over the millennia, and still serves as a place for thought by the big cross, and the views are fantastic.
The allée couverte was built in the neolithic, but much altered during the bronze age. It is now an L shaped tomb, the main par... Read More |
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| Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 20th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 2 | The Pierre de St Gonvarc'h, or Mez menhir, can be seen across a couple of fields, and is another of the monster menhirs of this region (Leon). Comparing it to a nearby cow for size, it must be a good 6 metres tall, and has been beautifully shaped. | 203 | 511 |
| Dolmen de Men-Milliget | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Men Milliget or the St Gonvel dolmen is a pleasant little dolmen living on the landward side of a headland sticking out into the ocean. It's 3 metre by 2 metre chamber is made with a large backstone and two side slabs, with remains of other stones, but it is partially buried in the dunes. The strangely shaped capstone is known as Men Milliget (Roche Maudite, Bad rock). | 203 | 510 |
| Menhir de Kerhouézel | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | The Kerhouézel menhir is another fantastic monster menhir, just inland from Porspoder and signposted. It must be eight metres high and is fantastically smoothed and shaped. I just love these massive stones. I've go to give it a hug ! It is possible that there is a carved symbolon the upper part of the southern face. | 203 | 509 |
| Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here.
There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements?
On closer inspection of... Read More |
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| Mezdoun menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Two menhirs in a field of growing sweetcorn, so getting close enough to get details was not easy. These two menhirs are both between 4 and 5 metres tall, and have been shaped. The further east of the two looks to have been broken and was possibly once much bigger. They are about 60 metres from each other, on an east to west alignment. | 203 | 507 |
| Dolmen de Poulliot | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pleasant enough little dolmen sitting in a field of crops about 200 metres from the road, but with a signpost. The capstone is sitting on three support stones, but I couldn’t get close enough to note any details. | 203 | 506 |
| Traonigou alignement de menhirs | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Two fallen and two standing menhirs, which are supposedly aligned on the mid summer sunrise. The two standing menhirs are about 4 and 5 metres tall, the two fallen ones becoming lost in the undergrowth. These stones are signposted, and found just beside the road to the east of the hamlet of Traonigou. | 203 | 505 |
| Kerivoret Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice looking dolmen sitting in a pleasant field behind the houses. It is signposted from the roan, and has a path to it from behind the houses, where there is room to park. The chamber is about 3 metres long, less than 2 metres wide, and created with a good back stone and two large side slabs each side. There are other stones at the open end, perhaps an entry corridor or a broken front slab. The capstone is a nice piece of granite, and ... Read More |
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| Kerivoret Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | About 50 metres away from the Kerivoret dolmen is a nice menhir, which looks to have been shaped with a slanted top. It's about 3.5 metres tall. | 203 | 503 |
| Île Melon menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 2 | This is frustrating. There is only 15 metres of water between me and the island from where I sit, but the tide is coming in and the island is not going to get any nearer. There is a dolmen on top of the island, and there are also at least two menhirs further down to the south of the island, and looking towards the shore. I believe that there was once a large menhir here also, which was blown up during the war. Perhaps a swim is needed ! | 203 | 502 |
| Île Melon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 20th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | This is frustrating. There is only 15 metres of water between me and the island from where I sit, but the tide is coming in and the island is not going to get any nearer. The dolmen is on top of the island and looks a nice one, its capstone sitting on at least four support stones. There are also at least two menhirs further down to the south of the island, and looking towards the shore. Perhaps a swim is needed ! | 203 | 501 |
| Kergadiou Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 20th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | The two menhirs of Kergadiou are a fine place to visit, and fairly easily found in a field a couple of kilometres north of the Aber Ildut estuary. From these two giant menhirs, it is possible to see the Kerloas menhir when the modern trees are not in leaf, and the sightline over the Kerloas menhir is perpendicular to the midsummer sunrise. Coincidence ?
Kergadiou menhir 1 is a really magnificent monster menhir, 8.8 metres tall, and the most b... Read More |
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| Lagatjar alignements | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | The Lagatjar alignements are an intriguing arrangement of stones, mostly consisting of large white quartz blocks on open common land, just to the east of the fishing town of Camaret. There are probably over a hundred stones, mostly aligned into three lines, but there are some outliers as well.
The longest line is over 200 metres in length and has an orientation of 037°. From this line are two rows of larger blocks, heading off at right angles... Read More |
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| Kerloas Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | What a fantastic stone, and easily found near to the old D.5 road to the east of Plouarzel due to many signposts to it. 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! It towers above all around, and standing as it does on top of a hill, it can be seen from 30 kilometres away.
The stone, which is not local and has been brought to this hilltop si... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Pointe de Lost Marc'h | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldnt be unusual for one to be in such a place. There are... Read More |
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| Oppidum de la Pointe de Lostmarc'h | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldn't be unusual for one to be in such a place. There ar... Read More |
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| Alignement de Lostmarc'h 1 | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | What I could find of the Lostmarc'h alignements, on top of a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a fine surf beach below to the south, was a line of eight stones aligned at an angle of 060°/240° running across the headland. None of the stones are much more than a metre in height, and they are spaced about 6 metres apart from each other. There are several other stones laying about, perhaps the remains of other rows.
Further out on the... Read More |
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| Lostmarc'h menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Now, this is better, on top of a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a fine surf beach below to the south. The menhir is about 2.8 metres tall and in a commanding position, although not at the top, and as a result has a much better view. It can be seen from miles around coming from the south. | 203 | 494 |
| Dolmen de Rostudel | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This is a nice enough little dolmen, but a right bugger to find and get to, even though it is just 50 metres from the roadside. Firstly there was nowhere to park nearby, and once you have parked and walked back, the path to the dolmen is badly overgrown with the now obligatory ferns, gorse and blackthorn. Once I managed to get to it, the dolmen has a 2.5m by 2m capstone sitting nicely on three support stones and some vicious brambles which have j... Read More |
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| Alignements de Ty-ar-C'huré | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 19th Jun 2005 | I went for quite a walk to look for these, but in the end found nothing. They are at the top of a hill in a wood, protected by lots of gorse and bracken overgrown heathland, with no obvious pathway through. | 203 | 492 | |||
| Dolmen de Kerdreux | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Remains of this little dolmen can be found a couple of hundred metres down the track to the west of the hamlet, and then right along the signed footpath. There are traces of its mound, perhaps with a stone surround. In the centre of the mound is the little dolmen with a broken capstone, but one piece is still sitting on a couple of side supports with a chamber underneath it. It is marked on my maps as a menhir, and is a pleasant little find. | 203 | 491 |
| Dolmen de Keradiguen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 19th Jun 2005 | I was unable to find a parking place near to this, and was thus unable to have a proper look. The road is extremely busy - everyone must be heading out to the beaches. Perhaps I'll try again later. | 203 | 490 | |||
| Dolmen de Pen-an-Run | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 19th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a little dolmen with a 2.5m by 2.5m capstone sitting on three support slabs, making up part of a hedge. It's about 100 metres from the roadside along a track and signposted. | 203 | 489 |
| Menez Lié Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | This is a pleasant little dolmen on the south western slopes of Menez Hom. It has a 2.5m by 2m capstone sitting on one large backstone and three smaller side stones. At first view from the road it looks lost in the middle of a field of wheat, but there is a footpath to it around the edge of the field, and a little clearing is left around it. | 203 | 488 |
| Tréboul menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | The two metre tall Tréboul menhir is found in the outskirts of the town of Douarnenez, beside a roundabout near to the old lavoirs. | 203 | 487 |
| Lesconil allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Lesconil allée couverte is easy to find near the village of Lesconil, as it is signposted from the main D.7 road, and with its own little parking area. This is one monument round here that they do want you to visit, unlike most which seem sadly neglected. This is an excellent place, and no doubt the best preserved of the eight known Arc Bouttée style allée couvertes, where the two rows of side stones lean together, rather than having a row of cap... Read More |
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| Kerbalanec Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | This allée couverte is easy enough to find to the north of the Kerbalannec farm buildings a couple of hundred metres along a track. The allée couverte makes up part of the field wall, and this has perhaps helped in its preservation.
The chamber is about 12 metres in length, over 2 metres wide and high enough to stand up in, facing south of southeast at 155°. The northwest end is amazingly complete, but the southeast end has suffered some dama... Read More |
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| Kastell Koz | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | This is a superb cliff castle, made on the beautiful headland of the Pointe de Beuzec jutting north into the Baie de Duarnenez. It is defended on its southern side from the mainland with several rows of banks and ditches. The views from here are superb. | 203 | 484 |
| Luguenez menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | More than three metres in height, this nicely shaped menhir is getting lost in the hedges of the little lane which runs to the coast behind and to the north of the farm. Not far from here are superb views over the Baie de Duarnenez and the wonderful cliffs all around, including the cliff castle of Kastell Koz just to the east. | 203 | 483 |
| Chapelle de Lannourec stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | There is an octagonal shaped Iron Age granite stèle about 2 metres tall which can be found just below the Chapelle de Lannourec, and by the springs. It has a large groove cut down one side. Just below the Chapelle de Lannourec, are several springs and wells. This is obviously a very old sacred place, with its remaining sprngs, and stèle to be seen, as well as the Chapel. | 203 | 481 |
| Saint-Goulien stèles | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The remains of no less than three granite stèles are to be found lined up in the churchyard at Goulien. One is very small, one about 1.5 metres high and probably once used as a cross base. The third is 2.5 metres tall and has lovely grooves carved into it. | 203 | 480 |
| Baie des Trépassés mégalithe | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 18th Jun 2005 | There used to be a large menhir here, but no longer. Nor the ancient city of Y, which is now under the sea because the King's daughter sold herself to the devil. This bay is also where the dead set sail from on their final voyage to the Ile de Sein. There are lots of legends and stories surrounding this beautiful bay, but no menhir anymore. | 203 | 479 | |||
| Lescoff Village menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Not far off the main road through the village of Lescoff, just up Impasse du Menhir, can be found this poor menhir which is incorporated into the garden wall of the adjacent house. It's nearly 3 metres high and 2 metres wide, but it is seen to be splitting at its base. | 203 | 478 |
| Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon Voyage cairns | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | On the ridge to the southeast of the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Bon Voyage is a large cairn, which I am lead to believe contains remains of a large compartmented burial chamber. A large cairn can be found, a footpath goes right over the top of it, but nothing else can be seen due to all the gorse and bracken covering everything here. It is possible that there are several more cairns to be found around here. | 203 | 477 |
| Dolmen de la Chapelle Sainte-Théodore | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Remains of a little Bronze Age dolmen/stone cist (coffre) are found near to the Chapelle St Theodore, at the road junction just to the west. It's only about 1.5 by 1 metre in size, but the stone cover sits on top of a couple of supports, which in turn are on top of a cist type arrangement in a little mound. | 203 | 476 |
| Primelin stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 18th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 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. | 203 | 475 |
| Pors Poulhan allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | On a headland overlooking the Baie D'Audierne, this allée couverte is in a tremendous position. The 12 metre long passage is quite large and wide at almost 2 metres in width, and almost as high, and lines up to the east at 100°.
Built before the year 3000BC, it has been used almost continually for one purpose or another until the present day. Excavations have shown it to have not only been constructed and used by neolithic flint workers, but ... Read More |
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| Menhir des Droits de l'Homme | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a large menhir erected here in 1840 to commemorate the shipwreck of the "Droits de l'Homme" in 1797 with the loss of around 600 lives. The stone used was once a real menhir moved to here from elsewhere. It's at the edge of a car park besides this phenomenal beach, with the surf pounding in all around, creating its own fog ! | 203 | 473 |
| Corn-ar-Palud | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Beside the little road running along the coast around the almost deserted centre of Audierne Bay, just on the edge of the beach in the dunes, can be found the remains of a cairn with a few large rocks to be seen scattered around in it. Looking closer at some of these larger rocks, there is evidence of a chamber underneath one capstone. Obviously once upon a time this was a fairly complex place, probably a cairn with several dolmenic chambers with... Read More |
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| Penhors stèle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | This is a fantastic grooved and sculpted (cannelée) iron age stèle I saw in a front garden of a home I was passing at Penhors. It is almost perfectly shaped, round with grooves running up the sides, and tapered towards the top, which is a good 4 metres above the ground. This superb stèle was found fallen in a nearby hedge and re-erected in the garden. The granite from which it is made has originally come from at least 5 kilometres away. | 203 | 471 |
| Presqu'île de la Torche | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | The remains of what would no doubt have once been a magnificent monument, positioned on top of this little, almost an island, headland, sticking dramatically out into the wild Atlantic Ocean, and surrounded by magnificent surf beaches.
The central passage is still 16 metres in length, running up and over the top of the mound, curving as it goes, and opening to the east. At the west end there is an upright end stone. On the top of the mound, a... Read More |
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| Kerugou dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Kerugou dolmen is an interesting one, which can be found just inside a field beside a small road and signposted. It has a large compartmented chamber at the back, western end, with a long central passageway opening up to the east, at orientation 097°. The central passage is about 9 metres long and up to 2m in width away from the entrance. The two side chambers align along the back wall, and are each 3m by 2.5m, with some massive side slabs. Unfor... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Penquer-Bloas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Although I have seen this described as an allée couverte, it looks to me to be a simple dolmen still mostly within its mound. It is unsure what this monument was originally. It's in a little woodland area, beside the road by an industrial stoneworking site. It suffers badly from neglect, and has lots of rubbish strewn around. | 203 | 468 |
| Allée Couverte de Menez Landu | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This looks like a straightforward simple dolmen beside the busy D.785, a kilometre or so southwest of Plomeur. It has a single capstone on top of two side stones, and a large backstone, but it is almost lost within the undergrowth. But it looked a bit to me as if it is the possibly the end of an allée couverte with an end cell, or some other type of passage grave like there are around here. | 203 | 467 |
| Pendreff Alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | The Kerfland menhirs are three gorgeous tall slender menhirs standing in a row at the edge of a wood, easily reached down a little signposted footpath from the roadside a couple of kilometres south of Plomeur. They line up almost due north to south, at an alignment of 005° magnetic (in 2005) and are spaced about 5 metres apart from each other.
To me, these are the supermodels of the menhir world, each being over 5 metres tall yet only 30cm th... Read More |
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| Quélarn menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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. | 203 | 465 |
| Quélarn Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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 p... Read More |
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| Tronval Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The Tronval dolmen is found just a hundred metres walk from the Quélarn dolmens parking area, on the opposite side of the road. There are the remains of what appears to be another pair of chambers, this time only a few metres apart. The southwestern one is completely collapsed, while the northwestern has a fallen capstone resting on two sideslabs, with perhaps an entrance passage, and two slabs jutting out sideways. Perhaps these are facing slabs... Read More |
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| Kerfuens Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Just a few hundred metres to the west of the sports centre can be found the remains of two more little dolmens sat inside small mounds, which are kept in a little cleared area for all to see.
As for the Kervadol dolmens, they are about ten metres from each other in an east to west sense, but open to face the north. The western one is in quite good condition, the eastern not so. The chambers are about 2 metres long, and 1 metre wide, with side... Read More |
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| Kervadol Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is the remains of two little dolmens about 10 metres away from each other, not far from the sports fields. I could not be sure as to whether they were once in different mounds, or if they would have both been in the same one. Both have similar chambers, with a capstone sitting on a couple of side stones each side, and facing south.
The eastern of the two is in much better condition, and the capstone is in its proper position. That on the... Read More |
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| Kervignon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This little dolmen, with a capstone sitting on three side slabs is to be found round the back of the local sports centre. The capstone is nicely rain worn on the top, and sits at a jaunty angle. It perhaps once had an entry corridor as the side stones are smaller at one end, and I believe that this is in fact the remains of what was once a compartmented dolmen, with much of the rest of it destroyed. | 203 | 460 |
| Dolmen de Menez-Veil | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 17th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | The Rue Jules Ferry dolmen is a strange one. There's a little capstone sitting at a funnyangle on three support stones, on top of a stone mound, which is sort of walled in and held together by stone slabs around the outside. I can only assume that it's all been very rearranged at some point. It can be found right by the roadside near a roundabout at the entrance to the village of Lesconil, on a little tended grassy area. It looks like it might be... Read More |
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| Ty Corriganet de Coat Menez Guen | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the Coat Luzuen allée couverte, continue on about 800 metres further down the road which peters out into a trackway and descends to the bottom of the valley. Turn left at the bottom, cross the stream, go along the wet track and the Coat-Menez-Guen allée couverte is to be found at the end of the field. Unfortunately when I visited, it was completely inaccessible through a large crop of rape seed.
It is supposedly a superb monument, being... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Coat Luzuen | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Coat Luzuen allée couverte is situated in a field just to the west of the little road running north from the hamlet of Luzuen, and although signposted, it is quite difficult to find, with the last signpost being small and almost hidden, overgrown in a hedge opposite to a farm building.
When I visited this I was not totally sure what it was I was visiting, I could not be sure whether it is the remains of a strangely shaped allée couverte, or p... Read More |
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| Kernédiec allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Kernédiec allée couverte is of the arc boutée type construction, and it is one of only eight of this type known. This is where one row of side stones leans up against the other and there are no capstones, rather than the more normal two rows of uprights and horizontal capstones. The chamber is about eight metres in length, and faces eastwards at 085°. The six stones on the northern side are set fairly vertically, while the seven on the southern s... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Kergoustance | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice allée couverte which can be found in a field just to the right of the D.24 road as you head southwest out of Moelan-sur-Mer just at the limits of the village. The chamber is more than 15 metres in length, and has all seven capstones still in place, although a couple of them are broken. It is aligned on about 055°, but it is difficult to be precise because of the trees growing within it preventing me getting a good sightline for my ... Read More |
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| Menhir de Kerandrège | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This menhir has lost its top, but is still about 3 metres high, 2 metres wide and has been nicely shaped, and is associated with the lovely allée couverte with which it stands just outside the entrance. It can be found in a field to the left of the D116 road to the south of Moelan-sur-Mer on the way to Brigneau. | 203 | 454 |
| Allée Couverte de Kérandrège | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | In a field to the left of the D116 road to the south of Moelan-sur-Mer on the way to Brigneau can be found this lovely allée couverte with an associated menhir just outside its entrance. The menhir is about 3 metres high, 2 metres wide and has been nicely shaped.
The allée couverte is about 9 metres in length and faces to the east on an alignment of 100°. There are three complete and one broken (at the back) capstones sitting on top of the in... Read More |
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| Mentoul Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This menhir is found in a little grassy area just to the north of the town centre, between the houses. Its about 3 metres high and 2 metres wide. | 203 | 452 |
| Bellevue Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Bellevue menhir near to the town of Moëlan-sur-Mer is more than 4 metres tall, right beside the old Roman road to the south of the town centre. I found it difficult to park nearby and get a reasonable picture in between dodging all the traffic on this busy road. | 203 | 451 |
| Menhirs de Hirguer | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Saw from a distance | 16th Jun 2005 | A few hundred metres to the south of the road to Clohars from Moelan, bit further to the east along the road from the above menhir, can be seen this menhir which must be about 3 metres tall. | 203 | 450 | |||
| Menhir de Mescléo A | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | This is a 2 metre tall menhir right beside the surprisingly busy road between Moelan and Clohars. There is another stone beside it - perhaps a broken top ? | 203 | 449 |
| Menhir de Courégant | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Courégant menhir is 5 metres tall, and can be found just outside the back of a holiday homes complex. There is no obvious path through to it, but some people in one of the chalets let me take a picture from their decking ! Thanks to them ! | 203 | 448 |
| Menhir de Kerroc'h (Ploemeur) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Kerroc’h menhir is a small menhir, only about 1.7 metres tall, that initially looks impossible to get to through the gorse. However, there is a footpath to it from beside the houses, and it comes complete with a little sign. | 203 | 447 |
| Alignements de Gueldro | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 16th Jun 2005 | I had three attempts at finding the remnants of this once important set of eight parallel rows, but found nothing. The best I found was a bit of uncultivated land, completely covered in gorse and not possible to get to, which was in about the right place, so that was probably it. I found no signs or any other reference to it until afterwards, and the place I found was definately the right place. | 203 | 446 | |||
| Goërem Dolmen | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 16th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | I came all the way out to this poor depressed village at the end of a long peninsula and stayed the night on the harbourside in order to visit this, "the finest angled passage grave in existance". Take a good torch it says. So on a nasty dull grey day I walk round the seafront and through the village till I eventually find it. It is right on the western seafront, in amongst the houses, and has a reasonable amount of land reserved around it. It wo... Read More |
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| Menhir du Bourg (Plouhinec) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | While driving from Pluhinec to look for the alignements at Kerzine, I found this 2.5 metre tall menhir, without a name, across a field near to a wood behind some houses. | 203 | 444 |
| Kerlutu Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice little dolmen sitting in a little mound in some fields just round the back of the houses, and a hundred or so metres walk. It's got a 3m by 2.5m chamber, partially made with slabs, partly with drystone walling. It is fully covered by its capstone, and there is no sign of an entrance corridor. This dolmen seems to be kept nicely clear of all undergrowth. | 203 | 443 |
| Kerguerhan Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a pleasant little dolmen sitting in a green area on the outskirts of the village of St Cado near Belz. It has a 3m by 2.5m oval chamber with its capstone still in place, and the first couple of rows of its entrance corridor with a capstone on top of them. Access to it would be possible by car, but my camper van wouldnt fit between the houses and round the corner, so it was a 600 metre walk from the village centre for me. | 203 | 442 |
| Kerhuen Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a nice find, pleasantly situated at the top of the hill on the village green, with a view over the Etel estuary and its oysterbeds. It's a dolmen with entry passageway, with an oval chamber about 4 metres by 3 metres. The capstone sits on several of the eight side slabs, but is no longer high enough to stand up in, having slipped down on one side. The remains of the passageway are only about 3 metres long, with one capstone surviving, but... Read More |
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| Dolmens des Sept Saints | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | This is a site which until a few days before I visited would have been completely overgrown, but thankfully has had all the gorse, blackthorn etc cut back and cleared.
What you get is a round mound, about 20 to 25 metres in diameter, with the very ruinous remains of three chambers with entry corridors. The central was probably the largest, but this is not much more than a depression in the mound. The northern still has its capstone and a reco... Read More |
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| Er Run Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | This is a sad looking little dolmen in a field of sweetcorn, looking fallen and getting overgrown and unloved. It is in a hamlet plagued by mad dogs chasing after me, barking and growling continuously. There is a second dolmen here, even more hidden in the undergrowth. | 203 | 438 |
| Botlann Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This small dolmen can be found around the back of some new houses at the east of the village of Erdeven, on the road to Ploemel. A 3 metre by 2 metre capstone rests on three supports, with remains of a chamber 2 metres in width. All other remains have gone, but it stands here proudly for the moment, although I suspect that the capstone willl break before too long, looking at the cracks in it. | 203 | 437 |
| Géants de Kerzerho | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Fantastic. | 203 | 436 |
| Kerzerho Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Such wonderful stones, I just had to stop and wander around them again. | 203 | 435 |
| Sainte-Barbe alignement | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is an interesting and strange place, slightly off the tourist trails to the west of the D.781 Carnac to Erdeven road near to the village of Ste Barbe. It seems to be two long, widely spaced rows of menhirs heading off parallel to each other at 120°, approximately 40 metres apart from each other. At the western end is a row of really massive stones running across between the rows, normal to them, creating a sort of horseshoe shape. There are ... Read More |
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| Vieux-Moulin Alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice little row of 6 menhirs, up to 4 metres in height, standing on the slopes of a field just near to the busy D.781 Carnac to Erdeven road, just to the north of Plouharnel station. These are nicely shaped and positioned stones. | 203 | 433 |
| Rondossec Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | This is a remarkably complete monument with three passage dolmens facing eastwards contained within a 20 metre diameter cairn, right near to the centre of the village.
The southernmost chamber is the smallest, a collapsed oval chamber of about 3 m by 2 m with a 5 metre long corridor leading to it, which is still mostly covered. The central chamber is one of those widening of the corridor types, up to 3 metres wide at the back and 5 metres in ... Read More |
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| Porz Guen Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Found on the clifftop to the north of the Porz Guen beach on the Cote Sauvage of the Quiberon Peninsula, just a few minutes walk around the spectacular cliff path from various parking places.
These are the remains of two ruined dolmens with entry corridors facing to the south east, probably once within the same large mound, and possibly also remains of a third. The more inland is the most complete, with one capstone surviving on the entry cou... Read More |
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| Quiberon menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | A 5 metre tall menhir is to be found positioned in a little town square near to a war memorial in Quiberon town. | 203 | 430 |
| Menhir de Goulvars | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 15th Jun 2005 | 5 | 2 | 4 | This massive menhir is now sadly fenced in behind the SNCF holiday complex near to Pointe du Conguel out at the tip of the Quiberon peninsular. It can be found by taking the road beside the SNCF complex until it reaches the grassland behind them, and then taking the trackway to the left. The menhir is hidden behind some large trees and a hedge, and it took me two visits before I found it, my previous visit having taken the wrong track. It really ... Read More |
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| Conguel Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This menhir, about 3 metres tall, has been moved to its current position just outside the SNCF holiday complex from a position nearby when building work was being undertaken. It now serves as a sort of garden feature, and is easily seen from the road. | 203 | 428 |
| Conguel Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Beside the road running along the shore out to the tip of Pointe du Conguel, and incorporated into the pavement just outside the SNCF holiday complex, can be seen the remains of this burial chamber. Possibly, one side of it is natural rock, or perhaps a fallen capstone, but it has a definite backstone and two or three other side slabs. It is about 3.5 metres in length, by 1 metre wide, and the road slightly diverts to skirt around it. | 203 | 427 |
| Pointe de la Guérite allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 5 | 5 | This little allée couverte sits right on the clifftop, still surprisingly within its little cairn of stones, so what you get to see is its 6 capstones lined up facing away from the sea at 100°. It has been cut through by the road at the east end, so it is possible that it was longer than its current 6 metres. But what a superb position it occupies, overlooking the splendid Cote Sauvage. | 203 | 426 |
| Pointe de la Guérite menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a relatively small menhir right above the cliffs of the magnificent Cote Sauvage, easily found between the clifftop path and the road. | 203 | 425 |
| Manémeur 2 & 3 menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | These are two good sized menhirs just inland from the Cote Sauvage, up a slight rise. The two of them are about 20 metres apart, the bigger one being higher up the slope. It is about 5 metres high, 3 metres wide and tapers upwards. Its smaller companion is about 3 metres high. Both have some lovely lichen growing on them. | 203 | 424 | |
| Manémeur 1 menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This menhir is right in the central square of the hamlet of Manémeur. It is about 3 metres high, 2 m wide and 0.5 m thick, and has several cupules in its southern face. It is nowadays kept within a little circular flowerbed, unfortunately squeezed between roadsigns and parked cars while I was here, making pictures difficult. | 203 | 423 |
| Beg-er-Goalennec Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | The first menhir is a sadly broken menhir right beside a restaurant on the Cote Sauvage roadside. It's 4 metres high with another 2 metres broken from the top laying beside it. It is over 2 metres wide and only 30cm thick. It has a strangely shaped neighbour between it and the sea.
The second menhir is a sort of heart shaped menhir (no doubt due to breakage) which stands 3 metres high right beside the Cote Sauvage road opposite a little resta... Read More |
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| Beg-er-Goalennec 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice menhir, less than 3 metres tall, standing in heathland just beside the Cote Sauvage road and cliffs. A splendid position. It probably gets covered in sea spray in rough weather from the blow hole nearby. | 203 | 420 |
| Roc'h en Aud Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is a curious affair, right in amongst the houses. It has a sort of square chamber, 4 m by 4 m with an entrance in the middle of the eastern side. But around the top of the side slabs (three per side) is a sort of circle of capstones, overhanging the chamber. The top of the main chamber is not covered. It looks to me as if the covering was of a sort of large corbelling arrangement with the top stone gone. Intriguing. | 203 | 419 |
| Kerbourgnec Alignements | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | At low tide, from the beach at Kerbourgnec, can be seen the remains of these alignements. More than a dozen rows of stones can be seen, stretching for about 400 metres into the sea. These stones are associated to a cromlech (of which a few of the stones can be seen) and tumulus. | 203 | 418 |
| St-Pierre-Quiberon Alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Just beyond the cromlech, and towards the town centre and the sea can be found a pleasant little park with the remains of these alignements in it. The notice says that there are 23 stones in 5 parallel rows, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were many more dotted about in peoples gardens.
The stones are of all shapes and sizes, up to 4 metres tall. There's a lovely curved "sharks fin" in front of me as I sit and write this, and a diamond t... Read More |
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| Kerbougnec Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Found in amongst the houses of St-Pierre-Quiberon, this is nowadays a large semi circle of about 40 contiguous stones, average height about 1.8 metres. It is however just a small part of the remains of what was perhaps once an egg shaped enclosure, with a diameters of about 95 by 75 metres. It is to be found just off the main road along the peninsular, and is nowadays surrounding a tennis court in a very quiet little cul-de-sac. | 203 | 416 |
| Kerroc’h cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Oppsite to the dolmen, the gently arced wall around the house (a strange large gatewayed studio) is made up using many large stones. Perhaps there was once some sort of cromlech here, like that at Crucuny, perhaps the wall is made usong large stones from the ruined dolmen. | 203 | 415 |
| Kerroc'h Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | A 4 metre by 3 metre capstone sits one end in the air on two supports, while the other side is on the ground. There is one more bit of large stone here, which may be a support, or may be a broken bit of capstone. It would seem that the rest of the stones from this dolmen have been used to build the wall around the house opposite, a strange large gatewayed studio. But perhaps there was once some sort of cromlech here. | 203 | 414 |
| Carnac Musée de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | There is lots of stuff in here, found at various places in the locality. Some good explanations of the various types of dolmen and tumulus to be found, and some lovely replicas of many of the engraved stones to be found. Seems like I have seen most of these now. | 203 | 413 |
| Fontaine St Michel | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Following the path round the back of the tumulus looking to get a good photograph there was a sign to Fontaine St Michel which I followed. After a few hundred metres there is a nice little well with a little well house and offerings area above a clear pool of water slowly bubbling up from the ground.
I have no doubt that this spring has been here for thousands of years and indeed quenched the thirst of the men building the tumulus. And this t... Read More |
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| Saint-Michel tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 14th Jun 2005 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Very old and big. Visits inside no longer available like they were in the 1980s. | 203 | 411 |
| Kerluir Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | There's a big mound here on top of a hillock, to the east of the Kerluir menhir, but its all covered with gorse and blackthorn. However, there is a way through, and somewhere in the middle can be found this tiny little dolmen, which consists of a capstone sitting on two sidestones, with a few other stones in the vicinity. It wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't just a set of stones from an entry corridor, and that there is, or was, something much ... Read More |
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| Kerluir Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | This is a nicely shaped 4 metre high menhir in the middle of a field about 800 metres to the south of the Kermario alignements, and as such, the poor thing is a bit overshadowed. But I was taken with its leaning and its pointy top, and liked it a lot. To find this go down the track to the south of the Kermario dolmen, and then you will find it across the field a bit further to the south at the corner. | 203 | 409 |
| Kergavat Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Right beside the busy D.781 road just to the south of Plouharnel, can be found this dolmen. In fact, the road has cut through the entrance corridor. This would have been a fairly big standard dolmen with a 4 metre or 3 metre chamber with a corridor to the south east. The single capstone sits on several supports, but its hard to think of this as a good one, being cut by the road, adjacent to a house, overgrown with oats and underneath some powerli... Read More |
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| Kerzerho Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | It’s a pity about the busy road running through them, but they are here, looking superb in the sun and you can wander freely amongst them. However, I just want to get back now, having spent almost an hour fixing my bike. There is a Dutch couple here, the man spending ages taking photos with all sorts of kit. Three big bags worth. And wifey posing in front of the stones. These Dutch, eh ? There are a fantastic number of stones in the field here, s... Read More |
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| Mané Braz menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just the other side of the footpath to the Mané Braz dolmens, down the hill, is a line of large stones still standing, each about a metre high. There are many other stones. I have no idea what this may be. Maybe a wrecked tomb of some kind. | 203 | 403 |
| Kerjean Menhirs | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | Travelling along the Chemin des Megalithes, to the west of the Mané Braz dolmens, are to be seen several megaliths within the woods. These are the Kerjean menhirs, but I don’t have enough time to explore every single stone around here. This really is a cracking ride along this path. I can't recommend it highly enough. | 203 | 404 | |||
| Géants de Kerzerho | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Coming along the Chemin des Megalithes from the east, the first thing you see is a large menhir, more than 4 metres tall, at the side of the path, with a couple of smaller stones fallen beside it. Then you notice the fallen giant of the Pierre des Sacrifices, 6 metres long and nicely smoothed, upon which I sat writing this.
Then you see a path going behind this, which opens up through the undergrowth to reveal the whole row of Giants. It woul... Read More |
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| La Table du Sacrifice | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Pretty much in the middle of the Géants de Kerzerho are two fallen giants, more than six metres long. It looks like one of the flat fallen stones may have been used as a dolmen with a chamber underneath it. Perhaps they are not fallen giants. Maybe this is the true Pierre des Sacrifices. Maybe it was a fallen giant then used in later times for other purposes. Whatever this all is here, its a wonderful place. | 203 | 406 |
| Mané Braz tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 3 | I am surprised yet again. Up on a hilltop a few hundred metres from the Chemin des Megalithes trackway (use off road bike) is signposted Mané Braz, up a little footpath.
The first thing you see is a lot of stones, which upon inspection are a double transepted passage grave similar to Mané Groh dolmen. The main passage is about 7 metres long facing south east, and has 4 chambers at the northwestern end, which are about 2 m by 1.5 m each. Most ... Read More |
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| La Chaise de César | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Travelling along the Chemin des Megalithes, I was wondering what would surprise me next, and the first thing I come to along this path has done it already. What on Earth is this ? Loads of big stones in a wood just off the track.
At first it looked like another rectangle, but then I saw more stones. And more. And More. Some of them are quite big and well over 3 metres tall. Some are lined up, perhaps about 10 rows, with the biggest stone in e... Read More |
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| Coet-ar-Bei | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Travelling along the Chemin des Megalithes, I was wondering what would surprise me next, and the first thing I come to along this path has done it already. What on Earth is this ? Loads of big stones in a wood just off the track. At first it looked like another rectangle, but then I saw more stones. And more. And More.
Some of them are quite big and well over 3 metres tall. Some are lined up, perhaps about 10 rows, with the biggest stone in e... Read More |
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| Mané-Groh Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Now this is more like it. Signposted and kept tidy in a pleasant forest glade with a nearby carpark, this tomb is found a few hundred metres to the northeast of Crucuno village. It is a large transepted dolmen with a central entry corridor 7 metres long, and two pairs of side chambers, each being about 1.5 metres by 2 metres, at the rear, western end. Each of the side chambers, and the entry passageway is covered, but unfortunately the large caps... Read More |
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| Crucuno Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | What a lovely and unexpected find this was, not so much the expected semi-circular cromlech, but an almost complete rectangle of large stones. There are 22 remaining stones, on average 2 metres in height, arranged in a rectangle measuring about 33 metres by 25 metres. The long sides are aligned just about due east - west, with the shorter sides north - south.
It has been "restored" in 1882, but is supposedly a very accurate restoration job, a... Read More |
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| Crucuno Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Right in the middle of Crucuno hamlet is to be found this tremendous and much visited and photographed dolmen. The rectangular chamber is about 4 metres by 3.5 metres, covered by a single massive capstone which measures over 7 metres in length, perched on top of 9 support stones, with easily enough room to stand upright inside.
Unfortunately, a century or so ago, a house was built right next to it, and this has destroyed all but the last pair... Read More |
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| Tennad-er-Menguen Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Back to the overgrown sites again ! This one is down a lane then across a field before finding it in the undergrowth. Probably once upon a time this was quite a good dolmen with an entry passageway, there is a 3 metre diameter chamber with capstone, and a few stones of the entrance still standing, along with at least one capstone surviving. | 203 | 395 |
| Dolmen de Cosquer Er Mané | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A pleasant little dolmen well presented on a sort of village green to the north of the chapel. This is almost certainly the remains of the back end of a passage grave with most of the entry corridor removed, although a few stones and a capstone still remain. The chamber is about 3 metres by 3 metres, with a single large capstone resting on top of several side supports. The back stone has gone. | 203 | 394 |
| Runesto Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a pleasant dolmen still mostly within its mound, and in fact it has been cut down into with steps from the eastern side of the massive capstone. The chamber is about 3 metres by 3 metres, and the single capstone is held up on eight remaining side support stones, with plenty of room to stand up within. There are no longer any remains of its entry passageway which would have run off towards the east.
There are traces of engravings inclu... Read More |
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| Mané-Kerioned Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | This monument is in the process of being cleared of undergrowth at the time of my visit, so despite cutting and strimmers working around the place, I will get to see it. Perhaps the authorities are just starting on a major clear up of many of the ancient sites after years of neglect.
Much has been written about this place and the finds excavated here in the past, so I will not write much. This site has a collection of three passage graves, on... Read More |
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| Mané Keriaval | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Now this is a nice one, not only for the monument, but it is signposted and not being worn away by masses of visitors. Best of all, it has obviously been cleared within the last day or so of all the undergrowth which was here. About time I found one of these which was treated a bit better, and well looked after, although it must have been several years since the last time it was cleared judging by the size of some of the cuttings.
This must b... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Nauterio | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a pleasant little dolmen, sadly becoming very overgrown, which can be found about 50 metres up the track which leads northwest beyond Nauterio towards Keriaval. It has a 2.5 by 2 metre chamber, with a 6 to 7 metre entrance passageway which has a couple of its capstones still in place. The French Aeronavale are playing overhead in their Super Etendards. | 203 | 390 |
| Dolmen de Run Mori | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 13th Jun 2005 | I could not find this in dense gorse filled woodland, on a hill somewhere to the east of the lane leading to Nauterio. | 203 | 389 | |||
| Dolmen de Rosnual | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | A couple of kilometres north of Carnac along the D119 road, turn right towards Rosnual. Just beyond the campsite of the same name, go left up a farm track as the lane goes to the right. After about 50 metres, just beyond the first field wall on the left is the dolmen. You wouldn’t know it though, as its completely overgrown and used as a farmyard dump. I cant say a thing about the dolmen other than it is under there somewhere. There are traces of... Read More |
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| Kercado Tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Fantastic. This is getting a bit eroded away now, and I think it needs some better protection from all the visitors it gets. The monument consists of a 25 metre diameter round cairn, completely enclosing a wonderful dolmen chamber which is about 3 metres by 2.5 metres, and 2.3 metres high, which is entered via a passageway which opens up from the east. The chamber is covered by a single large capstone, which does not rest directly on top of the s... Read More |
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| Le Quadrilatere | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a quadrilateral of stones in the forest to the north of the alignements. It initially looks to me like the outside peristalith from a long gone passage grave, but closer inspection shows it to be more than that.
As I am here, a party of horse riders ride right through, and then a bus tour of people, who all turn up, take a picture, and then move on elsewhere. While here I met a couple of Brazilian ladies who saw I was writing, and cam... Read More |
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| Geant du Manio | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 13th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a 5 metre high menhir, fairly easily found and obviously very popular because of all the erosion around it. It is only 50 metres from the quadrilateral. It’s a very nice stone in the woodland, but I guess it can become a bit of a nightmare when crowded. | 203 | 385 |
| Cruz Menquen dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | In amongst the homes near to the sports facilities to the north of the town is Carnac's own dolmen. It is a small affair, with a 2.5 m by 2 metre capstone mounted on three support stones. On top of the capstone has been mounted a large, 2.5 metre tall cross. | 203 | 384 |
| Ménec alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Fantastic in the evening light, and I have them almost all to myself. | 203 | 383 |
| Ménec cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Curving around the Creperie at the western end of the Menec alignements, this almost contiguous semicircle of stones really is splendid, and most people who visit the nearby stones do not know that it is there, or think that it’s a wall. All sorts of other bits of the cromlech can be found in between the buildings of the Menec hamlet. This place really is magic without the people. | 203 | 382 |
| Kerlescan nord allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | The remains of this monument can be found at the eastern end of the Kerlescan alignements, around the back to the north, and in a wood. It is about 60 metres long by 8 metres wide tumulus, completely surrounded by a stone peristalith. Inside this mound is a 16 metre long lateral entrance allee couverte type structure, but unfortunately with only one remaining capstone at the western end. Its entry is from the southern side near the east end. The ... Read More |
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| Kerlescan cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 203 | 379 | |
| Kerlescan Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | I am not going to say much about the major Carnac alignements, except to say that they are all absolutely mind blowing. Even though I saw them all those years ago, the first sight of all those stones lined up is incredible, especially in the strong evening sunshine.
I cannot possibly do justice to these stones with my writing or photographs. I will say that the fences surrounding the stones are not obtrusive, unlike the fences at stonehenge, ... Read More |
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| Kermario Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | I am not going to say much about the major Carnac alignements, except to say that they are all absolutely mind blowing. Even though I saw them all those years ago, the first sight of all those stones lined up is incredible, especially in the strong evening sunshine.
I cannot possibly do justice to these stones with my writing or photographs. I will say that the fences surrounding the stones are not obtrusive, unlike the fences at stonehenge, ... Read More |
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| Kermario Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 203 | 377 | |
| Menhir du Moustoir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Just beside the western end of the massive Moustoir tumulus is a nice menhir, 3.3 metres high, quite thin and a nice pointed triangular shape. | 203 | 376 |
| Moustoir tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This massive great mound, 90 metres in length, 40 metres wide and 8 metres high, can be found just to the south of the hamlet of Moustoir, a few kilometres to the north of Carnac. The mound is aligned roughly Northeast to Southwest, and has a small menhir on the top at the eastern end, and a larger one at the bottom of the western end.
The menhir on the top of the tumulus is about 2.1 metres high and quite slender, and of a sort of circular s... Read More |
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| Mané-Brizil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 12th Jun 2005 | This dolmen is now within private property, but a few stones of what is possibly the dolmen with couloir can be seen inside the entrance of a large chateau like place, up the driveway entrance. | 203 | 374 | |||
| Crucuny Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | To the south of the hamlet of Crucuny, and marked on my map as a menhir, this ancient cromlech is now incorporated into a semicircular wall. There are several big stones to be seen, with smaller ones in between them, which in places are almost contiguous. | 203 | 373 |
| Menhir de Crucuny 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 12th Jun 2005 | On top of the tumulus, to the north of the hamlet, is a menhir, 2.8 metres tall, with axes carved on it. But it is all very overgrown and covered in gorse, and I could not get to see anything at close quarters. | 203 | 372 | |||
| Crucuny tumulus | Long Barrow | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | There is a large mound, 50 metres long and 13 metres high, to be seen just to the north of the hamlet, but all very overgrown and covered in gorse. On top of the tumulus is a menhir, 2.8 metres tall, with axes carved on it. | 203 | 371 |
| Dolmen de La Madeleine (Carnac) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Blimey, this dolmen is not hidden in dense woodland ! It is to be found in an open field at the top of a little raise, but the field was closed off with an electric fence, so I didn’t go in to see the dolmen at close quarters. | 203 | 370 |
| Le Petit Ménec | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | This is a nice place to explore on a hot afternoon, a nice walk in a cool woodland filled with stones. There are hundreds of them to be seen, lined up through the woods, mostly less than a metre tall but some reach up to about 2 metres. There are round ones, pointy ones, square ones, thick ones, thin ones, indeed all shapes and sizes. Look a bit further into the woods away from the footpath and you'll find more stones.
The lines seem to get c... Read More |
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| Kermarquer Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This one is much easier to find than its neighbour, but still involves 100 metres of fighting a way through gorse and bramble filled woodland. The monument is a strange one, with two chambers off of a single entry corridor. The main chamber, a rectangular 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres has no capstone, and leads straight off of the corridor. The second chamber is off to the side of this, with its entry at the side of chamber 1, and is about 1.5 m by 1... Read More |
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| Mané Bras | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | According to a signpost at the roadside, it is only a 500 metre walk along a bridlepath to this monument. However, in practice it involved crossing a swamp, negotiating woodland full of brambles and nettles, then crossing an open tract of heather, and last but by no means least, somehow getting through a gorse jungle.
Its a nice monument to find though, as two passagewayed dolmens look out of their mound at you upon finally reaching it. On th... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Mane Rohr | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 12th Jun 2005 | Despite being clearly marked on the map, besides the sports ground and with a footpath to it, I could find no way through the houses to the hilltop position in the real world. | 203 | 366 | |||
| Mané Roullarde | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | The remains of this monument are to be found on a hilltop site overlooking the yachting and seaside town of La Trinité-sur-Mer, now surrounded by expensive looking flats. There is an 18 metre long Allée Couverte known as Er-Groh, with only 4 capstones remaining in place, which faces southeast at 150°. Some of the side support stones have Pierres-Plates style engravings on them, but being exposed in this external situation, they are very difficult... Read More |
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| Kervehennec Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the north of the D781 road, in a little area behind Kervanhennic farm can be seen the remains of this fairly wrecked dolmen on top of a little granite hillock. There is not much more than a single 3 m by 2 metres capstone and a few support stones to be seen. It looks to have had a wall built into it in the past, and it is becoming overgrown. | 203 | 364 |
| Men-Milene | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 12th Jun 2005 | To the southwest of the Chat Noir roundabout is the hamlet of Kerangoff, where there can be found a dolmen and a menhir. The menhir proved impossible for me to find, hidden somewhere in the forest behind the houses amongst the ferns and gorse, despite a longish walk around all the area. | 203 | 363 | |||
| Kermané Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the southwest of the Chat Noir roundabout is the hamlet of Kerangoff, where there can be found a dolmen and a menhir. The dolmen is easy to find, right beside the track amongst the houses, but is very overgrown. It has a large 4 metre by 3 metre chamber with the capstone supported on 8 sidestones, and an iron bar. | 203 | 362 |
| Kerran Dolmens | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | From the busy Chat Noir roundabout to the south of Crac'h, take a small lane to the southeast, a few hundred metres along which you find a little clearing to the right of the lane within which this tomb resides. I was not quite sure what to make of it, there are two obvious chambers, both still with capstones, but there looks to be more. I think it was probably two dolmens with entrance corridors, probably both once contained within a single moun... Read More |
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| Kercadoret Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 12th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This nice little dolmen stands proud at the edge of its field, well hidden behind a big hedge beside the D718 road a few kilometres to the north of Locmariaquer. Look carefully, and there is a pathway through the hedge and wooded area. The dolmen is about 2.5 by 2 metres, and the single capstone sits on top of 6 support stones. | 203 | 360 |
| Kervéresse Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 12th Jun 2005 | I couldn’t be sure that I found this dolmen, what I did see was a bit of a mound covered in thick undergrowth in a private garden beside the D718 road to the north of Locmariaquer. | 203 | 359 | |||
| Pointe Er Hourél Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 3 | This dolmen is in just about the best position of any I have been to, out near the end of Er Hourel point in a little pinewood. Access is either by a fair walk from the nearest car park for Plage St Pierre, or the way I did it was by an excellent off road bike route from Locmariaquer, which took me along country lanes, across tidal weirs, up a creek, round some gardens and a few places where I had to carry the bike before reaching the last kilome... Read More |
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| Kerlud Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a simple chambered dolmen which has been incorporated into the end of a wall behind a farm in the hamlet of Kerlud. The single large capstone sits on top of several support stones around a 3.5 by 2.5 metre chamber, with dry stone walling filling the gaps between the slabs. The entrance is to the east, and there are traces of a mound. | 203 | 357 |
| Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | This famous angled passage grave with its many sculpted stones is right at the end of the Locmariaquer peninsular overlooking the sea, and still mostly within a small covering mound. The chamber turns about 45 degrees to the left after about 6 metres, with a side chamber bisecting the angle. From this corner, there is about another 10 metres of passage to the final chamber, seperated from the widening passage by a nicely carved stone. The carving... Read More |
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| Kerpenhir Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | About 3.5 metres tall, this menhir can be seen in the far hedge of a field, overlooking the entrance to the gulf of Morbihan, with all its boats racing in and out. What a superb position this would be if the hedge were not there ! The modern, sculpted menhir at Bilgroix stands right opposite on the eastern entrance to the gulf. | 203 | 355 |
| Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Blimey, whatever next ? This is a large mound of stones, just to the south of the village of Locmariaquer. A path leads up between the houses to the top of the tumulus, of which the shape and size are indeterminate due to the houses all around it. Once on top of the tumulus, a set of relatively modern steps cut downwards into the heart of the mound through the stones. Down it goes, round a corner, and then, 10 metres in and 5 metres down, there i... Read More |
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| Mane-Rethuel Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | I thought I had seen some pretty impressive megalithic constructions before, but the Locmariaquer ones are making me think again. This is a massively long passage grave, built in at least two different ages. The first stage is a 3 metre by 2 metre oval chamber at the end of a 10 metre passage opening at a bearing of 108°. At least one large ex menhir is used in the capstones of this passage.
Then at a later stage, a second 4 m by 3 m oval cha... Read More |
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| Mane Lud Dolmen | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is just a few hundred metres away from the famed sites at the Grande Menhir Brise, but it is not visited by many people, yet I think it is a better site than the Table des Marchands.
Still within its large long cairn of stones, it doesn’t look much from the outside, just a large broken capstone at the western end of the long mound. But a closer inspection shows there to be a passage down past a little chapel which has been built onto th... Read More |
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| La Table des Marchands | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Much has been written about this place by others already, and I wont spend valuable daylight by sitting and writing anymore for myself, except to say that it is all very different to what it was in 1987, and that the current thinking is that the Grand Menhir was once just one of 19 stood up in a row, and was toppled deliberately after only a couple of hundred years. The other menhirs were broken and used for other purposes. | 203 | 351 |
| Grand Menhir Brisé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Much has been written about this place by others already, and I wont spend valuable daylight by sitting and writing anymore for myself, except to say that it is all very different to what it was in 1987, and that the current thinking is that the Grand Menhir was once just one of 19 stodd up in a row, and was toppled deliberately after only a couple of hundred years. The othher menhirs were broken and used for other purposes. | 203 | 350 |
| Er-Grah tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Much has been written about this place by others already, and I wont spend valuable daylight by sitting and writing anymore for myself, except to say that it is all very different to what it was in 1987, and that the current thinking is that the Grand Menhir was once just one of 19 stood up in a row, and was toppled deliberately after only a couple of hundred years. The other menhirs were broken and used for other purposes. | 203 | 349 |
| Dolmen de Kerourang 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 11th Jun 2005 | To the west of Crac'h, down beside the Riviere de Crac'h can be found the remains of another monument which is another important angled passage graves, rather like Luffang, but still with some of its capstones. Besides this are the remains of several other monuments. | 203 | 348 | |||
| Dolmen de Kerourang 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 3 | I couldn’t find this dolmen marked on my map on my way to Luffang, but stopped for another look on the way back, after another look at the map. It was very difficult to find, but it is still there to be seen, well hidden under very thick undergrowth. What I eventually found was, near to the trackway a couple of capstones sit on top of a little passageway completely surrounded and covered by gorse.
I later find out that there are in fact two m... Read More |
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| Luffang Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Easily found in woodland near Luffang, just to the west of Crac'h, this is the remains of a long allée-couverte type structure, but with no coverstones remaining. The allée is not straight, but turns to the left about 45° after 6 metres of the entrance, before another 14 metres of stonelined passageway takes you to the end. Although there are no capstones, many of the sidestones remain in position, and its in nice cool woodland on this hot aftern... Read More |
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| Tombelles de Kernourz | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | The tombettes vary in size from about 10 metres in diameter downwards, and most are nowadays fairly flat. Most consist of the outline of some sort of burial chamber, with a surrounding circle of stones. Various chamber types are to be seen, from simple rectangles to full length stone lined passages. | 203 | 345 |
| Tumulus du Rocher | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Signposted, and with a parking area, this is a great find. There is a little walk along a wooded headland above the Bono river, and not knowing what to expect here, I was more than pleasantly surprised. It is signposted "Tumulus et Tombettes", and as well as a big tumulus, there are the remains of half a dozen or more smaller tumuli approximately in a line along the ridgetop.
The large tumulus is 30 metres in diameter and about 5 metres in h... Read More |
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| Kervengu Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | This is a nice looking dolmen in the middle of a field of sweetcorn, with no obvious access to it. From a distance, it looks like a single large capstone on top of three supports, but this is probably wrong. There is a tree growing beside it. | 203 | 343 | |
| Allée Couverte dite de Coguer Neguinan | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | In an area on top of a hill overlooking a stream is the hamlet of Le Palastre, with its dolmen. I found quite a few stones here, but was not sure what the official dolmen is ! There is lots of big stones around, none of which looked too convincingly like a dolmen as opposed to natural. The best fit to the map is a series of three large boulders in a row, in the front of somebodies garden right in the centre of the hamlet. There are also some sign... Read More |
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| Cohporh Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 11th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 3 | This poor menhir is totally enclosed by massive undergrowth, and just the top of the 3.5 metre tall stone can be seen poking its head out. It looks to be a good one in there somewhere. | 203 | 341 |
| Allée couverte du Net dit Clos-et-Bé | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just 40 metres from the nearby menhir can be seen a long mound, but which is completely overgrown in the middle of its field, which was empty at the time of my visit. Closer inspection reveals there to be many stones in the mound, and at least two capstones still in position on top of what is a 21 metre long allée-couverte. | 203 | 340 |
| Menhir de Clos-et-Bé 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This menhir which is about 3 metres tall, and just 40 metres from its neighbouring dolmen, is getting swamped by undergrowth in the middle of a field, which was empty at the time of my visit. It has got some lovely lichens growing all over the the sparkly granite. | 203 | 339 |
| Saline est menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | This is a little menhir, probably broken, and not much more than a metre in height, just inside somebodies front garden, but easily visible from the road. | 203 | 338 |
| Pointe de Men Maria dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This poor little dolmen is walled in within a carpark, which I suppose at least protects it a bit. It is superbly situated on a little headland which seperates the Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys harbour from the beach - a very desireable place apart from the car park.
The dolmen is a simple dolmen with a little corridor, but it is not too easy to make it all out, there was possibly a lot more of it once, and it has probably been much modified. the sin... Read More |
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| Petit Mont | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 2 | This enormous cairn, built between 4600 and 2500 BC is on a headland jutting into the sea to the south of the Arzon peninsular. The whole headland is now owned by the local government, and is undergoing major restoration work. The cairn is now well fenced off, and visits were closed for the day when I arrived, so the best I could do was to look at it from a few places through the fence.
There were two large chambers within it originally, with... Read More |
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| Bilgroix Point Menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Right on the tip of the northern headland at the eastern entrance to the Golfe de Morbiihan, is a nice little parkland area. Within this is a nice modern menhir which has been carved into Mama Mari, the lady of the sea. It is most convincing, and it is nice to sit here watching all the boats nipping about with some tremendous overfalls as the tide rushes into the gulf. There is somebody arsing around out there, reversing a yacht out through all t... Read More |
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| Bilgroix allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This is an unusual monument, right near to the end of the northern headland at the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan, said to date from around 2700BC and unique in western France. It is an allée-couverte with a passage about 10 metres long, but other than a large slab at the back (western) end, it was made completely out of small stone blocks and drystone walling, with capstones placed on top of this. The long mound surrounding the passageway has... Read More |
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| Île Longue tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 10th Jun 2005 | I took a walk out to the Pointe de Penbert, from where the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan can clearly be seen, and all the many islands within the gulf. It is a smashing day with a good breeze, and lots and lots of sailing boats are out having fun. There's a cracking tacking duel going on between two large single handed craft as I was writing. It all looks lots and lots of fun.
Just offshore can be seen the islet of Er Lannic, with its dou... Read More |
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| Gavrinis Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 10th Jun 2005 | I took a walk out to the Pointe de Penbert, from where the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan can clearly be seen, and all the many islands within the gulf. It is a smashing day with a good breeze, and lots and lots of sailing boats are out having fun. There's a cracking tacking duel going on between two large single handed craft as I was writing. It all looks lots and lots of fun.
Just offshore can be seen the islet of Er Lannic, with its dou... Read More |
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| Er Lannic | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Saw from a distance | 10th Jun 2005 | I took a walk out to the Pointe de Penbert, from where the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan can clearly be seen, and all the many islands within the gulf. It is a smashing day with a good breeze, and lots and lots of sailing boats are out having fun. There's a cracking tacking duel going on between two large single handed craft as I was writing. It all looks lots and lots of fun. Just offshore can be seen the islet of Er Lannic, with its double ... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Grah-Niol | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This initially looks to be an allée-couverte type monument, but which has been dated to about 5000BC, so is much older than a standard allée-couverte. It is still largely within its mound, but was restored in 1936 with the help of lots of concrete.
It is about 11 metres long, and has a stele placed outside of it near to the entrance which is at the east. There is a large end chamber at the west, and also a side chamber. Many of the upright st... Read More |
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| Tumiac tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | As driving towards this from the east, it suddenly appears from behind something, before you arrive at the parking area and information sign beside the road. Whoooa, it’s a biggun ! It is said in legend that it is the place from where Caesar watched a great naval battle out to sea to the south of here, but there is not expected to be any truth in this, although from the top there is a tremendous view all around.
The mound is 86 metres in diam... Read More |
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| Kermaillard Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This 5.2 metre tall menhir, which was re-erected in 1988, stands in a pleasant little grassy area with an information sign. The stone is flat on one side, rounded on the other, and has been shaped to a point at the top. There are carvings on the stone, many small cupules, and near the base of the flat side, a very clear square with a crescent shape protruding from one corner, which reminded me of a saucepan. | 203 | 328 |
| Dolmen dit Lannek-er-Men | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a little dolmen sat on a green area outside a very pretty house. It has a little oval chamber, 3 metres by 2 metres, with an entrance to the east where there was perhaps once an entrance passageway. The two capstones sit on several side slabs, and the floor is paved with large stones also, but it is only about half a metre in height. | 203 | 327 |
| Dolmens des Grays | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Walking to the west along the coast path from the big carpark near the beach at Penlann headland, and you get to the remains of this large cairn after about 500 metres. It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary. Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, t... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Crapaud | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Perched on its clifftop, overlooking the sea and a nice sandy beach, from certain angles this does indeed look like a toad poking its head up. Much of the original tomb is no longer with us due to erosion of the cliffs, and what remains is a capstone perched on top of a few small uprights. The capstone is less than 2 metres by 2 metres, but it is in a really splendid position.
The dolmen can be found by walking to the east along the coast pat... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Pointe du Scal | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This site, nearby the Pierre Blanche, is now marked by the ign as a seperate burial chamber besides the Pierre Blanche menhir.
Trehiguier menhir, La Pierre Blanche, is a large white quartz block found down Allée de Megalithe, and at the left just before the end of the road at a boatyard, or fish factory. It is about 2.5 metres high, and 1.5 metres square at the base. About 10 metres away is a large grey slab with some holes, and many other s... Read More |
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| La Pierre Blanche (Trehiguier) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Trehiguier menhir, or Pierre Blanche, is a large white quartz block found down Allée de Megalithe, and at the left just before the end of the road at a boatyard, or fish factory. It is about 2.5 metres high, and 1.5 metres square at the base.
About 10 metres away is a large grey slab with some holes, and many other stones. I dont know whether these other stones are the remains of anything ancient or not. It looks to me like it could be two fa... Read More |
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| Pointe de Cofréneau cairn | Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 9th Jun 2005 | I had a long walk around the coastal path here, after parking the campervan for the night, but I could not find any sign at all of this. It is probably in a garden or underneath lots of thick gorse and undergrowth. | 203 | 322 | |||
| Dolmen de Méarzenne | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Couldn't find | 9th Jun 2005 | I had a long walk around the coastal path here, after parking the campervan for the night, but I could not find a way to access the wood within which this dolmen lives, as there are lots of big holiday homes and houses with big fenced gardens surrounding it all. | 203 | 321 | |||
| Menhir de Condé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | In the midst of an industrial estate, sandwiched between a quarry and France's equivalent of Middlesbrough, with all the chemical works beside the Loire estuary, and not to forget the nearby airport and motorway, this poor stone doesn’t seem to stand a chance. However, here it still is in a hayfield amongst all the noise. The stone is probably three and a bit metres tall, with the top almost certainly broken off. | 203 | 320 |
| Revin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Saw from a distance | 9th Jun 2005 | I found nowhere to stop near here on the horribly busy road with everyone rushing home from work in St Nazaire. However, I don’t let it beat me that easily, and eventually found somewhere to stop and wallk back to where the dolmen is marked on the map. Once I got there, I could see no way into the field, but could see lots of stones in a heap on top of a mound. | 203 | 319 | |||
| Dolmen de la Barbière | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen appears in all the tourist literature, and is signposted for miles around, yet when you get there it is fenced off in private land, although in this case easy enough to access to nearby.
As with a few other dolmens around here, I struggled to identify just what it is the remains of. There are lots of big stones on a little hill top, with one large capstone sitting on three support stones nearest to the road, but there is much more... Read More |
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| Le Fuseau de la Madeleine | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is another one that, despite being signposted from the main road, and from several miles away, is inside a double fenced and ditched field, with no obvious access. It is a nice stone this, and must be about 5 metres high, with a possibly shaped outline, pointed at the top, and is covered in nice yellow lichens. | 203 | 317 |
| Karlane Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Saw from a distance | 9th Jun 2005 | Not far from Bergnon are two dolmens marked down a little lane. I walked down the lane but couldn’t really find anything, although I was assured by a passing chap on a bike, that it is possible to access both dolmens. But the barriers, crops and hedges here made it all too much effort for probably little gain, so I didn't try too hard. A bit further down the lane, a few stones which are probably remnants of the second dolmen could be seen on top ... Read More |
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| Soriniere Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 9th Jun 2005 | Not far from Bergnon are two dolmens marked down a little lane. I walked down the lane but couldn’t really find anything, although I was assured by a passing chap on a bike, that it is possible to access both dolmens. But the barriers, crops and hedges here made it all too much effort for probably little gain, so I didn't try too hard. The first dolmen to be accessed is on the left side of the lane under a thick hedge across a field of barley, wh... Read More |
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| Roche Aux Loups | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This dolmen is signposted from the main road, but when you get there down the farm track, its fenced off in a field with no access signs, but you get a good view across the field. It’s a simple dolmen with a capstone which looks to be precariously balanced on just two supports, although a view from further down the lane confirms there to be a third support stone. | 203 | 314 |
| Dolmen Du Riholo | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a nice site, up on top of a mound surrounded by forest, although it was difficult to make out what exactly remains here. It seems to be a T shaped arrangement, perhaps an east west oriented chamber with an additional northern part ? I must try to look it up somewhere. Basically, what remains are lots of stones on top of a big mound, with one or two capstones still in place. | 203 | 313 |
| La Pierre De Len Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | This was a tricky one to find. Not only is it in the middle of a swamp, but the road leading towards it from St-Lyphard was closed for rebuilding work. However, I persevered, expecting to find a nice big stone. But after quite some walking along farm tracks and aacross boggy marshy swampland, it was in fact quite small. It must have sunk into the swamp, which is what happened to me when I got quite near to it, and ended up with soaking wet smelly... Read More |
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| Kerbourg Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 9th Jun 2005 | I thought there was another dolmen to be found here and there is. Its just that I thought it was between the first dolmen and the windmill whereas it’s a bit further on down the road I was mixing the two up with their positions on the map. Damnabbit. | 203 | 311 | |||
| Kerbourg Dolmen 1 | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is what looks like a little allée-couverte, and is actually signposted and with a little clearing around it for visits. It is to be found just behind the Moulin a Fée, a prototype wind generator built inside an old windmill, and looking just like an old windmill except with a modern whirring sound rather than the old style noises which would be expected.
The chamber is about 6 metres long by 1 metre wide, and faces southeast at 125°. The... Read More |
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| La Pierre Blanche (Kerbourg) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 2 | They really don’t want people looking at their megaliths around here. There are no signs, nowhere to stop, and everything overgrown and behind double barbed wire fences, with hedges and brambles growing in between them. The menhir can be seen from the roadside across the far side of a field, but there seems to be no way to get near it. | 203 | 309 |
| Kerdanestre Menhir Christianisé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a smallish menhir which has been sculpted into a cross and mounted on a pedestal at an ancient road junction. The stone is about 1.5 metres tall above the pedestal, and sparkles beautifully in the sunshine. It looks to have probably been recently restored. | 203 | 308 |
| Keralio Croix Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 9th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a tall thin menhir sculpted into a cross, mounted on a nice flower filled pedestal on the village green at Keralio. The stone is probably about 2.5 metres tall, and obviously well looked after. | 203 | 307 |
| Rocher Du Rohain | Rock Outcrop | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 1 | 4 | 3 | I spent ages trying to find this, and in the end found what was a natural granite outcrop on a little mound, up a trackway round the back of some houses. It looked to me like a couple of stones have been moved and sculpted, and may be the remains of some form of burial monument. However, I later found out that the proper dolmen here is not at the rock outcrop, but somewhere to the northwest of it. I went back in the morning for another look, but ... Read More |
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| Croix de Sandun Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Despite asking, this dolmen was a difficult one to find. I parked and walked up Rue de la Butte expecting to find it there, but all I found was a natural rock outcrop with a cross on top However, the dolmen remains are about 50 metres to the north of this hillock, well hidden in the undergrowth.
There is not much to see of what was once an Allee Couverte, just a couple of stones left standing. There is the backstone and one sidestone standing... Read More |
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| La Grée Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 8th Jun 2005 | At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area. Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought that fi... Read More |
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| Menhir de Couëtcas | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 8th Jun 2005 | At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area.
Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought tha... Read More |
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| Pierre Pointue (Paimboeuf) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | In the southeastern area of the town of Paimboeuf, amongst a housing estate, can be found a Rue de la menhir. Following this road from the main road, there is a right angled bend to the right, and a couple more older houses before you get to a building site for new houses. The menhir is somewhere down here, but well enough hidden that I couldnt find it. I asked an old gent who was out in his garden where the menhir was. He was delighted that I wa... Read More |
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| Cassis Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In the middle of a field of Barley, this large menhir is signposted from the village. | 203 | 301 |
| La Haute Gedeliere Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 3 | I don’t think they want you to see this dolmen, although it is signposted from the road and again at the site. Firstly, I had to contend with a "Danger, Taureau" (danger, bull) sign, and then after this a couple of barbed wire fences. The dolmen is about half a kilometre across the second field, and in the end of a garden backing onto it, with masses of bushes and brambles guarding it. The poor remains are in a right old state, and seem to be use... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Pierre Bonde | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 8th Jun 2005 | I found a signpost pointing down a track to this menhir, but could only park the campervan by blocking the lane. Following the track, it divided into three, and there was no indication which way to go to the menhir. I had a quick look along two of the possible directions, but I found no stone before I decided I had better move on. I have since found that the stone may be quite some distance walk along one of the tracks, but which one I still do n... Read More |
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| Les Pierres Blanches (Corsept) | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | At first I thought that there were three small menhirs here, not much more than a metre in height or fallen, but upon closer inspection (from a distance due to them being in a farmyard with a very active guard dog) it looked more like two menhirs and a pile of stone. There are perhaps others nearby. | 203 | 298 |
| Megerie Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This is a nearly 3 metres tall menhir, signposted down a little track at the hamlet of La Mégerie, in a field full of cows. It makes a strange hollow sound when I tapped it, perhaps its cracking apart, or perhaps its magic ! | 203 | 297 |
| Le Riverais 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Just beside the road in the hamlet of Riverais, to the west of St-Père-en-Retz, can be found this menhir beside a farmyard entrance. Its about 2.5 metres tall, but looks like the top has been broken off. | 203 | 296 |
| Chevanou Menhir | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Still further north up the D.5 road from Chauvé, is he Chevanou menhir, right by the roadside. This one is quite famous for its bottle shape, but this is only apparent in one view, from edge on. The stone is over 4 metres high and 3 metres wide, and from this view it is more sharks fin shaped than bottle shaped in profile. Just beside it is another large stone. A fallen menhir companion maybe ? Its hard to say for sure. | 203 | 295 |
| Platennes Menhirs | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | A bit further on past the Pierre Le Matz up the D.5 road north of Chauvé, these menhirs are signposted on the right. It is hard to tell exactly what was once here, but it was probably pretty impressive. The first thing you see is a lot oof broken stones, which was once a menhir which has been toppled and broken into many pieces. Then just the other side of the lane are seen three more menhirs in a row, now all fallen, and facing towards the broke... Read More |
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| La Pierre Le Matz | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 8th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a nice shaped menhir, about 4 metres tall. It is signposted up the D.5 road north of Chauvé, and in a little fenced off area. | 203 | 293 |
| La Table Submergée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Saw from a distance | 8th Jun 2005 | Out in the sea and mudflats, a kilometre or two off from the northeastern coast of Ile Noirmoutier, is a dolmen which can be seen at low tide. I reckon I can see it through my binoculars, there's a very table like rock out there, and nothing else to be seen. There is a boat moored nearby, probably fishing. | 203 | 292 | |||
| La Pointe de l'Herbaudière dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Couldn't find | 7th Jun 2005 | I camped for the night at the large campsite which now occupies most of the northern point of the Ile Noirmoutiers, but could find no signs of any dolmen. The chap running the campsite said he had no knowledge of any dolmen there. There are however, lots of concrete bunkers, blockhouses and gun emplacements, no doubt built by the Germans in World War 2 as part of the Atlantic defenses. These have no doubt been built on and destroyed any dolmen wh... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée de Soullans | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In a little forest clearing beside the busy D. 69 road to the south of Challons, I found this stone because of the restaurante of the same name. It is a big stone, 4 metres high, more than 3 metres wide and 1 metre thick. It suffers badly from vandalism and graffitti, including lots of hippy crap in English. Nearby is a Rue de Pierre Levée, and a sign to menhir which I followed thinking that there might be another. I couldnt find anything, and so... Read More |
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| La Palissonnière | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In a field of barley, just to the south of the D.82 road to the northwest of Commequiers village, can be found this menhir. However, as is often the case, there is a way through to it by following through some tracks made by the tractor wheels. It is about 2.5 metres high, 2 metres wide and has one or two strange shapes in the grey stone. | 203 | 289 |
| La Pierre Folle (Commequiers) | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Once a very nice example of an Angevin type dolmen, this has now mostly collapsed. Only three support stones are left standing, with a part of the capstone on top of them. The chamber would have been rectangular, 5 metres by 3 metres, and over 2 metres in height. The entrance is as usual to the east, and only the eastern part of the dolmen is still standing, with the rest of the stones being a bit of a jumble, although the basics can still be mad... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée de Soubise | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | I cant see much of a future for this poor little dolmen, which is currently pleasantly situated on a little mound on some sandy heathland. Marker tape and trenches are set out around it, with diggers and other heavy plant, and I would think that before too long this whole area will be a building site for yet more holiday homes in this very popular beach and holiday area.
The dolmen is a simple thing, with its 2.5 by 2 metre capstone sat at a ... Read More |
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| La Meinge du Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Couldn't find | 7th Jun 2005 | I found a signpost to this one, but despite walking along every track and footpath in the vicinity, I found no semblance of any menhir. I wish that when there are signposts from the road, they are followed up later. I must have walked many miles in the baking hot sun here. At least it should be doing me good. | 203 | 286 | |||
| Menhir de la Crulière | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Signposted from the road, 0.5 kilometres walk, and having a little white signpost at the field entrance, I somehow walked right past, and took ages before I turned round and came back. How on earth did I miss it ? I probably wasted almost an hour here ! The menhir, 2.4 metres tall, and a triangular block of white granite, is in a field which is well fenced. The sign tells me that it is the last of four megaliths which existed in the commune of Br... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Conche-Verte | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 7th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | In a little forest clearing amongst the sand dunes to the north of Olonnes-sur-Mer, this 2 metre tall granite menhir is easily found due to the signposted footpaths. It leans slightly and has a pointed top. I suspect that there are others around here buried under the sand dunes. | 203 | 284 |
| Les Pierres Jumelles | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | The Pierres Jumelles, or twin stones, are set into a little area beside the old road (which has now been bypassed twice) opposite to the aptly named Chateau Pierre Levée. The two 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. They are set about 6 metres apart from each other. The pink stone reall... Read More |
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| Puy Durand menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Couldn't find | 6th Jun 2005 | 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. | 203 | 282 | |||
| C.A.I.R.N. | Museum | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | What a nice find this is. In an area of numerous menhirs and dolmens is this lovely “living” museum which is easily found and signposted from all around. CAIRN (Centre Archéologique d'Initiation et de Recherche sur le Néolithique) is not only a museum with the usual displays of things and exhibitions but is a research and learning centre which delights in demonstrating ancient ways to people especially children.
When I Visited there was a fa... Read More |
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| Fontaine Saint Gré menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In the hedge beside the little lane which leads to the Fontaine Ste Gré, just beside the entrance to the field within which the spring is, can be found this menhir. It is about 2.5 metres tall, but very well hidden and overgrown within the hedge. The other menhir is somewhere in a hedge beside the big pond below the spring, inside a private garden. I couldn’t find this one. | 203 | 279 |
| Fontaine Saint Gré tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | Not far from the Fontaine Ste Gré spring is the remains of a large long mound. At the eastern end of this mound is a large granite slab, which is the remains of a burial chamber. | 203 | 278 | |
| Fontaine Saint Gré | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | This is an ancient spring and little pond in amongst some large granite blocks. The spring water seeps into the little pond from out of a fissure in one of the granite slabs at the side, from quite well above the water line.
There are two menhirs, a tumulus and ruined dolmen within a hundred metres of the spring, although they are quite difficult to determine amongst the natural stone in the area. The Fontaine is signposted from nearby and in... Read More |
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| La Garnerie menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Saw from a distance | 6th Jun 2005 | 4 | 2 | This is a great big menhir in a field of barley, and there was no way I was going to get to it. I would estimate it to be 4 to 5 metres tall and it is nicely rounded. My gps position is to the field gate from where it can be seen. | 203 | 276 | |
| Alignement dit de La Petite Pierre | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Just outside the grounds of the chateau, along the little lane which runs to the south west from Avrillé, can be found this nice setting of three stones at the roadside in a little grassy clearing. Two 2.5 metre tall stones are positioned either side of a 5.5 metre high monster. All have been shaped, and the back face of all three stones is very flat. Thinking about this, it is probably the front face of each stone which is flat, and these face t... Read More |
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| Menhirs du Bois du Fourgon | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Couldn't find | 6th Jun 2005 | There are several sets of alignements to be found in the grounds of the Chateau, of which you have to pay for entry to be able to get in and see them. I didn’t have tome to do a tour of the Chateau, so was not able to visit these stones, of which at least three rows exist. | 203 | 274 | |||
| La Sulette Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 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. It is a small Angevin dolmen, with a 2 metre by 2 metre chamber made using 4 side stones with drystone walling between them. It has a single capstone, and again, it has a smoothed slab on the floor. The chamber opens to the outside at the east, where there is a small entrance portal. | 203 | 273 |
| Créchaudes Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Unless I somehow missed this dolmen, it is a wreck, not much more than several stones in a field. Alternatively, it may still be in its mound, of which there is an overgrown example at the side of the field. | 203 | 272 |
| Menhirs du Plessis | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | At this site, there was once an equilateral triangle of three large menhirs, each 100 metres apart, but now only two remain after the eastern one was destroyed in 1860. They are easily found and well signposted in the locality.
The northern stone is a lovely dressed menhir 7.5 metres tall. It fell and was re-erected in 1977.
The southern menhir is much smaller than its neighbour, at about 4 metres high, but again is a very nicely dressed ... Read More |
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| Pey de Fontaine | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | The largest prehistoric monument in the departement of Vendée, this is a large stone cairn which contains two dolmens with entry passageways. Estimated to be 6000 years old, the cairn is rectangular, about 35 metres by 30 metres and is built with several drystone wall steps. The two chambers each have entry corridors of 20 metres length, opening out to the southeast.
However, the monument is not much to look at at present, as it is undergoing... Read More |
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| Pierre qui Vire (Russelet) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The Pierre qui Vire is a nice lichen covered stone, about 4 metres tall, 3 metres wide, and made from Gris rock - the only large menhir in this region which is, all others being made from granite.
The Pierre qui Vire, or the turning stone, is said to turn around each night, either at midnight, or the first call of a cockerel. I thought I'd found a stone row here, but it turns out that the other stones lined up with it in the field are relativ... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Grand-Bouillac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 6th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This is a mid sized dolmen with entrance passageway. The main chamber is about 3 metres square with its single capstone slightly fallen. As with many of the dolmens around here, it has a smoothed limestone slab as a floor. There are a couple of entrance passage stone pairs, one of these still with its capstone.
There is a sign which states that until a century ago, there were many menhirs within a few hundred metres of this dolmen, which was ... Read More |
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| Shaugh Moor South Cairn Circle | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Holne Ridge 2 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Holne Ridge 6 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Holne Ridge 5 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Menhir du tumulus du Moustoir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Jun 2006 | ||||||
| Camp de César Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This large menhir is the only survivor of what was until the last century three stones here, set in an arrangement like the surviving Alignment de la Pierre. At 8.7 metres tall and nicely shaped and dressed, the stone, known as Le Roi des Menhirs (King of the menhirs) is so big that it was not destroyed, and has now had a municipal park created around it.
It is right outside the back of the local Mairie, and is a nice central feature to the g... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Boilière | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This 4 metre tall menhir fell in 1964, but has been re-erected only with the help of two cranes in the 1980s after they had failed to put it back up manually. It is a nicely shaped stone, and has at its foot another stone, which has several cupules and other markings cut into it. It is well signposted from the village of Avrillé, and is a pleasant evening stroll. | 203 | 264 |
| Frébouchère Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Easily found and signposted to the north of the village of Le Bernard, this wonderful dolmen has a little parking and picnic area. Ooooh, it’s a whopper, and absolutely fantastic !
It is a large Angevin dolmen with a main chamber 6.5 metres long by 3.5 metres wide, covered by a single massive capstone (now cracked into two parts) 2 metres high off the ground. There are three side stones along each side, and a single massive backstone at the ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Savatole 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The remains of this dolmen are in the middle of a field of barley, and are not easy to get to, but following some tractor wheel marks it was possible for me to get to it without doing any damage to the crop (and I was not the first).
This dolmen is larger, but less complete than the first two dolmens here. What would appear to be a 4 metre by 2.5 metre chamberis only covered at the western end by a capstone resting on three support stones. As... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Savatole 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Like dolmen number 3, this dolmen was excavated in 1906 and has been restored. It is a simple dolmen with a 2.5 by 2.5 metre chamber with a single capstone, these days supported on 3 side stones with remains of a couple more.
Strange thing here is the carved floorstone, which has been cut down to make a flat floor, a bit like the Pierres Closes. I had seen this effect at a couple of dolmens in the Cognac region, but assumed then that it was a... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Savatole 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | I was not expecting to find these, as I had no previous information about them, and they are not marked on my map. However they are signposted just to the north of the village of Le Bernard, where there is an Ecole des Dolmens! Excellent.
Right beside the little lane to the north of the village, this dolmen would appear to have an oval chamber 3 metres long by 2.5 metres wide, with a single capstone covering it. There are also other stones whi... Read More |
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| Cour du Breuil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Right by the roadside, this is a pleasant dolmen to find, with the large skeletal remains standing slightly hidden by a surrounding hedge, from where they suddenly jump out at you as you pass.
The main chamber would have been about 4 metres by 2 metres, but the single remaining capstone covers only half of this, balanced as it is on 3 side slabs at 1.5 metres above the ground. There are plenty of other stones laying around, and the remains ar... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Pierres Folles du Plessis | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This possible Angevine dolmen resides in a little wooded picnic area beside the lane to the south of the busy D.949 road to the east of Avrillé. The chamber would have been 5 metres long by 2 metres wide, but the eastern end has collapsed and broken badly, so its difficult to tell. The remains of a 4 metre by 3 metre capstone lie fallen into the chamber, although it is still supported at the western end. The mass of jumbled stone at the east end ... Read More |
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| Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | All I could find where this stone should be was a fallen smoothed stone at the roadside, but I could find nowhere to safely stop and have a good look around. It's about 3 metres long by 2 metres wide. | 203 | 256 |
| Petites Jaunières | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Inside a field just to the west of the D.85 road south of Le Givre, but very difficult to get at or take a picture of because of the ditch, fence and hedge surrounding its field ! I estimate it to be about 3 metres tall, and sort of pointed. | 203 | 255 |
| Pierre Levée de Chenillée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a nicely smoothed and shaped menhir, which must be about 4.5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre thick. It is just off a farm track beside the road, and is signposted. | 203 | 254 |
| Dolmen dit la Pierre-Levée (La Jarne) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This is a nice little dolmen sitting at the edge of the playing fields just outside the back of the church in the village of La Jarne. I am not sure exactly how original this dolmen is, as it looks like it might be a relatively modern reconstruction, and is stood in a gravel area with tell tale plastic sheeting under the new gravel surroundings. I could find no information about it. | 203 | 253 |
| Dolmen dit la Pierre Fouquerée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This dolmen is not so easy to find as its neighbour, La Pierre Levée, but is in the middle of a field of maize to the west of the farm of Bois des Mottes near the village of Ardillières. The 3 metre by 2 metre limestone capstone sits at an angle on top of one full support stone, and several other broken stones. The chamber is very neatly rectangular, about 3 m by 2 m, and the builders of this one did a very fine job of squaring and lining up the ... Read More |
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| La Pierre Levée (Ardillières) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice pleasant simple little dolmen, just into a field of wheat about 30 metres from a farm track to the south of the village of Ardillières. The capstone sits proudly atop its three upright supports, making a chamber about 2 metres long by 1.5 metres wide and almost 2 metres high. It sits almost at the top of a little hillock in amongst the marais, and can be seen for miles around. On the inside of the chamber, the western side support ... Read More |
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| Pierres Closes de Charas 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | About three or four hundred metres away from the first Pierres Close, in the middle of a field planted with sweetcorn on a bearing of 295°, can be seen a second large stone. After walking most of the way round the field, I could gain access from the far side. It is another large rock with an oval chamber cut into it, but this time there is only half of the chamber and no capstone remaining.
Two good interesting finds to start the day, I have ... Read More |
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| Pierres Closes de Charas 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 5th Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Its an odd one this, an oval shaped chamber about 1.7 metres long, 1 metre wide and 0.7 metres high has been carved out of a big block of rock. On top of this is a limestone capstone full of holes and cavities filled with lichens and wild flowers.
It can be found just to the northwest of the historic Naval town of Rochefort, amongst the marshes of the Charente river estuary. Not signposted, but marked on my ign map, I drove along some windy l... Read More |
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| La Pierre Levée (Oleron) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Couldn't find | 4th Jun 2005 | I looked all around the Pierre Levée farm, but could see nothing obvious, so I asked. I was told that there was once a dolmen here, but that it had been destroyed, and nothing remains of it today. | 203 | 248 | |||
| Dolmen d'Ors dit la Piare | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 4th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Remains of a once fairly large burial mound with several chambers contained within it, now fairly well destroyed, on the southern tip of the Ile d’Oleron, within the community of Le Château-d'Oléron. The remains of this dolmen are easily found, but not signposted, right beside the seawall in a little picnic area right at the southeastern tip of Ile d’Oleron where the road bridge makes landfall. If you get to the first building (a restaurant) fro... Read More |
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| Soubise Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Couldn't find | 4th Jun 2005 | These two dolmens are within the confines of an airfield, which has a big military base on the northern side of the runway, and a little flying club at the south. I could not get to very near to where the dolmens are marked on my map, so didn’t try very hard to get close enough for a photo. | 203 | 246 | |||
| Buffletizion Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Couldn't find | 4th Jun 2005 | I found Buffetision just to the southeast of trizay, but there were no signs of any dolmen. Perhaps it is in the grounds of the chateau. | 203 | 245 | |||
| Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (La Vallée) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 4th Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a bit more like it. Signposted to the north of the village of La Vallée, behind the churchyard along Rue du Dolmen, this dolmen is lovingly looked after in a nicely tended little area of grass on its mound amongst some trees.
It seems to be the remains of a large double chambered tomb, the main chamber being about 4 metres by 3.5 metres at the east of the mound, with a massive capstone now on the ground amongst the remains of about 10... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Bois de la Grosse Pierre (Sainte-Radegonde) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Couldn't find | 4th Jun 2005 | I had a good look around for this one, down into the woods from at least two tracks, and got told some directions on how to find it, but it is well hidden in thick woodland somewhere, and I thought there are better things to do with my time than wander round in the forest for hours on end. | 203 | 243 | |||
| La Pierre Levée (Sablonceaux) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 4th Jun 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Signposted from the D.XXX road to Sablonceaux, this dolmen is about a kilometre walk along a track through the forest, but there are no more signs and it’s a guess as to which way to go at several junctions. I kept to the biggest track at each option, and eventually there it was to the right of the pathway. It has a little noticeboard, but there is not much more to see, just a pile of three stones in a little hollow. While I was here, the area ar... Read More |
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| Sechebec Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 4th Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This dolmen comes with its own block of flats, "Residence du Dolmen", which is currently for sale, in the western outskirts of Cognac, not too far from the big sports centre.
The 4.5 by 2.5 metre chamber is covered by a single large capstone, held up on 8 external support stones and with another stone on the inside, but it is not very high off the ground. It would not surprise me at all if this has been somewhat modified for safety reasons, a... Read More |
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| Garde Epée Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 4th Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is a big dolmen, the chamber of which is about 4 metres in length by 3 metres wide and 2 metres high. It has a single large backstone, with two side stones on the south side, only one on the north (the other is missing) and one at the eastern end. The capstone is two pieces, the larger western stone having several delightful holes in it and a warning sign saying not to climb onto it or stand underneath, as the stone is cracked and ready to b... Read More |
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| La Motte a Poljeau | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 3rd Jun 2005 | To the north of the Couvoisier town of Jarnac, near the village of Métairies is marked a tumulus. I thought I'd found a massive tumulus in about the right place in amongst some trees, but a closer inspection didn’t show there to be an obvious tumulus there. It was getting late, so i didnt look too much harder, as its time to stop for the day. | 203 | 239 | |||
| Courades Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Probably once very similar to the St Fort dolmen, but this one has collapsed, probably fairly recently, and the capstone is now in several fragments on the ground. The chamber was once 5 metres by 2.5 metres, with a big closing stone to the west, and the entrance to the east. It seems to have carved stones paving the floor area, with the side slabs fitted closely to these.
It is easy to find, and is signposted about 600 metres along a track f... Read More |
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| Saint Fort Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Signposted from the town of St Fort-sur-le-Ne, it is found about 1 kilometre to the east on top of a small hill amongst the Cognac vines. It is a real monster, looking like the skeletal remains of a dinosaur robot or something.
The chamber is 5 metres in length, by 2.5 metres wide, and the single, one metre thick capstone more than adequately covers that. It is held 2.5 metres high in the air by three large upright support stones, with the ou... Read More |
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| La Pierre a Cerclet | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 1 | 2 | 5 | This dolmen is a complete wreck, and can be found beside the D.134 road south of Charnac. It has had a little area of field left unplanted around it, but there's not much to see. There is just what seems to be a broken capstone and a few other bits and pieces laying about. I have since found out that this dolmen was destroyed as recently as 1978, | 203 | 236 |
| Pierre Folle (Négrignac) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Couldn't find | 3rd Jun 2005 | This I couldn’t find, and I could find no mention of it in the village. It is somewhere to the southeast of the village. | 203 | 235 | |||
| La Pierre Folle (Montguyon) | Passage Grave | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente-Maritime (17) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This superb monument is signposted to the north of the town of Montguyon, and has its own parking and picnic area. It is a double monument, with an Aquitaine allée-couverte combined with a dolmen.
The allée-couverte part is massive, with a double chamber internally measuring 8 metres long, 1.5 metres wide and up to 2 metres high, facing east at 080°. The big capstone at the west end is 3 metres off the ground, 1.5 metres thick and is estimate... Read More |
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| Peyrefitte | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Signposted from all around, and with a little parking area, this huge and nicely shaped menhir stands in a little field amongst the vines. This is the largest standing stone in southwest France, and it is 5.2 metres tall, 3 metres wide and less than a metre thick, with the bottom part of it chipped away to make the distinctive shape. There is a little hollow in the bottom of it, apparently made for offerings to be placed in during the middle ages... Read More |
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| La Palanque de Peyre | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Couldn't find | 3rd Jun 2005 | I had a look all around the region here, but with nothing marked on any of my maps, and nothing signed from the village, I gave up, as after all the time I had spent looking for Bignon I had to move on. | 203 | 232 | |||
| Roquefort Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Saw from a distance | 3rd Jun 2005 | Not far from the Chateau, on a wooded promontary in the river, are the remains of a bronze / iron age promontary fort and settlement. | 203 | 230 | |||
| Roquefort Allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 4 | 1 | This is a fantastic find, in the grounds of Roquefort Chateau, which is a very private area. I asked at the village about the allée-couverte, and got directed to the Chateau, which is still a very busy wine producer, so I went and asked there. I got taken by the owner to see the monument, and he also found and let me photocopy some documents and details they had about it.
Its a very big allée-couverte, especially for round here, still contain... Read More |
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| Pierre du Maine du Prieuré | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | This is a big menhir stood at the edge of the roadside, at least 3.5 metres tall, and the top has been broken off. Not very well looked after, it is surrounded by junk, although by the marks on it, it looks to have been fairly recently re-erected. | 203 | 228 |
| Sabatey Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Not the easiest dolmens to find, but they are signposted from the village of Bellefond to some degree, although a fair bit of guesswork is needed at certain junctions. Just to the left of Sabatey Farm, a gate opens into a field, from where you walk across to the woods, where the two dolmens can be seen on the right.
The first you find is Sabatey dolmen 2, which seems to mostly consist of a large pile of moss covered stones, with the remains o... Read More |
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| Sabatey Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 3rd Jun 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Not the easiest dolmens to find, but they are signposted from the village of Bellefond to some degree, although a fair bit of guesswork is needed at certain junctions. Just to the left of Sabatey Farm, a gate opens into a field, from where you walk across to the woods, where the two dolmens can be seen on the right.
Sabatey dolmen 1 is about 25 metres into the woods, and although it at first appears to be a similar jumble of stones, the remai... Read More |
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| Curton Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | As I was driving towards Bellefond I saw a sign to Dolmen de Curton so I had to follow it but it’s a pity the large signs do not follow the one at the road junction up. There are one or two very small signs after this which I at first missed and these lead into a vineyard before they give up totally. Following the track on by foot for about 600 metres and you eventually reach the dolmen.
It is a little allée couverte on the reducing remains o... Read More |
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| Pitray Allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Well what a find this was. I found Pitray on the village map outside the Mairie and when I got there I found a long driveway up to a chateau with a couple of men working logging in the woodland who told me that they knew of the dolmen and that I should go and ask at the chateau. In the grounds surrounding the chateau a charming lady looking after her baby grandson came to talk to me who spoke good English and told me that she knew of the dolmen w... Read More |
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| Menhir de Clotte | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Couldn't find | 2nd Jun 2005 | I found both a Chateau de Clotte and a Moulin de Clotte but not the menhir. | 203 | 223 | |||
| Dolmen de Puy Landry | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The old chap at Chateau Pierre Levée knew of this dolmen's existence but the chap at Puy Landry winery didn’t but he pointed me in the direction of a menhir on the top of Puy Landry hill about a kilometre to the north but ce n’est pas grand.. I initially thought it was too far to go walking to in the intense heat and suspected he was pointing me to the Clotte menhir on the ridge but having driven nearby to have a better look it didn’t seem so far... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This one comes with its own wine! While driving from Peyre Lebade towards Clotte I saw this stone standing at the entrance to a farmhouse wine producer and noticed that the farm was called Chateau de la Pierre Levée.
I stopped to have a better look and a man on his tractor in the vineyard came over to me so I tried to ask him about the stone. Apparently somewhere in his garage he has an archaeological panel with some information on it which h... Read More |
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| Peyre Lebade | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | While looking at the village map by the Mairie to see if it marked any of the supposedly local ancient stones I noted an area called Peyre Lebade so of course I went to have a look. In the corner of the road junction here to the west of the village centre can be seen a small standing stone fenced in to a little grassy garden area. It cant be much more than a metre tall and is well weathered so I assume it’s a proper menhir. | 203 | 220 |
| Grotte de Bara-Bahau | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 4 | This cave (cave of the bears) was only discovered in 1951 features many engravings dated to 14000 years ago and also many bear claw marks. Up the hillside and well signposted from Le Bugue it was closed for lunch when I visited. | 203 | 219 | ||
| Grotte de la Mouthe | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 2nd Jun 2005 | Now closed to the public this cave was discovered in 1895 and was pivotal in the argument for the decorations being of ancient origin. Apparently there are artworks from many different periods of the prehistoric past in here from the Gravettian through Mousterian to the Magdelenian. This cave is up a very windy rough track from Les Eyzies which I very nearly got stuck up due to a narrowing of the track on the way down the other side between a cou... Read More |
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| Roc de Cazelle | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 4 | This place has been inhabited since 40000 years ago right up until the 1960’s when the last farmer and his wife moved on. It is an overhanging cliff with several levels of caves and shelters and these days is a little visitor park showing life in the troglodytic fashion since prehistoric times with many little scenes recreated and artisans demonstrating their trades and crafts. | 203 | 217 | ||
| Grotte de Bernifal | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 2nd Jun 2005 | 4 | This was closed to visitors when I arrived but nevertheless it was a nice walk through splendid woodland with a little stream running nearby up to the entrance. The cave was discovered in 1905 and contains engravings of humans as well as the more usual animals. | 203 | 216 | ||
| Giverzac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 16th Jan 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Remains of a little dolmen now outside the gates to the Banque de France’ Giversac Enterprise Centre and it shelters a couple of floodlights. The capstone is about 2.5 by 2 metres broken at one end and it sits on a few various support stones. I suspect it’s been jumbled about a bit.
Finding this involved some extremely steep and narrow lanes up the vertiginous sides of the Dordogne river from Vitrac and getting away again after was just as ba... Read More |
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| Fontaine des Chartreux | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 1st Jun 2005 | 4 | Cross the wonderful Pont Valentré from the old town of Cahors, contained within its loop of the Lot river, and walk south along the riverside for a few hundred metres, and you will find this huge spring in the cliffside, with the crystal clear water surging out. Two thousand years ago, the Fontaine des Chartreux was used for the worship of Divona, or Divona Cadurcorum, "Divona of the Cadurci," a Celtic people of Gaul before the Roman conquest i... Read More |
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| Peyre Levade (La Borie Rouge) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 17th Jan 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Remains of a small dolmen in a garden just to the north of Lalbenque. It is not well cared for and has had a large hedge planted between it and the roadside to presumably stop people like me having a look. In fact it looks as if one of the side slabs has recently been split. | 203 | 213 |
| Dolmen dit la Pierre Levée (Pélissie) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Just to the south of the crossroads at Pélissie on the D6 road 50 metres up a little track and into a small woodland area can be found the remains of this dolmen. The 4.5 by 2.5 metre capstone sits on not much of the crumbling side slabs but is nicely covered in moss. | 203 | 212 |
| Dolmen de Cuzoul 2 (Lalbenque) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 31st May 2005 | Near to the Balach farm a couple of kilometres south of Lalbenque along the D6 I could find no easy way through to this dolmen with the fields being electrically fenced to keep a herd of bullocks in and a barley crop growing in another field so I gave up after a reasonable try. | 203 | 211 | |||
| Dolmen de Cuzoul 1 (Lalbenque) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 31st May 2005 | Near to the Balach farm a couple of kilometres south of Lalbenque along the D6 I could find no easy way through to this dolmen with the fields being electrically fenced to keep a herd of bullocks in and a barley crop growing in another field so I gave up after a reasonable try. | 203 | 210 | |||
| Mas de Labat 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This is an odd dolmen incorporated into a wall. The small entrance below the capstone opens up into a typical 3m by 15 m chamber. The capstone itself is piled high with stone. Its not an easy dolmen to find with lots of windy lanes to negotiate before getting anywhere near the place and after that it took a bit of searching around in scrubby area round the back of a house and across a couple of fields. | 203 | 209 |
| Mas de Labat 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Once the lane through Mas de Labat has been found this one is fairly easy to find as it is given away by the mound at the top of the hill amongst some scrubland in a field. Having said that it seems to be becoming very overgrown and indeed is not much more than a mound at the top of a hill now. At the centre of the mound a small 2 m by 0.7 m chamber can be seen between two side slabs visible amongst the bush. There was no sign of any capstone. | 203 | 208 |
| Agranel Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 31st May 2005 | This dolmen marked on the ign 1:25000 map is at the top of a hill in a well fenced off area of scrubland with no obvious parking place so I didn’t bother too hard to try and find it. | 203 | 207 | |||
| Peyre Gagès Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be seen just about 20 metres to the east of the D143 road a few kilometres to the north of Limogne. It stands in a field with traces of its mound still around it and can clearly be seen from the road. The field had a herd of cows in it at the time of my visit and was well fenced so I didn’t go to inspect it at close hand. It looks to be a bit smaller than the average dolmen in these parts. | 203 | 206 |
| Dolmen de Pech Grillé | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | The remains of this dolmen can be found just beside the D143 road to the north of Limogne but is a bit of a wreck. The capstone has split in two along the length of the chamber with the two pieces falling one to each side of the two side slabs. As a result it now looks something like 4 parallel slabs of stone with only one half of the capstone leaning against its upright. The chamber would have been the average 3.5 metres long by 1.2 metres wide. | 203 | 205 |
| Dolmen de Pech Linar | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 31st May 2005 | This dolmen marked on the ign 1:25000 map is a longish walk up to the top of a steep hill in a densely wooded area so on this very hot afternoon with lots of other possibilities to visit I didn’t bother to try and find it.
Driving from here down the little road to the Lot valley, a large Eagle suddenly swooped into the hedge at the side of the road in front of me, and emerged after a struggle carrying a 4 foot long snake. Still struggling wit... Read More |
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| Aubiac Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Unmarked on any of my maps, but just at the junction of the D.19 and the little road which runs north towards Les Cabranes, can be seen a mound. Closer inspection shows it to have the remains of a reasonable dolmen chamber within it, 3.5 metres long, 1.2 metres wide and with a capstone covering only its eastern half. It makes me wonder just how many more dolmens and burial mounds like this there are around here. | 203 | 203 |
| Aubiac Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just beside the little road which runs off the D.19 to the north of St-Jean-de-Laur towards Les Cabranes, can be seen the remains of this dolmen. Three metres long, by 1.8 metres wide and 2 metres tall, the chamber has only one side slab, but is kept together with a drystone wall on the northern side. It has in the past been used as an animal shelter, and there are masses of ants everywhere. | 203 | 202 |
| Dolmen de Quatre Routes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Just to the west of the D.19 road to the north of St-Jean-de-Laur, this initially looks to be a small dolmen, but upon closer inspection is probably just half of the remains of one. It is well fenced off, and proper acces to investigate it fully cannot be obtained. | 203 | 201 |
| Marsigalliet Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen is found a couple of kilometres to the northwest of Laramière, along the GR.36 footpath, but which for this stretch is a driveable track. It is then a hundred or so metres walk into the forest, but signposted.
This is another much larger than average dolmen for round here, still mostly contained within its mound. Unfortunately, at some time in the past, the capstone and chamber ends have been broken and incorporated into a wall. T... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Peyco Levado | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of the D.55 road between Beauregard and Laramière, and signposted, this dolmen is sat in a little clearing beside a trackway. Much larger than the average round here, this dolmen has a 6 metre by 4 metre capstone sitting on top of a 5 metre long chamber facing east at 100°. The dolmen still sits in the remains of its mound, which possibly still has some remains of a surrounding circle of stones. On top of the capstone, above the... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Sanguinades | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just off of the GR.36 footpath a couple of kilometres to the southeast of Varaire, in a field full of orchids can be found this little broken dolmen, which has the remains of its capstone fallen off the front of its side slabs. | 203 | 198 |
| Dolmen du Mas de Coti | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Sat in a field just beside the D.65 road to the northeast of the village of Varaire near to the Calvarie can be found the remains of this dolmen. It is 4 metres in length, by 1.5 metres wide and 1.5 metres high, with the long capstone broken into two pieces, facing eastwards at 074°. It has in the past been used as a shelter, and a bit of a wall has been built at the back, and the gap in the capstone covered over. As is often the case, there is a... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Ferrières-Haut | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a very high dolmen which can be found a hundred or so metres south of the GR.65 footpath besides the farm of the same name. Unfortunately one of the side slabs has been broken by a tree growing through it, and it has been dry stone walled at the back end at some time in the past to act as a shelter. The chamber would have been 2 metres long by 1.8 metres wide, and it is a good 2 metres in height, facing 115°, with a 4 metre by 4 metre ca... Read More |
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| Joncas Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 31st May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | A kilometre walk west of the village of Limogne-en-Quercy along the GR.65 long distance footpath and signposted, you come to this dolmen. Still sitting largely in its mound, the chamber is 3.5 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, facing to the east at 108°. The capstone is unfortunately broken, and only part remains covering the chamber.
When I was here, the surrounding area is covered in flowers of all shapes and colours, on a lovely warm sunny m... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Pech-Lapeyre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Signposted as dolmens from the centre of the village of Limogne-en-Quercy, this dolmen is more than a kilometres walk along a trackway. The dolmen is still partly within its mound, and is notable for the thickness of its capstone, which is a rectangular 3 m by 2 m in size, but is a metre thick. The chamber is 2.5 metres by 1.5 metres in size, and opens to the southeast at 121°.
Unfortunately, there is quite a bit of rubbish here, with remains... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit de Pajot | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be easily found in a field beside the D24 road south of the village of Limogne-en-Quercy. Of typical size for round here, the chamber is 3.5 metres in length, and 1.5 metres wide, and is covered by a capstone which is larger in all dimensions. The northeast side has collapsed slightly, giving a good lean.
The dolmen is used for storing of some ancient farming equipment (ploughs and suchlike) which look to have been in there fo... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Maire-Gaillard | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Driving along a little lane to the north of Bois-del-Rey dolmens, I saw a little sign to dolmen, and so just had to follow it. A few hundred metres down a track into the forest from the small lane (with difficult parking) can be found the remains of this little dolmen, not much more than 2 metres long by 1.2 metres wide. There is still a bit of its surrounding mound remaining. | 203 | 192 |
| Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | A few more hundred metres round the signposted footpath is this dolmen with no name sign. Still in much of its long mound, the capstone is broken into three pieces, and partly fallen. The chamber is 3.5 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, and faces southeast at 125°. | 203 | 190 |
| Cloup de Layrou | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just 50 metres further away from the Cloup de Layrou dolmen, is found a depression in the ground with a couple of cave like shelters. It has a signpost and was no doubt used by ancient man. | 203 | 191 |
| Dolmen du Bois Galtier | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A hundred or so metres further along the signposted walk from the Bois-del-Rey dolmen can be found the Dolmen de Bois-de-Galtier. This nice dolmen is still sitting within the remains of its mound, and has a 2.5 metre diameter round drystone walled chamber at its west end rather than the usual closing stone. It is probably a more recent shepherds hut been constructed here. The main dolmen, which acts as its entrance, is about 3.5 metres long by 1.... Read More |
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| Bassin de Bois-del-Rey | Rock Art | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just a few dozen metres from the Bois-del-Rey dolmen, and thought to be connected in some way to it, can be found a 40 cm diameter 10 cm deep circular basin cut into a slab of rock, for unknown purpose. | 203 | 188 |
| Dolmen du Bois del Rey | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is quite a nice dolmen but starting to deteriorate badly, supposedly mostly over the last 100 years. The 4 metre long by 3 metre wide capstone has now broken into two bits, still sitting on its two crumbling 4 metre long side supports. It has a nice backstone and remains of a front entry stone, with the chamber facing east at 110°. It is found a couple of hundred metres along a signposted footpath in a lovely oak forest. | 203 | 187 |
| Musee Rouergue | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 5 | In the village of Salles-la-Source can be found this museum of Rouergue life. Amongst much old farming machinery and suchlike the museum has a prehistoric collection. | 203 | 186 | ||
| Dolmen de Seveyrac (Salles-la-Source) 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Walking westwards along the ridge from Pérignagols dolmen, there are several other mounds which are passed, one of which can be seen to have a couple of large stones on the surface at the eastern end of a long oval shaped mound. Fantastic views, made all the more impressive by the approach of a massive rainstorm. | 203 | 185 |
| Dolmen de Perignagols | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 30th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This is a nice dolmen with a lovely shaped and pitted egg shaped capstone, about 4 metres by 4 metres sitting on the top of two three to four metre long side slabs. The chamber is a healthy 4 metres by 2 metres internal dimensions.
The dolmen is signposted up a track to the top of a little hill just to the north of Rodez airport runway, but the atmosphere here is spoiled a bit by all the road straightening and widening going on nearby. There ... Read More |
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| Musée Fenaille | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 29th May 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This magnificent museum is found in the old city of Rodez, inside a beautiful old building which is as much part of the museum as all the collections of items within it. The museum is perhaps best known for its superb collection of statue menhirs, extremely well presented on the top floor, but there is much more besides. | 203 | 183 |
| La Baraque Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 28th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice little dolmen still well contained within its mound which can be found about 150 metres down the footpath to the north of the road to Baraque Farm / Gite about 150 metres before you reach it. The chamber is only about 2 metres in length, 1 metre wide and 1 metre high, much smaller than a lot round here, but it is very neat, and has a little information sign. | 203 | 182 |
| Roquefort menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 28th May 2005 | Menhir near to the famous cheese village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron. If you have time between cheese tasting and touring the various caves, there is a little walk signposted from the village which takes you down to the river and a menhir. The scenery here is really spectacular. | 203 | 181 | |||
| Tiergues Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 28th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Near to the village of Tiergues, in Aveyron, this is a lovely dolmen, as used in postcards and much Aveyron tourist publicity. It is not far from the D.250 road and signposted from the main D.992 road nearby.
The dolmen is 4 metres long, and 2 metres in both height and width, it has two good long side slabs, with a broken and falling back stone. On top of these there is a good capstone, which is very level, covering a chamber which opens to t... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Combets 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Too windy to write anything as I visited this one, it was blowing my book and everything away, so only small notes !. There is not much left of this dolmen, just a single large sideslab and one end stone. There is no sign of any capstone remaining, and its mound has been well eaten into with ploughing. There are the remains of many other mounds to be seen nearby. | 203 | 179 |
| Dolmen de Combets 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In a field just to the southwest of St Michel-de-Larzac can be found this dolmen with a chamber 4 metres long by 1.8 metres wide. There is not much sign of a mound, but the chamber floor is below ground level of the field surrounding it. It is still enclosed on all four sides, and faces towards east at 100°. The capstone is broken, with a further two metres of stone a bit to the west, which would have made a 5.5 by 2.5 metre capstone originally. ... Read More |
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| Azinières Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This little 3 m by 2 m dolmen sits right beside the busy D.911 road a few kilometres to the north of Millau, continuously passed by masses of heavy lorries which I guess do not like to pay the toll charges for the new motorway. There was once another one here, destroyed when the road was made bigger. | 203 | 177 |
| Dolmen de la Tâcherie | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 27th May 2005 | Not much time to spend looking for this before I have to meet Ellie in Millau, so only a quick look to see if its obvious. No way, its well hidden a couple of hundred metres into an oak forest, so so I leave this one for Another to find. | 203 | 176 | |||
| Pèira Levada (La Glène) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | High up on the windswept, sunbaked plateau, not far from the D.911 road north of Millau, this is one heck of a big dolmen which has sadly collapsed on one side. The views to the southeast over the river Tarn are astonishing, with the new motorway snaking its way down the distant hillside adding some interest.
The giant capstone must be 6 metres by 4 metres, and was sitting on two 4 metre long by 2 metre high side slabs, the eastern of which h... Read More |
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| Sermels menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | I was not expecting this one as I drove past on the way west along the D.2 road. It is a lovely menhir, 3 metres tall, on the edge of a valley. There are some interesting holes in it. | 203 | 174 |
| Dolmen de Souque | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 27th May 2005 | The book says its 1.3 km down the little track towards Randels, and then somewhere on the left, hidden by undergrowth. I went for a look, but there was nowhere to park a campervan, and I could see nothing obvious, so gave up after a couple of drivebys. | 203 | 173 | |||
| Dolmen de Bel-Air 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 27th May 2005 | No obvious signs of this one, but it is supposed to be a bit of a wreck with no capstone, under some trees the far side of a little ravine. I gave up fairly easily. | 203 | 172 | |||
| Dolmen de Bel-Air 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 27th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This dolmen is in the middle of a field of barley, so I didn’t get right to it. It looks a bit of a mess, and not much more than an overgrown bump in a field. | 203 | 171 |
| Puech de las Fadès | Hillfort | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Saw from a distance | 26th May 2005 | 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. | 203 | 170 | |||
| Buzareingues dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen is a wreck, just really the broken remains of a capstone, although the remains of one of the side slabs can be made out. As with its much better condition neighbour, it aligns towards the east, facing directly to a significant hill, the Puech de las Fadès, with a cliff face and what looks to be a shaped top. | 203 | 169 |
| Buzareingues Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a lovely little dolmen sitting on top of a nice little mound, which is still a couple of metres high, but which is not much larger than the by now standard chamber 4 metres long, 1.8 metres wide, facing 104°. It aligns directly to a significant hill, the Puech de las Fadès, which has a significant cliff face and what looks to be a shaped top, to which many legends are attached. It is quite easily found, and signposted, but there isnt anyw... Read More |
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| Galitorte Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This one is a nice find in the evening sun towards the end of a long and mostly fruitless day, and is signposted from several places around.
The dolmen stands proud on the eastern end of a long oval mound, its chamber made with two enormous side slabs each 4 metres long by 2 metres high. The capstone sits nicely on top, but is not as long as the chamber below, which faces east with a bearing of 102°. Perhaps more importantly than the bearing ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Surguières 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Still further across the fields to the northeast of Surguières 1 and 2 dolmens, should be found the remains of Surguières 3 & 4. I had a good look around, and found a little shepherds hut, but could not find the dolmens. | 203 | 166 | |||
| Dolmen de Surguières 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The wrecked remains of Surguières 2. At some point in the past, this has been turned into a little house, or a shepherds hut. It is in a lovely spot, with tremendous views over the valley to the south. | 203 | 165 |
| Dolmen de Surguières 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of the road which leads east to the hamlet of Surguières, about 800 metres west of the village, this dolmen can be seen by its mound. The capstone has slipped off to the side, and it is all a bit of a jumble, although the large side slabs are easily recogniseable. | 203 | 164 |
| Dolmen de Surguières 4 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Just east of the village of Surguières there is a track to the south, signposted to dolmens. At the first junction, there is a dolmen sign in both directions, to the right is supposed to lead to the Surguières 4 dolmen. I looked for this first, and again later, but could not find anything. I did however get caught up in a herd of sheep being moved ! | 203 | 163 | |||
| Dolmen de Saplous 4 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This one is a fair old hike from the village of Surguières, where there is a track to the south, signposted to dolmens. At the first junction, the track to the left takes you on a long walk past the dolmens de Cans, and going further, and then to the right across a couple of fields (signposted) you eventually come to the remains of this, in the corner of a field under some trees.
It is fairly wrecked and heavily overgrown, but worth a look, as ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Saplous 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A bit further along the track from Cans 2 is the remains of Cans 1 dolmen. It is a bit of a wreck, hidden under a tree and some scrub just beside the trackway, with just some stone visible amongst the brambles. | 203 | 161 |
| Dolmen de Saplous 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Just east of the village of Surguières there is a track to the south, signposted to dolmens. At the first junction, there is a dolmen sign in both directions, to the left takes you on a long walk to the dolmens de Cans. After a kilometre or so, you reach the dolmen de Cans 2, in a field to the right. Still in an oval tumulus, a 4 metre rounded capstone sits on top of a 4 metre long, by 1.5 metre wide chamber, which opens to the east facing 077°. | 203 | 160 |
| Borie de Colombier 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Marked on the ign 1:100000 map with a pink square and right beside a good road with brand new roadsigns pointing to dolmens, I thought I couldn’t miss these dolmens. Again i walked for miles in all directions, but could I find anything ? Nothing. I am starting to get fed up with this. So I drove away from the area, going through Rodez to try and find the museum, which was very busy with nowhere to park, so I will come back later. | 203 | 159 | |||
| Dolmen de Saint-Antonin | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Marked on the ign 1:100000 map with a pink square and right beside a good road with brand new roadsigns pointing to dolmens, I thought I couldn’t miss these dolmens. Again i walked for miles in all directions, but could I find anything ? Nothing. I am starting to get fed up with this. | 203 | 158 | |||
| Dolmen de Peyrelebade 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Above Salles-la-Source, to the northeast, are roadsigns to the supposedly nicely restored Peyrelebade dolmens. I parked the van and walked miles in the scorching heat along the track north towards Cadeyrac, but could not find the remains of the two dolmens. There are lots of possibilities for where they could be, but more signs are a necessity. | 203 | 157 | |||
| Dolmen de Peyrelebade 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Couldn't find | 26th May 2005 | Above Salles-la-Source, to the northeast, are roadsigns to the supposedly nicely restored Peyrelebade dolmens. I parked the van and walked miles in the scorching heat along the track north towards Cadeyrac, but could not find the remains of the two dolmens. There are lots of possibilities for where they could be, but more signs are a necessity. | 203 | 156 | |||
| Tumulus de Montaubert | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Above Salles-la-Source, to the northeast, are roadsigns to the supposedly nicely restored Peyrelevade dolmens, which I did not find. All I could find for sure while walking north in the scorching heat along the track towards Cadeyrac, was a small mound in a field to the west of the track, quite near to where I left the van. | 203 | 155 |
| Dolmen de Jasse Rouge | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Amongst the undergrowth are several mounds of stones here, one of which has the remains of a chamber visible in one of its sides. The mound has been much messed about by farming, and field clearance, and it is difficult to tell what is original. The remains of the chamber are open, and not at all cared for. | 203 | 154 |
| Genévrier Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 26th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Up on the causse above Salles-la-Sources are supposed to be 66 dolmens. There is supposed to be a dolmen trail with map and information available. But I found no such thing. I couldn’t even buy a 1:25000 map of the area (which is notably right on the corner of four. But there is a lovely cascade down over a cliff edge, with a splendid pool at the bottom, and caves going back into the rock. Theres lots of that calcitic stuff that you get like thos... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 25th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | After passing various other inconclusive mounds I came across the third proper dolmen I found up here near to some woods and in the nice cool shade at the junction of a couple of track. This is what I call a proper dolmen with most of its mound disappeared for use in the nearby wall no doubt and so it is standing proud on the hillside. The chamber is about 3 metres long by 1.8 m wide and is oriented at about 130°. The capstone sits nicely on top ... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 25th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | High up on top of this dry and barren hill is another mound on top of which can be seen a capstone when approaching. The remains of a central chamber 3m by 1.5 m are clear with its capstone on top. What is slightly less clear is what looked to me like a second chamber in line with the central one to the west and still with a capstone in place on fallen supports. You can see for miles and miles all around up here a place fit for a king but the fli... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 0 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 25th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Dolmens (plural) are marked on my ign map (and on the Michelin too) to the southwest of Gréalou near to the GR65 footpath so I went for a walk to have a look. The first I came to was nothing much more than a stone mound with a wall going over the top. But there was a collapsed chamber in the middle hence a depression and bits of capstone can still be seen. | 203 | 150 |
| Grotte de Pech-Merle | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 25th May 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Superb. Not only for the prehistoric stuff, but also for the cave and its stalactites as well. There is some fantastic cave decoration in here, including pearls and a superb "spinninng top", and also some wonderful discs. Amazing.
The prehistoric stuff dates from all ages, 25,000 BC to 10,000 BC when it all got blocked off by a rockfall. The two famous spotted horses have been dated to 24,600 BC from their charcoal black. They are really fant... Read More |
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| Dolmen d'Aubin | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 25th May 2005 | Marked on the ign map with a pink square and right beside a good road I thought I’d take a look. Could I find anything ? Could I flip. No way. No signs at all. Nothing. Not a sausage. | 203 | 148 | |||
| Mas de Greil Oppidum | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Saw from a distance | 25th May 2005 | High on cliffs overlooking the Célé river this hill surrounded on 3 sides by high cliffs has been inhabited and used as a hilltop refuge since 5000BC. It doesn’t need much defending but there are 5 metre deep ditches across the neck of land attaching it to the high Causse. | 203 | 147 | |||
| Custalou Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This is a nice looking dolmen in a field beside a farm near the village of Grèzes, although there was no obvious way in to the field to the dolmen itself. It looks quite large compared to most dolmens in this area, the capstone is unfortunately broken into three pieces, held up on two large side slabs. It has a back stone and the chamber opens to the east. | 203 | 146 |
| Cloup des Périès | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A little dolmen found down a track a kilometre or so to the south of the village of Grèzes in Lot. The dolmen has a single capstone sat on two side slabs, and is 3 metres long by 1.5 metres wide. It faces east, at 095°. | 203 | 145 |
| Mons Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 24th May 2005 | Supposedly another 500 metres along the path across the fields beside the railway can be found this nice little dolmen with a 3.5 by 1.5 metre chamber, within a round mound. But time was getting on, and there was no obvious way to get much further along into the fields without climbing fences and walls, and walking through cropped fields. This area was not proving very helpful for finding dolmens, so I decided to give up and move on. | 203 | 144 | |||
| Mons dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In the Champ de Belair, to the northwest of the village of Assier, on the opposite (northwestern) side of the railway to the previous dolmens, are supposedly 4 dolmens, 2 tumulus and a menhir to be seen. But they don’t get any easier to find. Follow the trackway along the northern side of the railway, in a northwesterly direction for about a kilometre from the station. The track gradually fades out into an overgrown grassy path, with bushes every... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Bois des Boeufs | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Blimey, how difficult can it be to find these places ? This dolmen is in the book, is on the 1:100000 map, with a name, and I have the detailed map also. Its to be found 200 metres from Garivals dolmen on a bearing of 025°, but can you walk in that direction ? No. I eventually found it after some long way round dead reckoning, and by going through some very dense bushy woodland. I wondered if I would get lost in here for ever, but it was worth it... Read More |
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| Garivals Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | To the west of the village of Assier, about 1.5 kilometres along the D.92 road, there is a trackway leaving at an angle to the north, nearby what seems to be a road repair depot. A few hundred metres along this trackway can be found the Dolmen de Garivals, much unloved, fenced in and with a wall built through it. The chamber is about 3 m by 1.5 m, and a single capstone now covers only half of it. Much of its mound remains, and there is a strange ... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Puech Roussel | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 24th May 2005 | On my ign 1:25000 map, theres a dolmen marked right beside the road here, but could I find it ? I spent ages looking, but no, I did not find it. Studying the map closely after this, I don’t see how I could possibly have missed this, everything else matches exactly, even the swallow hole. | 203 | 140 | |||
| Belinac Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Three and a half metres tall, but only about 30 cm thick, this menhir can be found signposted to the southeast from the village of Livernon. It leans at a slight angle and has some strange markings on it. There are several horizontal lines, and many weird circular shapes. Signposted just off the large road up a small track, there is a little parking area nearby. | 203 | 139 |
| Livernon quarry | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 4 | Between the car parking area and the Pierre Martine is an outcropping of limestone pavement. This has in the past been used to extract slabs, which have been removed and used for building dolmens. | 203 | 138 | ||
| Rougié Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Just a hundred metres or two behind the Pierre Martine, beyond the fence and up the slope into the adjacent field, can be found this dolmen sitting in a field full of thistles, surrounded by brambles and scrub. Despite the many people who visit the Pierre Martine, hardly anybody knows of the existence of this dolmen. It is about 3 metres long with a capstone broken into two pieces, and faces 085° | 203 | 137 |
| La Pierre Martine | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Well, I had to come here, didn’t I. It is signposted from the main road, and places all around, to the northwest of the village of Livernon. It has its own little parking area, and the dolmen is found about 200 metres walk away across the fields and an intriguing limestone pavement.
This is the biggest dolmen in the departement of Lot, the capstone being 7 metres in length and 2 metres wide, held up on just two, equally long sideslabs, helped... Read More |
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| Gabaudet Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 24th May 2005 | In the forest 200 metres from the first dolmen can be found the second. A chamber 3 metres in length and 1.5 metres wide is covered by a large slab, now broken into three pieces. | 203 | 135 | |||
| Gabaudet Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 24th May 2005 | There are supposedly a couple of lovely dolmens here in the woods. I had a good walk and look around, but could find nothing. I really needed to get the 1:25000 map this morning. They should be found about 600 metres to the east of the hamlet, in the forest to the south of the road. For the first dolmen, a 4 metre by 3 metre capstone sits on top of a 3.5 by 2 m chamber, with some remains of a vestibule. | 203 | 134 | |||
| Bouyé Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | To the southeast of Gramat, a few hundred metres along the GR.6 south from the hamlet of Bouyé can be seen the remains of this double dolmen and its little mound. Its just to the side of the track, opposite a home with a swimming pool being installed. I could not get into the field for a close look, and thick hedges and trees made making out what is there, and getting photographs difficult. I could however make out that there were some large slab... Read More |
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| Champ des Courses Tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 24th May 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | To the west of the town of Gramat, along the D.15 road just before the hippodrome can be found this enormous tumulus. It’s a big one, perhaps 50 metres in diameter, and 12 metres high, and is in a swampy area beside a fishing lake, which is surprising for round here as most of the area is so dry. It must be an area of springs above an impermeable layer of rock.
There are a couple of limestone blocks visible at the top, and one or two more lar... Read More |
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| Grotte des Merveilles | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Saw from a distance | 23rd May 2005 | 5 | Saw the entrance to this at least the ticket office and shop. Does it have enough signs pointing to it ? | 203 | 130 | ||
| Fieux Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 23rd May 2005 | This should have been a banker before moving on late in the afternoon it supposedly being just a hundred metres from the road at a very recognisable corner. I found the corner and parked and went for a look. I searched and searched but the area has become overgrown with scrub thorny bushes brambles wild rose etc. In fact I almost got lost and couldn’t find my way back. This 5 minute banker had turned into about an hour of frustration getting ripp... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Champ de Monsieur | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Try as I might, from the place that looks to be the nearest approach to this dolmen by road, I could not get a way through into the right bit of woodland to visit this double dolmen. There is much dense woodland here, and many big new fences. They obviously dont want people (or sheep and deer) getting in and out of here.
I had another go at finding this one from the west this time but it was still a bugger to find although success in the end ... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Calcas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | After what had started out a good day was turning to failure I needed to find this one. Just beside a track at the edge of a field it’s a basic rectangular chamber about 2.5 by 1.5 metres with no capstone. While sitting writing my notes there was all sorts of jangling noises going on which turned out to be bells on lots of young sheep gambolling around in the next field. Lovely. | 203 | 127 |
| Dolmen dit des Pendus 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 23rd May 2005 | After lots of trying from two separate start points I still could not find this one. Too many walls fences and thick hedges in the way and too much scrub to see through to see exactly where it is. The French Air Force is playing around above and having fun though. | 203 | 126 | |||
| Dolmen dit des Pendus 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 23rd May 2005 | After lots of trying from two separate start points I still could not find this one. Too many walls fences and thick hedges in the way and too much scrub to see through to see exactly where it is. The French Air Force is playing around above and having fun though. | 203 | 126 | |||
| Gouffre de Padirac | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 5 | Blimey it’s a big hole. Gaping Ghyll eat your heart out. I think this is the biggest natural hole in Europe. Its massive. No wonder the people were scared of it as being the way to hell until only last century. | 203 | 125 | ||
| Dolmen d'Escurettes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | I couldn’t find this dolmen originally, and wondered whether it had been destroyed, as the fields here have recently been substantially re-arranged. I wondered whether I had found the sad remains in one of the hedges, and was about to give up, before I looked through a gap in the hedge. On the other side of the hedge I found the dolmen, disguised as a large heap of stones by the fact that the thing is still mostly within its mound. A capstone sit... Read More |
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| Gisement de Fieux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Excavations are being done here, and planning permission for a visitor centre with shop and toilets applied for. I was not sure what is here while I was visiting, except for a big hole in the ground, and some little holes also. I later find out that it is an ancient settlement and encampment for mammoth hunters. | 203 | 122 |
| Dolmen des Barrières 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This nice freestanding dolmen is to be found in a little tended garden like area near to the Barrières farm. There are no signs of a mound around it, no doubt all the stone having been used in construction of the farm and its walls. It was probably once similar to the nearby Pierre Levée, but is now just a 3 metres square capstone doing a balancing act on one side and one end stone from the rectangular chamber. | 203 | 121 |
| Dolmen dit la Pierre Levée (Lecusses) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Another beauty, this time almost completely still within its mound, which is about 25 metres in diameter and a couple of metres high. The single chamber is about 3 m by 1.5 metres, and covered by what must have been a shaped capstone, about 4 by 2.5 metres and very rectangular. This one is a bit of a long walk from anywhere, but it is signposted. | 203 | 120 |
| Dolmen du Pech Cayrou | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | This one's a bit of a walk up a track and then into a field, but well worth the small effort. Its almost totally enclosed within its mound, with just the large 4 by 3 metres capstone showing above the ground, except to one side where the chamber has been dug into. Most of the chamber is obscured by a large sideslab which has fallen into it, so its difficult to make anything out here.
Apart from the by now normal orchids everywhere, there are ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Ressegayre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | A slightly bigger than average dolmen for round here, and still mostly within its mound, this one can be found in a bit of scrubland just off the road between Miers and Floirac, although it took a fair bit of looking.
The capstone is about 3.5 by 3 metres, and is sitting only on some fairly basic supports, just off the ground. I cannot make out the chamber below, or its inside the mound still.
Its lovely here, with insects and birds chirr... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Candare 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 23rd May 2005 | A few hundred metres further up the track beyond Candare 1 dolmen can be found the remains of this dolmen within its mound. It has no capstone. | 203 | 117 | |||
| Dolmen de Candare 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Tiny little dolmen sitting on the remains of its mound, under a bush just to the south of the road between Miers and Floirac. It has a rectangular chamber, less than 2 by 1 metre in size, with the entrance facing 060°. Not far from this dolmen is a peculiar, almost spherical black stone which looks most out of place. | 203 | 116 |
| Dolmen dit Peyrebru (Miers) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 23rd May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This one's a little beauty, about 50 metres up a track from the road between Miers and Floirac. Still sitting on top of its mound, 18 metres in diameter, it has a 2.5 by 1.5 metres chamber with a single slanted capstone. The chamber opens eastwards on an alignment of 118°. | 203 | 115 |
| Le chaos de Roquebert | Rock Outcrop | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 22nd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Not quite sure what to make of these. There are three massive stones (probably up to 7 metres high) within about 20 metres of each other looking for all the world like they have been stood upright surrounded by lots and lots of other stones. There is a signpost saying something about the prehistoric stones and area. I have no idea what they are and suspect that they might be natural a bit like the top of a tor but it doesn’t all look fully natura... Read More |
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| La Bertrandoune Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 22nd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Further still round the “Circuit des Dolmens” after driving for miles along the rough stone mountain tracks and bashing my way through the undergrowth after several signposted things to see including several of the little huts they have round here and I come to this dolmen. By now I have realised that this “Circuit des Dolmens” is a walking circuit and not for driving round let alone doing it in reverse in a campervan and am getting desperate to ... Read More |
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| Les Trois Pierres (Les Junies) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Lot (46) | Visited | 22nd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | What the hell am I doing here in the campervan ? It’s a road on my map and it starts off as a road with a “circuit des dolmens” sign so of course I followed it. It was very steep to start and lots of hairpin bends so was using first and secod gear only. It has to get better I thought. It levelled out a bit but then the tarmac disappeared. And the trees closed in. And the gravel surface gave way to bare rock and grass and puddles. Nowhere to turn ... Read More |
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| Maison du Loup dolmen 1 | Passage Grave | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 22nd May 2005 | The book I have says this one is 100 metres from the D.2 road near Marsalès at a place called Borie-Neuve so I thought this one was findable and worth a go. I found Borie-Neuve easily enough but no obvious dolmen. So I looked round all the lanes and tracks in the vicinity but still found nothing. There was nobody here to ask so I had a look in the forest here but its all thick undergrowth and there's no way of finding anything without knowing whe... Read More |
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| Point du Jour dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 22nd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This one is signposted from the D104/D2 between Villereal and Montpazier and has a little picnic area by it. It was pouring with rain when I arrived and it looks for all the world to be in somebody’s private garden. In fact I think it is but they have been good enough to create a little sort of public area near it and a sign as well ! What Good people.
A single giant capstone 6 metres by 2 metres sits on top of about half a dozen supports in ... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit la Peyrelevade (Beaumont) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 22nd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | What a palaver it was finding this one despite being on my map and signposted from the road. The trouble is that’s where the signposts stop and its more than a kilometre walk to the thing. There is no way I would have found this had I not spoken to a chap at the farm out doing jobs in his shed who told me where to go and even then I was close to giving up on more than one occasion.
It’s down the lane till it runs out then continue on down the... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Baneuil | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 22nd May 2005 | The book says this one is close to the Mairie and I found that OK but no signs of a dolmen nearby. I spend a fairly long time walking round all the lanes and ask a couple of locals but they know nothing. I also checked in the nearby wood nothing was obvious. These Perigord wild goose chases are pissing me off. Decide its time to leave here and stick to those on the maps. | 203 | 108 | |||
| Dolmen le Roc del Ser (Faux) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | Supposedly very close to the D.19 is this 5 metre long stone the remains of a dolmen capstone but I couldn’t find it. Have to say that by now I wasn’t looking hard. It said that if you recite an Avé Maria to it the stone will turn nine times.
I really must try and find this one tomorrow. Its been one of those afternoons where I couldn’t find anything and became frustrated. Then it started to rain and then thunderstorms and I find I am driving... Read More |
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| Le Bourdil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | Supposedly close to the D.19 but I couldn’t find it. Have to say that by now I wasn’t looking hard. Maybe tomorrow. | 203 | 106 | |||
| Menhir dit le Caillou (Boisse) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | Could I find this ? Nope. | 203 | 105 | |||
| Dolmen de Pedorat | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | Could I find this ? Nope. | 203 | 104 | |||
| Le Breil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | Could I find this ? Nope. | 203 | 103 | |||
| Dolmen de Pincanelle | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | I spent ages walking around many small lanes near the hamlet of Pincanelle looking for this 5 metre long dolmen capstone and asked an old lady in her garden but got nowhere. The lady apparently has no interest in such things and didn’t want to help although she was very interested in what I was doing ! | 203 | 102 | |||
| Dolmen de Case du Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | This dolmen is supposedly 2.5 metres high and three metres long. But beware it houses a giant and monstrous wolf with eyes burning with fire. I spent hours in the hamlet of Larocale looking for this and asked many people who didn’t know until I fond a man out strimmering in the garden who did at least know of its existence. It turned out he was a Professor of Prehistory but of older stuff than megaliths. He told me where to find the dolmen “turn ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Peyre Nègre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 21st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 500 metres to the west of the Le Blanc allée couverte in a field just beside the road to Naussannes this dolmen has become covered in brambles and bushes. It is still 2 metres high the large capstone resting on at least three big support stones of which at least one has collapsed.
This one is guarded by a tricky barbed wire gate which caught my shirt on the way in and on the way out I tripped on it and it ripped my trousers and leg to shreds... Read More |
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| Allée couverte de Blanc | Passage Grave | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 21st May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | At last I have found one which is signposted and looked after. It’s a couple of kilometres south of Beaumont on the D.676 towards Villereal and is in a little signposted area with parking and lots and lots of orchids around everywhere. Its said to be one of the best preserved megalithic remains in the Perigord region and if that’s the case the rest aren’t much to look out for !
The original allée was supposedly 12 metres in length but its now... Read More |
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| Cayra Levada | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 21st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just beside a little road northwest of Belvès but fenced in a garden and becoming overgrown this 1.5 metre high dolmen had several polished axes found within it. There’s a raised capstone on a couple of supports but its difficult to make out much more. While sitting making notes here I got overrun and attacked by a lot of vicious little ants and am still paying the price for sitting down carelessly 12 hours later. Bastards ! | 203 | 98 |
| Bonarme polissoirs | Polissoir | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 21st May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Further into the forest from the Bonarme dolmen are two polissoir stones dated to about 3000 BC which can also be found by following the marked and signposted forest walk for a kilometre or so. It’s a nice little spot on a hillside with an ancient spring below and some hut circles above. While I was there it was very humid and buzzing with insects.
One of the two stones has about 6 grooves in it with a natural basin for holding water a necess... Read More |
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| Bonarme Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 21st May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This was a pleasant find northwest of Belvès where there is a nicely arranged forest park area with a waymarked and signposted walk. The dolmen is still partially buried in its tumulus with remains of a stone circle or perhaps two still surviving around its outside. The capstone is about 3 m by 2.5 m and still covering a rectangular chamber which is completely dry which can be seen down below the level of the surrounding ground.
It has been d... Read More |
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| Cayre Levat | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | I drove round all the lanes I could find north of St Amande looking for something here but other than signs pointing to the farm of the same name I couldn’t find that farm. None of them seem to have names. I saw a poste van and was tempted to stop it and ask the postman. I was not helped by long winding lanes with nowhere to turn and various road works. | 203 | 95 | |||
| Langlade Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 21st May 2005 | I spent hours looking for this after it looked easy on the 1:25000 map in the supermarket. To start with I was looking on the wrong ridge for a different stone called Cayrelevada. After asking some people logging in a forest they pointed me in the right direction which was several kilometres away ! The book says it’s a beau dolmen beside the road in a garden in the hamlet of Langlade. Try as I might I couldn’t find this. I even looked in the wood... Read More |
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| Pierre du Diable (Vitrac) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | What I found here was a tiny little dolmen right beside the road which is being incorporated into a garden wall a few kilometres south of Sarlat-le-Caneda on top of a hill towards Vitrac. The capstone is not 2 metres by 2 metres and sits on a couple of stones both less than a foot in size. Its probable that there was more to this dolmen which is now under some trees and in the garden wall. | 203 | 93 |
| Peyrebrune megalith | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 20th May 2005 | Near the hamlet of Rozas to the east of Saint-Orse is the farm called Peyre Brune where there are some megalithic remains. I understand it is a large menhir but with stories surrounding it that it is a meteorite which has crashed to earth. On the tiny roads in this area I could find nowhere to park or indeed turn round so gave up perhaps a bit too easily. | 203 | 92 | |||
| Puy de Bon Temps Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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... Read More |
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| Grotte de Lascaux 2 | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | It’s obviously not the same as seeing the real thing but this copy of the two main chambers of Lascaux cave (which contains 90% of all the paintings) is pretty impressive. OK so it’s a concrete corridor built on the site of an old quarry a couple of hundred metres down hill from the real Lascaux but they tell you that it is nowhere more than 5 millimetres in error from the real thing and at least you can get to see it. It took about 20 years to b... Read More |
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| Grotte de Lascaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | This world famous cave has not been opened for visitors since about 1962 after the paintings had started to seriously deteriorate. It was found in September 1940 by two boys out walking their dog which fell down a hole underneath the roots of a freshly uprooted tree. It is now fenced off and not even opened up to specialist groups since 2001. The fence of course has its UNESCO World Heritage site plaque proudly on display. | 203 | 89 | |||
| Le Rigourdou | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 20th May 2005 | Within this cliff shelter just a bit up the hillside from Lascaux found in March 1954 had the discovery made on 22 September 1957 of a complete Neanderthal skeleton in it. Not only this but also several burials of at least 5 bears were found suggesting some strange bear cult or activity. These days its fenced off with a little visitor centre and bears. | 203 | 88 | |||
| Source de la Madeleine | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | On a cliff face on the west side of the river Vézère near the village of Tursac is the Troglodytic village which has been inhabited since 50000 years ago and gave its name to an epoch the Madeleinian which was about 12000 years ago. What you mostly see now for your visit money is medieval with several cliff houses built into the terrace on the cliff. There is also a couple of chapels and a gatehouse which guards over where there was a sort of dro... Read More |
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| Village de la Madeleine | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | On a cliff face on the west side of the river Vézère near the village of Tursac is the Troglodytic village which has been inhabited since 50000 years ago and gave its name to an epoch the Madeleinian which was about 12000 years ago.
What you mostly see now for your visit money is medieval with several cliff houses built into the terrace on the cliff. There is also a couple of chapels and a gatehouse which guards over where there was a sort of... Read More |
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| Abri de la Madeleine | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 20th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | You don’t actually really get to see the Abri de la Madeleine where all the prehistoric finds were made which gave their name to an epoch including the carved bison and the first harpoons. I guess to see this best you would need to canoe down the river but you can see the overhang and bits of it from the village and there is some display material in the visitor centre. | 203 | 85 |
| Abri de Lartet | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This cliff shelter was discovered by Lartet in 1863 and is classed as a National Historic Monument. Its just a few metres up the valley side from its more famous neighbour Abri du Poisson. | 203 | 84 |
| Abri de Cro-Magnon | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Up a little track to the side of the Cro-Magnon hotel along the road to the railway station can be found this sad little UNESCO World Heritage site where the Cro-Magnon man was discovered in 1868 by Francois Berthoumeyron as they were clearing the way for the road to the railway station.
Despite all the hustle and bustle in Les Eyzies and all the attractions crying out for your visit this place does not even have a signpost. Its nothing much ... Read More |
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| Abri du Poisson | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | Located in an open garden type area where there is a gap in the cliff face at the bottom of the Gorge D’Enfer on the south west side of the road out of Les Eyzies towards Périgueux about 1 kilometre after the bridge over the river and before Laugerie Basse. These days the abri is walled up and locked shut to enable people to pay to see inside and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Apart from the traffic going past this is a nice quiet little place ... Read More |
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| Pierre des Justices | Polissoir | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 19th May 2005 | Just off the main road from Perigueux to Les-Eyzies at the junction of the D32 west to Mauzens-et-Miremont is a little picnic and parking area. If you then follow this road west under the splendid railway viaduct after a few hundred metres pass the lavoir then take the little lane up to the left. Somewhere several hundred metres up the steep slope into these woods can be found the Pierre des Justices polissoir stone.
I was told by locals that... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Faille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | An out of the way dolmen a kilometre or so to the west of the village of Rouffignac along the D6 then just south along a lane by the rubbish dump. It’s on a slope in a fenced off field not far from the lane and can be seen from there. There is a brown capstone sitting on a few support stones becoming enclosed by trees. | 203 | 80 |
| Grotte de Rouffignac | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This is a strange cave its all very bare and rectangular and seems more like a stone mine than a natural cave although it is completely natural and of which there are 10 kilometres of passage. The guided visit takes place in little electric trains which take you a kilometre underground. There are no stalagmites or stalactites to be seen anywhere but lots and lots of graffiti through the ages as this has always been an easy to access cave.
Of ... Read More |
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| Musée National de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 19th May 2005 | 5 | 4 | Recently completely rebuilt this is one of the must sees of the area. There are loads and loads of tools and lots of videos of people making and using them. On the second floor there are some nice finds and again more tools. I thought that there were too many tools on display and not enough other things it seemed to be an ancient tool museum rather than a complete prehistory museum but then again I guess that they are all we have to see. But ther... Read More |
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| Abri de Laugerie-Haute | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 18th May 2005 | 4 | Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Haute. This was one of the biggest rock shelters anywhere and was inhabited since 50000 years ago. But much of the cliff roof fell down about 10000 years ago and wrecked the place. This had the effect of burying all the archaeology hence preserving it to the present day and preventing it being rebuilt and reused in the millen... Read More |
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| Abri de Ruth | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 18th May 2005 | 4 | Just to the south of the village of Le Moustoir on the west bank of the Vézère is found this collection of caves and a museum of artefacts. .Supposedly a very important place from where the stratigraphy of the various eras was determined. But getting on in the evening very tired after a long hilly bike ride when its shut it looks just like a cave in a cliff face in a garden to me ! | 203 | 76 | ||
| Abri du Moustier | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 18th May 2005 | 4 | In the cliff face right opposite the main square in the delightful village of Le Moustoir on the west bank of the Vézère is found this World Heritage Site. Things found here gave its name to an entire epoch the Mousterien. But late on in the day on a long bike ride and wanting to get back (and knowing there's at least one more big hill in the way) it looked like more fenced and walled off bits of cliff face. | 203 | 75 | ||
| La Roque-Saint-Christophe | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th May 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | In the gigantic cliff face on the opposite side of the river Vézère to the delightful village of Le Moustoir is found this World Heritage Site. It's an entire troglodytic city which was inhabited continuously from 50000 years ago until a few centuries ago. It's massive. Even knowing it is five levels high and having visited it 27 years ago doesn’t stop it being mind blowing. It's really awe inspiring.
I guess most of what is seen today dates ... Read More |
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| Abri du Cap-Blanc | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th May 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | In this now walled up cliff shelter, there is a massive frieze of sculpted animals. It was discovered in about 1909, and still bears the scars of the picks used in the excavations, and some of the animals were destroyed. There are horses, bison and the main event, a 2 metre long horse and bison combined, the bison looking to the left, while the horse looks to the right.
This is a fantastic place to visit, but to be honest there is not so much... Read More |
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| Grotte des Combarelles 1 | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th May 2005 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Its good being here in mid May while its not very busy as I can get to visit places like this. Visits are strictly limited to a couple of groups of up to six people at a time per day and often have to be booked several weeks in advance. But I enquired in the morning and got to be on the afternoon tour. Brilliant.
A couple of kilometres north of Les Eyzies beyond Fonte de Gaume in the base of a cliff face is found this cave entrance which in ... Read More |
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| Font-de-Gaume | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 18th May 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Walk quickly the 2km from Les Eyzies to the entrance building for the cave, and am just in time to be a part of the 10:00 trip. Hooray. It is fantastic.
The colours don't seem so vivid as I recall, (probably from seeing pictures), but I am actually in the cave with these paintings, and could almost touch them if I wanted) strictly forbidden!) they are that close and available. They are said to date from 14000 years ago, dated by means of calc... Read More |
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| Gisement du Pataud | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 17th May 2005 | 4 | There’s a museum built into the cliff face here and a covered area which looks like some sort of exhibition of an archaeological dig. Its between Cro Magnon and the Les Eyzies museum halfway up the cliff face. | 203 | 68 | ||
| Grotte de Grand Roc | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Saw from a distance | 17th May 2005 | 4 | Don’t know whether theres any prehistoric stuff in here but its supposed to have lots of natural wonders. In the same cliff face as Laugerie Basse. | 203 | 67 | ||
| Abri de Laugerie-Basse | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 4 | Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Basse. Gisements and shelters in the cliff face which have been inhabited since Cro Magnon man right up to this day. | 203 | 66 | ||
| Pierre Plantée (Lisle) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | As I was driving south along the D78 road coming into Lisle I saw a sign saying Pierre Plantée and there was a stone about a metre high stood just by the roadside. I cant be sure whether this is the actual Pierre Plantée referred to or indeed whether it is ancient but it isn’t new ! | 203 | 62 |
| Pierre de Nautours | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | I wasn’t expecting this. I was just getting caught up in rush hour traffic on the outskirts of Périgueux when I saw this large brownish black megalith standing beside a busy roundabout. There was a bus stop conveniently right by it at which I was able to stop and have a decent look although I didn’t spend long here.
I assume its been moved here from Combe du Puy Gauthier wherever that may be and it was dedicated as a monument to somebody whos... Read More |
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| Peyrebrune (Seyssac) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | A kilometre or so down a rough track called Chasse de Pierre Brune from the D109 near Segonzac can be found the remains of this rectangular chambered dolmen. The chamber has dimensions of about 3 m by 2 m and made with well positioned stone blocks. There is a capstone which only covers the western end. It’s a pity about the chestnut trees growing in it. | 203 | 64 |
| Dolmen de Palus | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | In a field of Barley just beside the country lane from Douchapt to Ségonzac near the hamlet of Margot can be found the remains of this dolmen. Its not much more than a collection of four large brownish black rocks which I would guess are a capstone and three fallen supports. There’s still enough room underneath for the local wildlife to enjoy its shelter despite being ploughed right up to the stones. | 203 | 63 |
| Beauroulet Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | A 4 metres by 2.5 metre capstone of strange dark reddish brown/black rock sits slightly off the ground on top of some fallen grey limestone support stones. Its in a field just opposite a factory near a roadside restaurant at a junction with the busy D939 Brantôme to Périgueux road. Despite being in such a busy noisy and unsightly place it somehow felt calm as I sat here on the stone eating my lunch. | 203 | 61 |
| Peyre Levade (Condat) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Couldn't find | 17th May 2005 | A couple of kilometres east of Brantôme is marked a dolmen on my ign map but despite trying hard to find it I saw no signs of anything and there was nowhere at all to park on very small country lanes to get out and have a proper look. | 203 | 60 | |||
| La Pierre Levée (Brantôme) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This dolmen stands on a sort of village green thing just on the eastern outskirts of the delightful old town of Brantôme about 50 metres north of the D78 road. A single large capstone about 4 metres by 2 metres sits on 3 (or is it 4) support stones with the help of some modern building work about 2 metres off the ground. A couple of other stones remain fallen or broken nearby. | 203 | 59 |
| Peyre d'Ermale | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | Marked on my ign map as a menhir but signposted along a track from the road as Dolmen I parked and walked to see what I could find.
What I eventually found after about a kilometre walk was a strange lump of natural rock which has been shaped has a squarish cut out in one side and a round basin to the south with little channels cut in the surrounding rocks to presumably collect water.
I have no idea what this is meant to be and indeed no i... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Peyrelevade (Paussac) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) | Visited | 17th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This is a nice little dolmen in a pleasant open bit of land with lots of orchids butterflies and lizards at the time of my visit on a sunny May morning. Its just off the D93 between St Vivien and Paussac 50 metres down a little track which is signposted from the road.
The dolmen consists of a strangely layered dark reddish brown/black capstone sitting on 5 limestone supports about 2 metres off the ground covering a chamber of dimensions appro... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Boucharderie | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This was a bit of a bugger to find what with road building schemes and diversions taking me miles away and then very narrow lanes with tight corners and no passing places through Cognac vineyard country. There was nothing obvious so I parked and asked people at the farm who gladly pointed me to some trees in the middle of a freshly planted field of maize. “C’est sous l’arbre un tres jolie photo”. I was assured it was OK for me to walk through the... Read More |
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| Ligné tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Yet another great big round tumulus within a wooded area in the middle of a field. The mound is approximately round about 30 metres in diameter and 5 metres high inside the middle of which is a dug out chamber which is all falling in and not in a very good state. There is an obvious entrance passage as well which has all fallen in or been dug out. There are still several side slabs in place in both the chamber and the entrance passage and indeed ... Read More |
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| La Grande Motte | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 16th May 2005 | On the hill high above Fontenille can be seen another tree covered mound. This one was really tempting to go and walk to but it was a long way from anywhere I could drive to so I managed to keep away. Pity I didn’t get a good photograph as from certain angles its most impressive looking. | 203 | 52 | |||
| Dolmen dit la Motte-de-la-Garde | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | A bit further south along the trackway is a suspicious looking bit of woodland at the top of a hillock so I went to have a look. On venturing inside there is a socking great big stone mound perhaps 6 metres high and about 50 metres by 30 metres in dimensions. Walking further into the wood there are a few big stones and then Da Daaahhh ! A chamber which can be got down into. Its about 2 metres square with a massively thick crude capstone perched o... Read More |
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| Maison de la Vieille Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Further on along the track and to the south of where it crosses a perpendicular trackway can be seen a little wooded area inside a cultivated field. This is just where I had seen the dolmen symbol on the 1:25000 ign map I had earlier looked at in the shop so I went for a look. Having crossed the field to the little copse I found a bramble and bush covered mound the vegetation almost too thick to penetrate. But inside this can be seen a broken cap... Read More |
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| La Grosse Pérotte | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | There are several dolmens marked along a ridgetop to the west of the village of Fontenille, so I went for a look. The whole area abounds with tumulus and mounds perched on the hilltops. The map may have only 4 or 5 marked, but there are many more here. As I was parking to go walking along the ridgetop track signposted "Dolmens", A white van parked nearby, and out got a little old man, wondering if I was looking for the dolmens. When I said yes, a... Read More |
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| La Petite Pérotte | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | There are several dolmens marked along a ridgetop to the west of the village of Fontenille, so I went for a look. The whole area abounds with tumulus and mounds perched on the hilltops. The map may have only 4 or 5 marked, but there are many more here. As I was parking to go walking along the ridgetop track signposted "Dolmens", A white van parked nearby, and out got a little old man, wondering if I was looking for the dolmens. When I said yes, a... Read More |
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| Tumulus de Chateaurenaud | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 16th May 2005 | Another big obvious wood covered tumulus up on the hills above the village. But to get to this one would have meant quite a long walk from anywhere I could have parked and there was no obvious way to it so I did not bother as there are many others to explore locally. | 203 | 46 | |||
| Folatière Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Much wrecked remains of a dolmen, near to the hamlet of Bel Air, a couple of kilometres to the northeast of the village of Luxé in Charente. At first I assumed the dolmen would be part of the tumulus and so was disappointed that I could not get to see it. However later in the day having seen a detailed map of the area I saw that the dolmen was marked a bit to the northeast of the tumulus so I went for another look. This time I saw a large stone ... Read More |
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| Folatière tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 16th May 2005 | This tumulus is obvious it can be seen from miles around up on top of a hill all covered in woodland.I parked and walked up “Rue de Tumulus” but could find no way of closer inspection as its all fenced off private land. The tumulus is really massive though and dwarfs the nearby farmhouse. Shame as its marked on my ign map so must have something worth seeing. | 203 | 44 | |||
| Dolmen dit la Pierre du Sacrifice (Boixe) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | The remains of this monument can be found about 100 metres walk into the Forêt-de-Boixe from the parking place near the Tumulus de la Boixe, and signposted. These days it is basically just a capstone of a destroyed tumulus, once similar to Boixe, and is about 4 metres in length, 2 metres wide and a metre thick. It has some very straight channels in the top, which are so straight and even that they must have been carved, rather than randomly shape... Read More |
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| Tumulus de la Boixe B | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This wonderful tumulus can be found signposted just to the west of the D.116 as it runs through the Forêt-de-Boixe. Said to be one of about 15 such tombs here in the 19th century, but now mostly destroyed.
It’s a lovely tomb, which has been restored, with a chamber still contained fully within its cairn, which must be between 25 and 30 metres in diameter, with two walled and stepped rings around it. A large capstone is still visible from the ... Read More |
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| La Justice tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 15th May 2005 | There are four tumulus here to the east of the village of Tusson which lie in a line along the top of a ridge. One of the central pair is enormous and deserves further exploration. The Pierre Blanche and Magnez dolmens are on the same line to the north. | 203 | 41 | |||
| Le Gros Dognon tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 16th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After the day I’d so far had finding these tremendous tumuli and dolmens where none are signposted I thought I’d go back to the big looking one as Tusson for a better look after all it has lots of signposts and looked fairly big so who knows what I might find. Although easy to find parking was a problem but I managed to find somewhere nearby at the edge of the lane.
What a monster ! This is really a big one. Enter into the wooded area and the... Read More |
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| Vieux Breuil tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 5th Dec 2005 | There are four tumulus here to the east of the village of Tusson which lie in a line along the top of a ridge. One of the central pair is enormous and deserves further exploration. The Pierre Blanche and Magnez dolmens are on the same line to the north. | 203 | 39 | |||
| Tusson tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Saw from a distance | 15th May 2005 | There are four tumulus here to the east of the village of Tusson which lie in a line along the top of a ridge. One of the central pair is enormous and deserves further exploration. The Pierre Blanche and Magnez dolmens are on the same line to the north. | 203 | 38 | |||
| Dolmen de La Pierre Blanche à Bessé 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A couple of kilometres southwest of the village of Charmé along the D736 the dolmen is signposted along a trackway from the road. Its about half a mile walk to a little wood and the dolmen is within the field of crops adjacent. A large oval shaped capstone almost 2 metres thick sits on several small supports which can just be seen under the capstone amongst the crops. Theres a little noticeboard at the edge of the field which tells about the dolm... Read More |
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| Magnez Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Charente (16) | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Walk up a little track behind the farmhouse to the south of the road as it passes through the hamlet of Magnez (Magné) for a couple of hundred metres and you will see a large stone to the right of the trackway. This is the capstone to the dolmen which is full of holes with plants and flowers growing in them. It rests on a few supports but is collapsed on the side nearest the trackway. It’s a lovely rockery but not much of a dolmen. | 203 | 36 |
| Dolmen de la Pierre-Pèze | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After a long wet day of driving and getting frustrated by a lack of nice things to see and getting lost in a couple of big towns (Niort Fontenay) I needed this. On the D948 road just to the west of the railway station to the east of Limilonges (where there is lots of space to park) is a large sign to the dolmen which can be found a few hundred metres walk along the woodland path.
It consists of a massive vegetation covered triangular shaped c... Read More |
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| Celles-sur-Belle menhirs | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Poitou-Charentes:Deux-Sèvres (79) | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | After a fairly long struggle to find these which are marked on my ign map I eventually found a sign pointing through the woods to menhirs 180 metres but not very close to the position on the map. The best I found was two big lumps of rock on a hillside which looked very much like they may be natural rocks to me. Its possible there is a third nearby. I could not get a gps fix in the dense woodland. | 203 | 34 |
| La Frise Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Couldn't find | 15th May 2005 | I could see no signs of this in the flat farmland, nor any signs or other indications | 203 | 33 | |||
| Pierres Folles du Follet | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The Pierres Folle de Follet are two large menhirs both about 3.5 metres tall positioned one each side of a little lane like giant gateposts at the hamlet of the same name just to the south of the D19 a couple of kilometres south of the village of Rosnay.
There is a legend associated with them, which is printed on a little sign nearby, but which I cannot translate adequately. Something about Gargantua playing quoits here, and destroying houses... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit La Salle des Fées | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 15th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This was not at all like I was expecting to find so either the picture I had previously seen of this is of the wrong place or else this dolmen has had a nasty accident which has increased the remains !
I have to say it looks like a jumble of large rock slabs around a few trees in the middle of a field but it is possible to determine some side slabs and capstones of a long collapsed chamber. It is found just inside a field to the northwest of ... Read More |
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| Prédaire Dolmen | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | This much ruined transepted burial mound sits on a clifftop overlooking the sea to the south of the seaside harbour town of Pornic. I had chosen to spend the night at the campsite la Boutinardière and went for an evening stroll for 20 minutes or so northwest along the Sentier des Douarniers coastal footpath past some strange jetties with boat lifts jutting into the sea at the foot of the cliffs before reaching the dolmen as the sun was going down... Read More |
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| Joselière Dolmen | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | As soon as I got here this nice quiet place was flooded with people either returning from the beach or a walk along the clifftop. It is superbly positioned in a field about 50 metres from the sea but it’s a shame about the wartime gun emplacement here also. This transepted burial mound has been restored recently and is in fine condition. It consists of a single entrance corridor which faces eastwards on a bearing of 112° with four internal chambe... Read More |
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| Trois Squelettes | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | Nearby to the east of the tumulus des Mousseaux are the remains of two more burial mounds of which remains can be seen in various gardens in the vicinity. The large tumulus du Moulin du Motte is these days hardly visible behind a large garden wall and some new holiday homes but a bit further to the west down the lane some large stones can be clearly seen in a garden. These are the remains of the Trois Squelettes tombs three chambers which were on... Read More |
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| Moulin du Motte | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | Nearby to the east of the tumulus des Mousseaux are the remains of two more burial mounds of which remains can be seen in various gardens in the vicinity. The large tumulus du Moulin du Motte is these days hardly visible behind a large garden wall and some new holiday homes but a bit further to the west down the lane some large stones can be clearly seen in a garden. These are the remains of the Trois Squelettes tombs three chambers which were on... Read More |
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| Tumulus Des Mousseaux | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | This monument is signposted from all sorts of places and easy to find if approaching from the north but probably not so if coming from the south as the fortified harbour and seaside town of Pornic is a maze of small streets and indeed barred to a campervan. The tumulus is enclosed by houses and reaches right up to the roadside but does have its own little area with a sign telling about it but its all a bit busy and noisy. This is a superbly resto... Read More |
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| Menhir du Boivre | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Couldn't find | 14th May 2005 | This menhir is supposed to be 3.8 metes tall and nicely shaped but I could not find it. I took both the high road (a gravel track ) and the low road through the farmyard of the same name looking but I didn’t even catch a glimpse of it. | 203 | 25 | |||
| Menhir dit la Pierre Attelée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | A more than 3 metre tall menhir in a clearing in the forest of Attelée amongst the sand dunes to the south of this pleasant seaside town. It was a nice cool lump of granite to find on this warm afternoon. | 203 | 24 |
| Pierre de Couche | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | In a little enclosure on the opposite side of the busy dual carriageway road from the campsite this stone is just over 2 metres tall in pale granite. It’s a nicely shaped stone but far too enclosed within the houses and noisy. | 203 | 23 |
| Les Pierres Couchées | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Now incorporated into a campsite of the same name I was expecting to find a fallen menhir. I was told the stone was round the back of the office building but I could not find it initially. Upon my return to the parking area later I found what looked to be some ancient stones right behind my campervan which had hidden them from me originally ! If what I saw was indeed the Pierres Couchées then it looked to me to be more the remains of some sort of... Read More |
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| Rossignols Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | In amongst the houses in this little seaside town this dolmen has its own plot of land with a picnic area and is signposted from various places in the vicinity. It has obviously been covered over by sand dunes as it is all in a hollow in the ground surrounded by trees. There is a massive capstone 4 by 3 metres and 1 metre thick but this covers only about half of the chamber which is surrounded by upright slabs many of which are still in position ... Read More |
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| Moulin Chevalier Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | I am not quite sure what to make of this. It is either a fairly undisturbed dolmen still well contained within its mound or else it is a bit of a wreck ! The mound is about 8 metres by 4 metres and is found down a little track left at the edge of a field but there are no signposts. There is possibly a second mound close by. | 203 | 20 |
| Plessis Gamat Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Signposted locally this is a lovely pointed pale granite stone about 2.8 metres tall. It is found by going down a little track opposite the electric station then right into a field where its found in the bushes on the right. | 203 | 19 |
| La Pierre de Gargantua (St Brevin) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 3 | I spent nearly an hour looking for this and eventually found it after asking a local. It is in a swamp just beside a large road junction and can be found by taking a dead end track then across some open land before dropping down into the wetlands in the corner of the road interchange.
Having found it it was not all that exciting being only abut a metre high and surrounded by tall grasses. Its hardly a Gargantua ! Perhaps its sinking into the ... Read More |
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| Sainte Marguerite Au Pé Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | While at Dissignac there was a map showing a cycle ride which passed a cromlech a couple of kilometres to the south along Route du Cromlech so I went to have a look. Its easily found just north of the road junction and in a little piece of land between houses with its own signpost outside. It’s a little circle of stones about 5 metres in diameter and I suspect it’s the remains of a burial chamber indeed there seems to be an inner bit still with a... Read More |
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| Dissignac Tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 14th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Signposted from miles around and it has its own little parking area picnic site bus stop and kiosk but when I arrived here (on a Saturday morning in mid May) it was all shut and fenced off and it looked pretty permanent. It’s a restored tumulus with two large passage graves inside with the chambers facing southeast. It was fairly substantially rebuilt at some point in the past which doubled the size of the mound and extended the chambers by 4 met... Read More |
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| Gaudinais megalithes | Long Barrow | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A signpost to Vestiges Megalithiques de La Gaudinais points down a gravel track to this from the main street on the west side of the village of Langon so I just had to go and have a look. I have no idea what I found or even whether it is the proper megalithic remains but I had a good look around.
What I found was a sort of embanked rectangle of stones in woodland a bit like a small version of King Arthur’s Hall on Bodmin Moor. The dimensions ... Read More |
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| Demoiselles de Langon | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Found near to the stadium in the village of Langon and signposted from the main street These alignements consist of between 30 and 40 white quartz stone blocks in a field. Though I have read somewhere about them being arranged in two rows this most definitely isn’t the case. I have also read about them being astronomically aligned but to me they seem quite randomly scattered about! Many intersecting lines of 4 or 5 stones perhaps but nothing obvi... Read More |
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| Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A fine lateral entry allée couverte at the top of a hill just to the northwest of the Saint Just megaliths and signposted from there. The main chamber is about 13 metres long 1.2 m wide and oriented 102°. The entrance is on the south side with a couple of laterally set portal stones near the east end. There are 8 capstones in place and all the stones get larger to the west end. The stones are made from the strange lumpy local Schist. | 203 | 13 |
| Alignement dit le Rocher | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Saw from a distance | 13th May 2005 | To the east of Saint Just village I spent no time looking for this menhir as it was by now pouring with rain, although I thought I saw something near a farmhouse as I drove past. | 203 | 12 | |||
| Croix Madame | Barrow Cemetery | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | At the western end of the village to the east of the Alignements du Moulin are the remains of some some bronze age burial chambers. At least four mounds are known, some of which have the remains of stone chambers within.
I did not find them initially and didn’t spend a lot of time looking for them on the way back as it was by now pouring with rain and everything was getting soaked. I expect that the humps and bumps seen in the ground here ar... Read More |
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| Le Four Sarrazin | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A little ruined allée couverte in a mound at the western end of the Saint Just megalithic wonderland almost overlooking the gorge down to the river. The chamber is aligned roughly east west on 109° with the entrance being near the east end on the southern side. There are three remaining fallen capstones one of which has a fine pattern of cupules in its underside. It has been dated to 2500 BC. | 203 | 10 |
| Le Tribunal | Stone Circle | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | What is now an arc of 9 large white stones is the remains of what was once a 15 stone semicircle facing towards a single large white stone (the Judge) about 50 metres to the east. This is said to be an astronomical alignment of some kind. One of the stones at the southern end of the Tribunal is the most fantastically marked stone with black and white swirls everywhere.
I met some Americans here one of who asked if I knew anything much about t... Read More |
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| Dolmen Ouest de la Croix de Saint-Pierre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Another fenced off but recently restored mound with a round cairn enclosing a chamber which opens to the east. | 203 | 8 |
| Croix St Pierre tertre | Long Barrow | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Another long mound this time in an east west alignment with a sort of rectangular arrangement of stones sticking up from within it rather like the peristalith stones from an allée couverte. There is a single larger block of stone near the western end. | 203 | 7 |
| Croix St Pierre east | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A large long mound with two large dolmenic chambers within it opening to the side and also a smaller one near one end. This has been excavated and restored in 1990/91 and was dated to 3500 to 4000 BC. As with all of these chambers it is fenced off to keep the masses out. | 203 | 6 |
| Château Bû | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This is now fenced off to prevent the massive erosion which was happening but clearly visible although becoming a little overgrown. Just what the heck is it ? A chambered tumulus with entrance to the east but with a stone circle on the top and also 3 or more large white menhirs. Most strange. Like nothing I have seen before at all. Sort of like three or four monuments in one all on top of each other. | 203 | 5 |
| Demoiselles Piquées | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Three large white quartz menhirs one now fallen. The stone of the westernmost menhir is a really lovely thing with all sorts of coloured patterns and swirls within it. | 203 | 4 |
| Alignements du Moulin W | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | There are two long roughly parallel lines running east west with a third less well defined row to the southwest running in a north south direction. The first row reached is the northernmost and consists of at least 14 large white quartz blocks with a few grey stones in it as well with an alignment of 099°. One of the large stones towards the western end has been used at some later stage as a part of a burial chamber with at least two burial cists... Read More |
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| Alignements du Moulin S | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | There are two long roughly parallel lines running east west with a third less well defined row to the southwest running in a north south direction. The first row reached is the northernmost and consists of at least 14 large white quartz blocks with a few grey stones in it as well with an alignment of 099°. One of the large stones towards the western end has been used at some later stage as a part of a burial chamber with at least two burial cists... Read More |
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| Alignements du Moulin N | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 13th May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | There are two long roughly parallel lines running east west with a third less well defined row to the southwest running in a north south direction. The first row reached is the northernmost and consists of at least 14 large white quartz blocks with a few grey stones in it as well with an alignment of 099°. One of the large stones towards the western end has been used at some later stage as a part of a burial chamber with at least two burial cists... Read More |
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| Le Wuy Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Seine-Maritime (76) | Visited | 27th Dec 2012 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Described as a menhir, this site is the remains of a burial chamber of some sorts, which has been largely destroyed by agriculture. The remains I found consist of one large standing stone, about 2 m width and just over a metre in height. Its a lovely slab of sarsen like stone, which is all smooth on the southern face, but all lumpy and holed on the northern face, as sarsen often is. Beside this stone is another slab of sarsen flat to the ground. ... Read More |
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| Pierre Trouée de l'allée couverte d'Aizier | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 27th Dec 2012 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This wonderful holed stone is today found nicely presented (since 1976) just outside the little church of the village of Aizier, right on the banks of the River Seine not too far upstream from the Tancarville Bridge, a few miles inland from Le Havre.
The stone is the remains of the portholed entry stone from a now destroyed allée couverte, which was destroyed during the making of the road to Bourneville sometime in the 19th century. The stone... Read More |
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| Pierre Tournante (Bosgouet) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 4th May 2005 | Marked on my ign map as a megalithic monument. When I got there I found that the track through the forest to get to it had been gated off with lots of barbed wire and keep out notices everywhere so I didn’t get to investigate. | 202 | 97 | |||
| Allée Couverte de Mauny | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Seine-Maritime (76) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 3 | A much ruined allée couverte which can be found in woodland beside the D265 road as it climbs the hill from the riverbank below and to the east of Mauny. Almost lost in the woods and currently being used as a junk store it almost looks like its been bulldozed. There is however a very nice half porthole stone which can still be made out. The main chamber is probably about 10 metres long 1.5 metres wide and faces down the valley but most of the rem... Read More |
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| Vielle Cote Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Ile-de-France:Val-d'Oise (95) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | A much ruined trench grave about 10 metres long and 2 metres wide with an orientation of 292° looking down the hill can be found dug into the hillside in a field of crops along a lane at the top of a ridge about 400 metres south from the little lane which climbs eastwards from the village. Although marked on my ign map there are no signs or any other items to suggest its presence. Parking is available at the junction of the lane and track. | 202 | 95 |
| Allée Couverte de Dampsmesnil | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | It’s easy enough to find the pathway that leads into the woods to this its signed allée couverte from several places from several miles around. However the tiny roads with cropped fields make it almost impossible to park anywhere (certainly a camper van) so it was a long walk. From the lane where the signposted track ascends into the woods its about a half kilometre walk following the main trackway up and keeping left. There is another little sig... Read More |
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| Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | A big (3.5 metre tall 2.5 m wide 0.5 m thick) flinty chalky lump stood right beside the roadside in a little fenced enclosure. It was moved here when the road was widened and a metre or so was broken off the top while doing so. | 202 | 93 | |||
| St-Etienne-du-Vouvray burial chamber | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | -1 | There are no remains of this gallery grave as it is destroyed and underneath the railway line. It was once a fine trench grave like Dampsnesnil and had many finds. | 202 | 92 | ||
| Saint-Etienne-du-Vauvray Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 4th May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | About a 3.5 metre tall menhir found right beside the roadside between St Etienne and Louviers. Once the road is found the menhir is easy ! The menhir has been moved from its original position which was where the railway now is on the other side of the road. | 202 | 91 |
| Allée Couverte de Pinterville | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 4th May 2005 | Despite driving around this village and its environs thoroughly and looking at the village map and having the ign 1:25000 map I could find no signs of this. | 202 | 90 | |||
| Menhir dit le Caillou de Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | I spent ages driving round all the roads of this hilltop village high above the river Eure (mostly because I could never find anywhere to turn a campervan) but could find no evidence of this menhir. The double village has no signs or anything to signify the presence of a menhir but hey are obviously very proud of their water tower and a bit of roman road. | 202 | 89 | |||
| Pierre Frite de Breuilpont | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | As for the other menhirs in this river valley I could find no evidence of this menhir. The roads are terribly kept and there are almost no places to turn a campervan so I travelled over much more roads than I would have otherwise done. | 202 | 88 | |||
| Garennes-sur-Eure Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | Despite a good look around I could find nothing. I drove around many roads looking all over the place but it was a nasty busy road alongside the river at going home time which didn’t help. | 202 | 87 | |||
| Dolmen dit Gravier de Gargantua 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | Despite a good look around I could find no evidence of either of these. Why oh why do these villages in Normandy not look after and promote these sites ? Not even a map of the area in the village which makes these sites in Eure even more difficult to find than those in the rest of Normandy. | 202 | 86 | |||
| Dolmen dit Gravier de Gargantua 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | Despite a good look around I could find no evidence of either of these. Why oh why do these villages in Normandy not look after and promote these sites ? Not even a map of the area in the village which makes these sites in Eure even more difficult to find than those in the rest of Normandy. | 202 | 85 | |||
| Fort Harrouard | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Saw from a distance | 3rd May 2005 | This ancient defended settlement is positioned on a steep hillside high above the river Eure near the village of Marcilly-sur-Eure. | 202 | 84 | |||
| Dolmen de la Ferme Brûlée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) | Visited | 3rd May 2005 | Down by the banks of the river Eure are marked on my map a dolmen and polissoir. I couldn’t park close so parked and walked back from some distance away during which time I got soaked by a torrential downpour. I eventually found a house called Le Dolmen but with lots of keep out signs and security devices. Down the far end of the driveway I could see the dolmen and managed a long distance photo of it part hidden by a van. There was no way I could... Read More |
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| Alignement des Bruyères | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Couldn't find | 3rd May 2005 | I carelessly missed this alignment of three menhirs by not looking carefully at all the information I had with me. I looked in the village for details but there were none I could find. It is supposedly in a field down near the hamlet of Les Bruyeres. So much for my thinking that some unknown being was helping me out today ! | 202 | 81 | |||
| Dolmen de l'Hôtel-Dieu | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Saw from a distance | 3rd May 2005 | Seen a couple of hundred metres away in the middle of a field just to the northeast of the crossroads at La Trigalle It looks fairly similar to the nearby Pierre Courcoulée. | 202 | 80 | |||
| La Pierre Courcoulée (Ventes) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 3rd May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen consists of a giant flinty puddingstone capstone sitting on 4 support stones with a couple more fallen inside. The capstone is about 4 metres by 2.5 metres and well over a metre thick.
It is marked on my ign map but there are no signposts at all on the face of the world. Park where the road from the village of Ventes meets the D60 at Le Haut Bois – there’s plenty of space just to the west of the road at a big entrance area to the ... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Pierre de Gargantua (Neaufles) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Saw from a distance | 3rd May 2005 | Seen at a distance of about 200 metres across fields from the little bridge across the Risle river. There wasn’t really anywhere to park and there looked no way to get to the menhir so I contented myself with a long distance shot. It must be nearly 4 metres tall in a large flat pasture beside the river. | 202 | 78 | |||
| La Grosse Pierre (Verneusses) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A nice simple dolmen right beside the lane just to the east of the hamlet of Verneusses. The large capstone is 4 m by 3.5 m on top of 6 upright support stones. The capstone and one of the upright stones are made from a strange stony conglomerate which has lots of flints in it on one side only. Apparently this dolmen was restored badly nearly two hundred years ago. | 202 | 76 |
| Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | The remains of this dolmen are now within a ploughed field just to the northwest of the village of Ferté Frêsnel on the road to Bocquencé. There is a small signpost to the dolmen but as seems almost always in these parts there is nowhere at all to park.
The dolmen is now very badly looked after ploughed right up to the edges and indeed hit with the machinery in one or two places and covered in muck from muckspreading. The large broken capston... Read More |
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| Menhir de Boulay-Filleul | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Saw from a distance | 2nd May 2005 | A menhir in woodland visible just to the west side of the road to L’Aigle a couple of kilometres south of the village. As is becoming typical of round here there is nowhere at all to park on a very busy road. Those damned Normadie ditches alongside all the roads. Couldn’t stop to take a picture and it took miles before I was able to turn round and have another look on the way back. | 202 | 74 | |||
| Dolmen de la Forge | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Eure (27) | Visited | 3rd May 2005 | Having failed to find this after several attempts yesterday, the next day I checked out the position of this dolmen on the ign 1:25000 map in the supermarket and it looked simple to find so thought I’d have another go. Its north of the town on the little road that runs on the west side of the Risle river. Just past the hamlet of La Forge it should be between the very small road and the river.
After I eventually found somewhere to park and wal... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Jarrier | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 3 | A mile or so south of the village centre across both the river and railway on the road to Anglure. The dolmen can be found just before (north of) a crossroads at the top of the hill about 40 metres to the west of the road in a well protected field right under a hedge. It consists of a large capstone resting on four uprights. Typical for this region there is nowhere to park and of course no signs to signify its presence. | 202 | 72 |
| Menhir dit de la Chevrolière | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | On the outskirts of the town of L’Aigle can be found this 2.8 metre tall menhir just to the right of the road to Saint Sulpice-sur-Risle village before reaching the new ring road. | 202 | 71 |
| La Pierre Levée (Echauffour) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Saw from a distance | 2nd May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 3 | About half a kilometre south of the village of Echauffour can be seen in a field to the east of the road the remains of a dolmen of which a large capstone can be seen resting on some uprights.
I could find nowhere to stop nearby so I parked some distance away and walked to try and get a closer look. This is a nasty busy road with lots of lorries thundering past and I found no way into the field and only got a couple of distant shots. I hate t... Read More |
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| Les Gastines | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Saw from a distance | 2nd May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | At the hamlet of La Métairie, a couple of kilometres south of Saint Hilaire-sur-Risle, in Orne, used to be a field with several stones in it including 4 menhirs one of which was more than 4 metres high and had been split by a tree which had grown in a crack in the stone.
Recent fate seems not to have been kind to these stones as when I visited, the field had been cleared of these stones and ploughed over and planted with crops. What appeared ... Read More |
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| Menhirs dits Les Croûtes | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A couple of kilometres south of the village of Echauffour can be found a signpost pointing to menhirs along a small track to the east of the road. There is a place to park on this track near the main road and after a couple of hundred metres walk down this track the two menhirs can be seen standing in a field.
Both stones are about 3 metres tall and are spaced about 30 metres apart from each other on an alignment of 055° running down the hill... Read More |
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| La Pierre Levée (Silly) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | To the southeast of the village of Silly-en-Gouffern and just inside the Forêt-de-Petite-Gouffern can be found this enormous menhir about 40 metres from the roadside. It is more than 6 metres tall and several metres wide with its thickness less than a metre. And the top two metres have been broken off ! When I was here I found nowhere to park a camper van and the stone seemed to be located well within a private area with no direct access. | 202 | 67 |
| Trun menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Couldn't find | 2nd May 2005 | There is a menhir somehow incorporated into a southern corner of the church tower of this village where I stopped right by it to buy food and look at the village maps. How stupid I was to miss this one forgetting its existence only while I was there. Its why I went there ! Guess the lateness of getting my lunch was taking its toll. | 202 | 66 | |||
| Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée (Fontaine) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Right beside the road to the west of the village of Fontaine-les-Bassets on the way to Ommoy are the remains of this dolmen. It is hard to make out what exactly the remains consist of. There is one large capstone about 3.5 m by 3 m and about 0.7 m thick leaning up against a solitary remaining support stone on its southeast side. There are a couple of other large slabs laying flat to the ground at the east. | 202 | 65 |
| Camp Celtique de Bière | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | This is a massive fortified encampment which has been dated back to 4000 BC but with traces of habitation from long before that. The site generally consists of three enclosures on a headland well protected on three sides by steep sided gorges cut by a couple of small streams. The unprotected southern side has three ramparts of various size dates and condition protecting the camp the three ramparts not close together and separating the three enclo... Read More |
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| Tumulus des Hogues | Round Barrow(s) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | There are the remains of two burial mounds here the second one being about 50 metres to the southeast of the Dolmen des Bignes. The mound is much less disturbed than its neighbour but it has been dug into from its western side although there are no signs of any stones forming a chamber. Perhaps its still all in place underneath the mound ? The remains of the mound are about 3 metres high and again it has a diameter of about 15 metres.
The amb... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit Pierre-aux-Bignes | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 2nd May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | North of the village of Habloville and signposted from the road its about a 200 metre walk along a track to get to the monument where there are two burial mounds.
The northwestern of the two round mounds is about 15 metres in diameter and about 2 metres high at the edges. Within the mound which has been dug out is the dolmen des Bignes burial chamber. This has a massive capstone (4 metres by 3 metres) held up on 6 uprights with a few other st... Read More |
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| La Pierre Tournoire, La Courbe | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marked on one of my maps as a menhir and another as a dolmen I have no reason to believe there are not the remains of both somewhere in the vicinity as well as an Iron Age encampment. What I found was a single stone standing on the ridge of a promontory overlooking the river Orne.
It's about 1.5 metres tall and made of a funny crumbly orangey sandstone full of holes. There was lots of other loose stone around its base probably fallen from the... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Courbe | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | To the east of Menil-Jean where the lane crosses the river Orne there is a picnic site beside the river on the northeast side. The menhir is just a few metres from here right beside the river and leaning substantially. The stone is only about 2.5 metres high for its 3.5 metres length and about 2 metres wide at its base. | 202 | 60 |
| L'Affiloire de Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A four metre high shaped menhir in a field to the north of the little lane running west from Chêneduit to Craménil. It is across a field near a marshy area and perhaps with a spring close by. Many other stones lay around in the area. | 202 | 59 |
| Menhir dit la Droite Pierre (Chênedouit) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Couldn't find | 1st May 2005 | Stupidly I forgot to look for this 2.3 metre high menhir to the west of the village in my rush to get to the Pierre de Gargantua. | 202 | 58 | |||
| La Table des Fées, Chêneduit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Although marked on my ign map there are no signs to this in an area of small fields and many rocky outcrops. I asked a lady in a house with a small imitation dolmen in the garden and she seemed pleased that somebody was looking for it. I was informed that it was called the Table-des-Fées and she pointed me to it over a couple of fields.
It is a small dolmen which has been built into a field wall. The remains consist of a capstone which is sit... Read More |
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| Menhir d'Outres | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Couldn't find | 1st May 2005 | Marked on my map pretty much near the centre of the village of Joué-de-Bois but I failed to find this menhir. | 202 | 55 | |||
| Dolmen dit de la Grandière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Not easy to find in an area of small fields and lots of natural rocky outcrops and field clearance cairns just to the northwest of the village. However there was a local man in his garden who I asked and he willingly lead me to it over a couple of fields to the south of the farmhouse. It looked a bit like another natural rocky outcrop to me but he assured me it was the dolmen as he wasn’t allowed to touch it and has to leave an area around it cle... Read More |
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| La Bertinière | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Saw from a distance | 1st May 2005 | Despite being a monument of national historic importance and signposted as such half a kilometre walk from the main road I assume a new farmer has taken up residence and all the fields are now well fenced off with barbed and electric wire and countless signs so I wasn’t able to pay a proper visit. It can however be seen to the south of the main road west of the village and was in a field of cows. It looks to be a fairly large monument much bigger... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit le Lit de la Gione | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This much wrecked dolmen is found a mile or so walk westwards (signposted) along the GR22 from La Croix Gautier. It seems to be the remains of a large single dolmen but now just 3 large slabs remain so it is difficult to tell. One stone is upright on its edge with a dislodged capstone and another slab a few metres away. The large capstone is about 3 m by 2.5 m by 0.5 m thick.
A bank surrounding the forest track has been built into whatever wa... Read More |
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| Bignon Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Couldn't find | 1st May 2005 | To the southwest of the dolmen is supposedly a menhir and it is marked both on my ign map and on the local maps and footpath signposts. However it is probably to be found in very thick woodland and try as hard as I did I found no sight of it. | 202 | 51 | |||
| Bignon Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little Mayenne allée couverte still largely within its mound but its all falling down and a bit of a wreck. However it is now living in a little fenced off area and is signposted from the hamlet and included on a couple of mapped and signposted walks from the village.
Only one capstone 2.5 m by 2 m remains on its supports but a couple more can be seen. The main chamber is orientated 080° and several side slabs can be seen sticking out of th... Read More |
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| La Hamelinière | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 1st May 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | On the eastern outskirts of the village of Chantrigné this fine allée couverte can be seen looking to all the world like its in somebody’s private back garden. However the man in the house came out and showed me a way round the back (down the side lane then along a footpath between hedges) which gets you right to the allée couverte which is being set into its own little public area.
The remains of the main chamber are about 9 metres long 2 me... Read More |
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| La Table des Diables | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Also known as La Pierre au Diable this site is an 800 metre signposted uphill walk southwards from a parking place near to la Vallette. As with many of these monuments this is at the top of a ridge within an enchanting forest full of birdsong and wildflowers – a cuckoo being particularly prominent here. The stones are surrounded by wizened old oak trees and large pines without which the views would be superb.
A lot of this site looks natural ... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Iles | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | A wrecked dolmen situated atop a small hillock in a field just east of the dolmen des Erves. I didn’t enter the field to get a close look. | 202 | 46 |
| Dolmen des Erves | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This is an easily found dolmen a couple of kilometres north of the fortified village of Saint-Suzanne which is quite well known for being the base of Hubert de Beaumont who took up refuge there after 1066 and made raids against the Normans before being put under siege by William in 1083. It is signposted from the village and has its own little parking area where it is situated in a little fenced off area surrounded by some very friendly young cow... Read More |
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| Pierre Aigue, Richebourg | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | Allée couverte down near a stream seen across a large field near Richebourg farmhouse. There were no signs and I couldn’t see how to get to it. The remains of what I saw looked quite long and made from large rounded brown stones. | 202 | 43 | |||
| La Chaise du Diable | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 2 kilometres east of the village of Sainte Gemmes- le-Robert are marked two dolmens or megalithic monuments on my ign map one north and the other south of a little crossroads. The southern one I could not determine fully as I could not gain full access to any of the possible sites. It could be some large stones in a wooded area or alternatively and I think more likely another large tor like hillock with many stones scattered about on its slopes m... Read More |
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| Pierres dit Palais du Diable | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 kilometres east of the village of Sainte Gemmes- le-Robert are marked two dolmens or megalithic monuments on my ign map one north and the other south of a little crossroads. The northern one consists of a large mound with many large stones scattered about. It looks at first like it may be the top of a natural to type of thing but the stones are too well laid out in unnatural shapes and alignments. There is one pile of stones which has three fla... Read More |
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| Bas Villette Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Couldn't find | 30th Apr 2005 | I could find nothing here despite it being marked on my ign map. It is perhaps in private woodland. | 202 | 40 | |||
| Dolmen de la Crête | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | To find this allée couverte do not attempt to get to it from the east side through the forest (which looks to be easy on my map but most certainly is not) but proceed towards it from the village of Vautorte a couple of kilometres to the west. Signposted from the village (badly) when you get to near the site there is nowhere to park a camper van although a car may be OK.
This allée couverte is extremely well hidden in Mayenne Forest. The last ... Read More |
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| Menhir du Faix du Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A massive menhir right beside the road and standing in the ditch. It must be well over 4 metres tall 3 metres wide and over a metre thick and it looks to have been smoothed. | 202 | 38 |
| Clivay Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 30th Apr 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | A 2.5 to 3 metre tall menhir in a splendid position near the l’Ernée river below a lovely castle/chateau on top of a bluebell filled wooded hillock. It looks as if the top may have been broken off. There are several other large blocks of stone around I wonder if this was once a large boulder that fell from the sort of tor that the chateau is built on that was modified into a menhir. | 202 | 37 |
| Broussardière Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This menhir is about 2.5 to 3 metres in height and about 1.5 metres in width. It is found just a few yards away from the side of the road from Larchamp to Montflaux near a little pond beside a stream and is easy to see despite the very frisky bullocks in the adjacent field trying to get at me! | 202 | 36 |
| La Tardivière | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Another little Mayenne allée couverte about 6 or 7 metres in length facing uphill and eastwards. It is in fairly ruinous condition with only one capstone remaining at the top end of about 8 pairs of upright stones. There is a large end stone at the lower western end.
It is found in open rolling countryside marked on my ign map but not signposted. At the time of my visit it was in an open field about a hundred metres down the farm track from t... Read More |
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| La Contrie du Rocher | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Another little Mayenne Allée Couverte a couple of kilometres north of Ernée which is signposted from there. It is found in the bottom of a little valley by a bend in a stream in a little woodland a few hundred metres walk along a little track from a farm.
The main chamber consists of 3 very large capstones resting on 6 pairs of uprights aligned on a bearing of 036° which sort of looks along the valley. The remains are about 6 metres in length... Read More |
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| La Berthellière | Polissoir | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A lovely polissoir stone found a couple of kilometres southeast of the village of Montenay near to the town of Ernée in Mayenne. The stone is signposted and found in a little wooded area about 50 metres down a lane from the farm of the same name.
The stone is flat on the ground about 2 metres in length and about half to three quarters of a metre wide. It has 3 big polishing bowls several sharpening grooves and several other polished features.... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Chablère | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | Either I missed this menhir marked on my ign map or else there is a ruinous allée couverte here or perhaps the menhir is broken and had a field clearance cairn made around it. | 202 | 32 | |||
| Petit-Vieux-Sou | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 29th Apr 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | A little Mayenne Allée Couverte 2.5 km southeast of Brecé village which was has been restored. It is found in a little wooded area a few hundred metres south of the country lane by the farm of the same name and is sort of built into the side of a little hillock just above a little stream.
The main chamber consists of 9 capstones on 10 pairs of stones aligned on a bearing of 316° with the lateral entrance central on the south western side. The... Read More |
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| Pierres Pouquelées | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 26th Apr 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Much ruined allée couverte on top of the hilly downs to the northwest of the village of Vauville. I measured the remains out to about 12 metres in length but I have seen in a guidebook that the remains are said to be 17 metres long. Perhaps there are more stones under the undergrowth than I saw in the flattened grassy area.
There is only any remains of the central chamber of which can be seen about 9 pairs of stones and 2 remaining capstones ... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Bergerie des Etennevaux | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Saw from a distance | 26th Apr 2005 | Menhir about 2 metres tall northwest of the village of St Germain-des-Vaux on Cap de la Hague right at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsular. I couldn’t get right up to this menhir and could only see it from two fields distance and judged the height from the size of the cows in the field with it. | 202 | 29 | |||
| Dolmen du Jogard | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 26th Apr 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | A much ruined dolmen just northwest of the village of St Germain-des-Vaux on Cap de la Hague right at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsular.
I am not 100 percent sure that what I saw and photographed in a downpour was the remains of this dolmen or not but it was in the right sort of place. What I saw was a single stone remaining in a field beside the track beyond the house called Le Jogard. I could not enter the field to see if the... Read More |
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| Hague-Dick | Misc. Earthwork | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 26th Apr 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Cap de la Hague several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula was once defended from the rest of the world by a 2 mile long ditch and bank which connected between two deep valleys to defend the whole area.
Much of this dyke has now been destroyed but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville cut through it. The bank is generally ... Read More |
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| La Hutte-aux-Gabelous | Passage Grave | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 4 | 5 | 5 | What a fantastic find this little Allée Couvert is a couple of kilometres to the east of the village of St Mars beside the D534 near the crossing with the D118 and is to be found in a nice little wooded area with its own little car park and picnic site.
The monument is the remains of a little Allée Couvert about 18 metres long by 5 metres width which was excavated and part restored in 1992 the northwestern 2/3rds being restored to as original... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Pierre (Hercé) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | This small dolmen can be found a few hundred metres to the south of the D33 road turning first left travelling westwards from Hercé. It 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 but there was a signpost towards it as if it is possible to get to it at other times. | 202 | 25 |
| Menhir de la Roche (Gorron) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Couldn't find | 24th Apr 2005 | Unlike all the rest of the menhirs in this area I could find no signpost to this one despite it being clearly marked on the ign map and there being a large warehouse called Menhir Meubles or similar in the vicinity. After a while looking around I gave up not finding this one. | 202 | 24 | |||
| Menhir dit la Pierre Saint-Siviard | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Near L’Ervault on the D33 road from Ambrieres to Gorron this menhir can be found a few hundred metres north of the road up the trackway from the roadside cross. It is a smoothed menhir 2.5 to 3 metres tall in a little open area between fields used for storage of wood and other farm items. | 202 | 23 |
| Menhir de Moncorbeau | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This menhir is found in a field just to the north of the village on the road to Vaucé beside a little stream and is probably more than 2 metres tall. There are a few other pieces of stone nearby which may have been broken from the menhir. | 202 | 22 |
| Chataigneraie Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This menhir is about 3 metres tall and can be found a couple of miles south of the village of Saint-Siméon from where it is signposted though its not on my ign map. It is a lovely smoothed menhir standing at the edge of a little copse across a field from the small lane. | 202 | 21 |
| Perron Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | At least 3 metres high this menhir is found signposted about 30 metres from the road in a private garden although access to the stone is allowed up a driveway. There are at least two other large stones laying nearby and I wondered if one of these pieces was broken from the top of the menhir but the owner of the was in the garden and assured me that these had been put there as a garden feature by the previous owner. | 202 | 20 |
| La Table aux Diables (Passais) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 24th Apr 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Blimey what a pleasure to find this monument signposted from the Mantilly to Passais road as well as marked on the ign map. Heading south along the small road just west of Passais and turn right just before a little fishing lake is reached. A few hundred yards up a small track and the monument is found in a field to the right.
A surprise find this is a smashing little lateral entry Allée Couvert is about 12 or 13 metres in length with an orie... Read More |
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| Les Cartesières | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 24th Apr 2005 | This T shaped gallery grave is the only one of this kind surviving in Normandy and is to be found in a zoo park near to the village. However on the day of my visit this park was well and truly shut and looked like it hadn’t been open in many years and was becoming very decrepit. No chance of getting in to see the monument.
Later note. Having seen the 1:25000 ign map of the area the dolmen is marked beside the little lane which runs down to th... Read More |
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| La Loge aux Sarrasins | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 9th Oct 2011 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Having gone to Vire for a Vide Grenier and country show, persuaded Trevor and Sara to visit this stone for another look. Followed the same path as last time, and this time, once at the corner of the garden, the dolmen was clear to be seen in the back garden. At Last!
Its a lovely looking little dolmen. I can only assume that last visit there was a shed in the way, preventing it being seen. To get a better view, went back to the cornfield, and... Read More |
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| La Loge aux Sarrasins | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 17th Apr 2005 | Despite an accurate description of how to find this dolmen I could find nothing that looked like the picture from 1980. I did however find some large stones in about the right place a large single stone standing in the middle of the field and a couple of smaller ones with a small stone on top and a further large stone nearby. Perhaps I was looking in the wrong field but I think more likely is that this dolmen has recently been destroyed. A closer... Read More |
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| Menhir dit Pierre de la Hoberie | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 23rd Apr 2005 | This 3.1 metre tall menhir is said to be in the field downhill from the Ferme de Hoberie southwest of the village of Ussy. I could find nowhere to park and see no way through the farm without going through fields of cows so didn’t bother as I was in a rush to get back. | 202 | 15 | |||
| Bons Tassilly polissoirs | Polissoir | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Two polissoirs can be found beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. Follow signs to the Brèche de Diable park the car and then walk along the footpath which follows the river up this splendid rocky gorge. After several hundred metres the path diverges from the river and starts uphill to the left when you come to a fenced area. At this point go down towards the stream and the two polissoir stones can be fo... Read More |
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| Mont Joly | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 7th May 2012 | 2 | 4 | 5 | What an intriguing place this is, and deserving of much more thorough exploration. | 212 | 8 |
| Mont Joly | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 2 | 4 | 5 | This is a promontory site surrounded on three sides by the steep gorge of the river Laizon and the eastern end has been defended by ramparts little of which can now be seen between the church and water tower. The site has been inhabited and defended since Paleolithic times and artefacts have been found from all times since this. It is said that although little ancient remains can be seen they are everywhere underfoot and every molehill will conta... Read More |
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| Langrais menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 7th May 2012 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Having had a good look at the IGN 1:25000 map, I saw that there is a trackway running east from the road south of Mont Joly, which runs from the bottom of the hill diagonally up to the approximate position of the stones. Even better, when arriving there for a look, the trackway was open and easily driveable, and so I took this option on this showery afternoon, and when emerging from below the wood at the top of the hill, there was plenty of space... Read More |
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| Langrais menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Saw from a distance | 23rd Apr 2005 | Two large menhirs in a field to the east of the village near Mont Joly but which are 500 metres from the road across a field surrounded by barbed wire and with very clear keep out signs. One of the two menhirs stands 3.6 metres high while the other is fallen. In the region around here are many other large stones some of which may well be fallen menhirs and indeed perhaps a row can be determined in the lane called “Route des Menhirs”. | 202 | 12 | |||
| La Longue Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 5th Apr 2007 | 4 | 3 | 4 | I was able to get right to this lovely stone this time, although in a rush as there was nowhere to park and I left the car blocking the little lane. The stone stands about 4 metres tall in a very swampy field, and I got soaking wet feet while walking up to the stone, but at least it washed clean all the mud from La Pierre Plantée. It now has a little information post at the gateway to the field, and is numbered on a marked walk around the village... Read More |
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| La Pierre Cornue | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A very large menhir in disturbed ground which looks to be an old stone quarry just behind the Mairie which is just to the west of the main street a few hundred metres south of the church. The menhir is made of a strange sort of stony conglomerate and is a strange shape and contains many holes. It is more than 4 metres high 2.5 metres wide and over a metre thick at the base although the main part of the stone is about half a metre thick. | 202 | 11 |
| La Butte du Hu | Chambered Cairn | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Saw from a distance | 23rd Apr 2005 | North of the village of Ernes several hundred metres up a farm track from the hamlet of Vey d’Ifs on the top of the ridge this large chambered tumulus can be seen just within a field growing crops so I did not enter. | 202 | 10 | |||
| Bretteville-le-Rabet | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Not marked on any map I was told of this place by a man who collects flint artefacts I met at Cairon so I went for a quick look. Nothing much to see but the fields here were freshly ploughed and within 5 minutes of looking along the edges of the fields by the roadside I had found 4 worked flint artefacts. | 202 | 9 |
| Pierre Tourneresse (Gouvix) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 23rd Apr 2005 | Not marked on my ign map and finding no map within the village I gave up without really trying to find the supposed menhir near here. I believe it is in the grounds of the local chateau and wasn’t going to spend a lot of time being unable to find it. | 202 | 8 | |||
| La Hoguette | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Despite all records stating that this large round tumulus with 8 passage graves is no longer there the remains are quite easy to find within the village. It remains today as a green grassy area within a housing estate surrounded by roads called something like Rue la Tumulus and Rue La Hoguette. There is a large diameter mound with a slight hollow in the middle and remains of some form of signpost. | 202 | 7 |
| La Hogue | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Saw from a distance | 23rd Apr 2005 | Despite being signed from the main road and having a Bar le Tumulus nearby the excavated remains of this large round barrow with 12 internal burial chambers is fenced off within a field of rapeseed. What was once a guardian with a key to the site in the nearby house was today a lady who told me that “Il est fermée monsieur”. | 202 | 6 | |||
| Pierre Tourneresse, Cairon | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | I wasn’t expecting to find much here if anything at all as all the information I had of this site was a menhir symbol on my ign map. But as I was passing I decided to have a look anyway and luckily stopped to look at my map right by a little road at the east of the southern end of the village with a sign to “Pierre Tourneresse”. So I followed it down to the end of a little modern housing estate and parked. A further signpost at the end of the roa... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 23rd Apr 2005 | Despite being marked on the ign map and having a description of how to find this 1.4 metre tall stone I could find no reasonable place to park down the farm track to Bracqueville before a 500 metre walk so didn’t bother. I could see no sign of the stone from anywhere in the vicinity. | 202 | 4 | |||
| Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 28th Sep 2006 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Found this at last, on probably my third attempt. Find your way from Beny-sur-Mer to the south along small tracks to Bracqueville farm. Park near to the farm, and walk about 500 metres along the track which passes in front of the farm till you get to a junction of trackways. Take the grassy track to the left, and the menhir is a further 500 metres along and just into the field on the left.
Its about 1.4 metres tall, 0.7 metres wide and 0.3 me... Read More |
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| Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 28th Sep 2006 | 2 | 3 | 4 | As I am right here and passing by, thought I may as well stop and take a look in the daylight. The crops in the field are growing, or more likely its been left fallow, but the ploughs have been right up to the stone and its fairly difficult to spot, even with this small growth. The poor stone is in a very sorry state, and could do with some TLC. Shame its so woefully looked after, so close to the well maintained large barrow. | 206 | 6 |
| Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 29th Dec 2005 | Despite being marked on the ign map and having a good look all around I could find no sign of any menhir here. Perhaps it is fallen and somewhere within a field of oilseed Rape. Later note. Having seen the 1:25000 ign map of the area the menhir is marked fairly close to the corner of the road and farm track right where I was looking originally. As I suspected the menhir must be fallen and hidden within the crop. | 202 | 3 | |||
| Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A long barrow which has been excavated and destroyed several times in the past but which has recently been restored to some form of its former glory by local enthusiasts. It is situated about half a kilometre east of the village just beyond the menhir signposted in a little copsed area just south of the road.
The barrow is about 50 metres in length and about 9 metres in width at the narrow west end and 18 metres width at the wide eastern end... Read More |
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| Menhir des Demoiselles (Colombiers-sur-Seulles) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 23rd Apr 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Just over 2 metres in height this menhir is set in its own little grassy area beside the road junction just uphill to the east of the village. It is a square pillar with several holes and indentations and has been broken in the past at both top and bottom (probably during the war) and is now remounted on a concrete post.
While I was here it was sunny between the clouds there was a bike race going on past the stone and an old warplane flying a... Read More |
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| Pierrelaye menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 21st Nov 2004 | On a wet Sunday afternoon, following the disappointment of not getting to see the Pierre Dialan dolmen, my family encouraged me to go and find the nearby Menhir de Pierrelaye, which is marked on the IGN maps to the north of the village of Villers-Bocage.
My first attempt to get to see this 3 metre high stone was via the lane from the southeast, but upon reaching a farmyard there was no further way through. To much amusement getting out from h... Read More |
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| Pierre Dialan | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 21st Nov 2004 | To the south of the village of Jurques the D.577 road curves its way up and over a forested ridge. At the top of this hill to the east of the road is a small picnic site and a signpost to La Pierre Dialan dolmen, highlighted as a tourist place on the IGN maps. Walk about 500 metres along the track through the forest and on the right, just before the woods end, about 40 metres from the path can be seen a pile of large stones, now becoming closely ... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte d'Haye d'Ectot | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | To the south of Moitiers d'Allonne is the community of La Haye D’Ectot, which supposedly has its own Allée Couverte, which is often confused with the above. Not marked on any maps I have, I called in at the village admin centre, at this time of day now closed. Outside this was the community map and footpath guide with places of interest marked on it, but I could find no reference to any megalithic monument. | 201 | 20 | |||
| Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the east of Moitiers d'Allonne, just a few miles northeast of Barneville-Carteret, can be found “Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne”, also known as the Allée Couverte de Grand Breuil. Situated near the top of a hill along a small road north of the D.902, this monument can be found signposted down a farm trackway, but finding anywhere to park in the vicinity was not easy. It is also signposted from the village of Les Moitiers d'Allonne.
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| Pierre au Rey | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Perched high on the cliff top near Cap de Flamanville can be found this strange antiquity, situated in the small garden behind a café, right on the cliff edge. Easily found to the west of Flamanville, just follow signs to “Semaphore” and where the road runs out there is a car park and picnic site as well as the café.
It consists of four large rounded rocks, and doesn’t look like any other dolmen I have ever seen. At first, the rocks look like... Read More |
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| Pierres Tournantes (Néretz) | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | Marked on the IGN Top 25 map as being beside a lane in a wooded area near to the Château de Néretz just to the west of the village of Teutheville-Hague, are these two menhirs, said to be 3 metres in height. However, the lane shown on the map turned out to be a gated private driveway, and so I spent no further time looking for these stones. | 201 | 17 | |||
| Fort Joret allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 | In a field overlooking the sea, with splendid views over the rocky beach, can be found the remains of this very ruinous Allée Couverte. It is about 500 metres along the coast path to the southwest of Fort Joret, in the Commune de Fermanville, just a few miles east of Cherbourg.
Estimated to have originally been about 17 metres in length, it runs in a north to south direction. The northern part of the remains are very ruined, with only a few s... Read More |
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| Pierre Plantée (Cosqueville) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In a field to the south of the road running east out of Cosqueville can be seen this large menhir, 3 metres in height. It is possible to park nearby, and I walked round the edge of a field to get a nearer view of the stone which is in the middle of a field beside a quarry. It is a nicely shaped stone, looking to be wider at the top than the bottom, with a sort of nob on the top, and with grooves running down its sides, probably due to rain erosio... Read More |
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| La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise can be seen this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. It is probably possible to get to fairly nearby, but it would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp caused by cattle at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long distance view from the higher road beside a small chapel, a distance of about 100 metres for my photograph. | 201 | 14 |
| La Longue Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 4 | In a field beside a small lane to the north of St-Pierre-Eglise can be found this large menhir. It is signposted from the larger road running north towards Cosqueville, but I found nowhere to park up the small lane, so had to return to the larger road to park and then walk the few hundred metres back to the stone.
It is a very large stone, which stands at 4.2 metres high, perhaps the largest menhir remaining standing in Manche today. It is of... Read More |
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| Maupertus menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 5 | On the main street through Maupertus-sur-Mer, just to the north of Cherbourg Airport is a large granite stone being used as a gatepost. The stone looks very weathered, and the edges are curved and worn, not straight or with any quarrying marks. It is also twice as high as it would need to be for the gatepost function it provides. Is this one of the many ancient menhirs that used to be in this area reused ? | 201 | 12 | ||
| Grande et Petite Pierre | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 5 | In a grassy area on high ground at the northwest end of Cherbourg Maupertus airport can be found these two lovely and massive menhirs made of a sort of puddingstone slab. Originally these large menhirs were related to a large burial tumulus, but during the second world war this tumulus and the stones were flattened to make way for the airfield.
In fairly recent times, the two large stones have been recovered and re-erected just outside the pe... Read More |
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| Bretteville Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 5 | To the southeast of Bretteville, just a few miles east of Cherbourg, can be found the Allée Couverte de Bretteville, also known as “La Sepulture a Entrée Laterale de Bretteville-en-Saire”. It is clearly signposted from the D.901 road, and has its own little field and car park.
About 16 metres in length, it runs in a NW - SE direction with internal width and height about a metre, and has seven capstones still in place. The entrance is to the s... Read More |
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| Galerie des Forges | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | The remains of a third Allée Couverte said to be found to the northeast of Rocheville, in the Bois de la Tombette, at the foot of a hill northeast of a track called La Chasse-aux-Forges, but which are difficult to find.
Well, with my luck at finding these Normandie megaliths, and with a full day planned for hunting down other sites, I drove past the suggested area in the vain hope of seeing a signpost or similar (some chance!) but in the abse... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Câtillon | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | The remains of a second Allée Couverte is said to exist to the southeast of Rocheville, a few hundred yards from the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche, just outside the Bois de la Grosse Roche, near the hamlet of Catillon.
It is said to be 17metres in length, southwest to northeast aspect, with a side entrance, and also with a dolmen type structure at the northeastern end. I had a good look round all the lanes and trackways in the Catillon ar... Read More |
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| Petite Roche allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 4 | 5 | In the woods around the village of Rocheville can be found the remains of three Allées Couverte, only one of which is marked on the IGN maps, which is known as the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche. To the southeast of Rocheville is a wooded area known as Bois de la Grosse Roche, and in the southwest corner of this wood, almost right beside the lane, is found the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche.
About 20 metres in length, it runs in an east... Read More |
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| Twyn-Yr-Oerfel A | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 21st Mar 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The fourth and last cairn marked on the OS Map during a walk from the Sirhowy Country Park around the Cwmfelinfach valley, up the Sirhowy River and back along the Rhymney Ridgeway path.
A few hundred yards to the east of the previous barrow, this one is more ruined than that, but easily found and identified. It has a large pit dug into the top and a bench positioned on the top. The views from up here would be terriffic, but the whole area is ... Read More |
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| Twyn-Yr-Oerfel B | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 21st Mar 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The third cairn of four marked on the OS Map during a walk from the Sirhowy Country Park around the Cwmfelinfach valley, up the Sirhowy River and back along the Rhymney Ridgeway path.
Following the ridgeway track to the south and then east passing beween the large minimg tip and the forest along the stony track used by off road bikers, and the barrow is right in front of you as you descend into the open land. It was surrounded by many large b... Read More |
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| Twyn Cae-Hugh | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 21st Mar 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The second cairn of four marked on the OS Map during a walk from the Sirhowy Country Park around the Cwmfelinfach valley, up the Sirhowy River and back along the Rhymney Ridgeway path. This was an easily seen tumulus of fairly large size just to the east of the trackway and walled off from it, which has helped with its survival. We stopped here for lunch sheltered from the wind and in the sun. | ||
| Mynydd Bach Cairn 2 | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 21st Mar 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | First cairn of four marked on the OS Map during a walk from the Sirhowy Country Park around the Cwmfelinfach valley, up the Sirhowy River and back along the Rhymney Ridgeway path. Found the remains of this cairn fairly easily, making a circular patch of green grass amongst the gorse and other growth. It is not a great monument being very flattened and destroyed, and also the whole area is absolutely covered with rubbish of all sorts. The whole ar... Read More |
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| Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. After a few hundred metres you reach an open grassy area within which are the remains of two Allées Couverte, not marked on my IGN maps.
About 25 met... Read More |
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| Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Nord) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. After a few hundred metres you reach an open grassy area within which are the remains of two Allées Couverte, not marked on the IGN maps.
The first t... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Bois de la Plesse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. The monuments are said to have only been discovered in 1965, and with all the other stones laying around in the woods and undergrowth in this area, it w... Read More |
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| Tumulus de Vierville | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 1 | Try as I might, early in the morning on the way to my sisters from the ferry, by driving up and down every lane and farm track around the village, I couldn’t find any sign of this, despite it being highlighted as a tourist place on the IGN maps. I asked a chap passing on his way to work on a bike if he knew anything of it with no luck, and also an old couple herding cows from one field to another, who said they had lived there all their lives but... Read More |
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| Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos | Stone Circle | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | 5 | 4 | I have time to look for one or two more sites, the Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos is not far off, and I now remember spending quite some time looking how to find this before the trip. Back to the road from Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio, and half a kilometre to the west it goes up over a wooded hill, and I find a place to park beside the road in a layby. The cromlech should be just away from the road on the south side up the hill. Indeed, there... Read More |
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| Alto de São Bento | Ancient Village or Settlement | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Little remains to be seen of the prehistoric settlement which existed on this fine granite hilltop from 7000 years ago, which was the very origins of the fabulous and historic city of Évora. Today this hilltop is topped with the remains of several windmills, and provides fantastic views over the city of Évora and all around the Alentejo region. The views over Evora, particularly in this clear late afternoon light are fabulous, the low sun lightin... Read More |
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| Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio | Stone Circle | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Despite the satnav taking me to the wrong place, using my phone I was able to determine how to get there, and it was then easily found and driven to along a dirt and gravel road, which interestingly had a little bridge seemingly built in the middle of nowhere which turned out to be a sort of tunnel for a huge herd of goats.
There were quite a few people at the cromlech, including half a dozen including girl in Blondie tee shirt who were takin... Read More |
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| Pawton Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Sep 2013 | 4 | 3 | 3 | This really is a bit of a devil to get to, and it makes me wonder whether I really have been to it twice before, or just looked for it! I'm 99% sure I visited once in the 1970s with Mum and Dad, and then again in the 1980s, but perhaps not right to the stones that time. Taking the little lane southeast from the valley below Nanscow, the lane is signposted to some kennels, and after a short distance turns to the right and climbs uphill, getting na... Read More |
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| The Stones, Tresallyn Cross | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The garden of author and artist Ed Prynn's bungalow at Tresallyn Cross, St Merryn, just a few miles from the Padstow to Wadebridge road, is a site to be seen. All sorts of megalithic monuments have been recreated here using roughly hewn modern Cornish granite. There is a stone circle, a men-an-tol, a rocking stone, a triangular Tolvan stone (the Wedding Stone) and a large Lanyon quoit style construction (the Angels Runway), and there is even a fo... Read More |
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| St Breock Downs Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 3 | 3 | 4 | As we arrived, this ridgetop stone was lit up by the falling sun, on the top of the ridge below the wind turbines, and looked absolutely splendid. However, didn't stop, as Men Gurta and the newly refound kistvaen were more pressing in the light. Returned after visiting those, and the sun had gone down, making this stone look much less impressive. A full visit would have required crossing a fence into a field of sheep, so again I satisfied myself ... Read More |
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| St Breock Beacon Kistvaen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Recently rediscovered underneath a heavily overgrown region of scrub, just to the southwest of Men Gurta, this monument was first recorded by William Borlase in his 1872 work Naenia Cornubiae.
It basically consists of two large stone slabs, one leaning on the other. I found it by walking in a southwesterly direction from Men Gurta across scrubland and then down a track towards the trigpoint. Just after crossing a farmtrack, there is an area o... Read More |
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| Men Gurta | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Near the top of St Breock Down, this stone is easily reached along the little lanes to the south of Wadebridge. Men Gurta is the largest and heaviest standing stone in Cornwall. It is very nice up here in the sinking sun, with some terriffic views out to sea over the Camel estuary. I think the wind turbines add to the scene up here, other than their constant whining. | ||
| Nine Maidens Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 4 | 4 | 4 | A second trip to the 9 Maidens this week, the field was still absolutely sodden, and we were over our ankles in places, which seemed strange as it is all on a reasonable slope and looked like it should drain reasonably well. At the far side of the field are the Maidens, 9 evenly spaced stones, a couple of which are now only stumps. However, the field and hedges around here are littered with large stones, and there is no doubt that there once coul... Read More |
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| The Fiddler | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Sep 2012 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Nowadays not much more than a large lump of stone laying in a field to the east of the A39 on the highpoint of land as the road passes over St Breock downs. It is positioned at a point where the line of the 9 Maidens would cross the top of the ridge.
It is lovely light up here this afternoon, but the stone is across a fence from where I can walk to up the farm track, and the field full of livestock. It doesn't look that exciting, so I'll sati... Read More |
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| Anta Grande do Zambujeiro | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 3 | 2 | 4 | With claims to being the largest burial chamber in the Iberian Peninsula, and hence one of the biggest in the world, the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro is relatively easy to find, as it is on all the megalithic circuits and leaflets, and signposted from all around. However, it is again about a kilometer along a dirt track, this one not very smooth and with some huge potholes in, so be careful. There is a nice shady place to park, with several cars in ... Read More |
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| Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | 5 | 4 | I drove north through Montemor-o-Novo, and using a combination of the Satnav and my Google map, found the right place to visit the Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja. However, it is not simple to find and takes a read of my notes and open the portal page to get full directions.
I park at the relevant position, at the place where there is a metal gate at the west side of the road just north of a river crossing, but there are no signs and nothing... Read More |
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| Anta Da Comenda Grande | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Leave the Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja and drive towards São Geraldo, then east towards Sabugueiro for about half a kilometre until the road goes over a small hill through a little cutting then down onto the open plains. The dolmen is just off to the north side of the road at the position of the little cutting, and can be seen from the road.
I parked and walked back to get a better look, the cork oak wodded pasture within which the dolmen... Read More |
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| Garn Turne | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Couldn't find | 5th Oct 2015 | Despite there being a few places to park nearby, I could find no way into the relevant field to have a look at this interesting sounding site, which is not clearly marked on the maps. | |||||
| Parc Y Llyn | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Remains of a burial chamber with a splendidly nobbly capstone partly in a hedge at the east side of a field, which can be accessed via a bridleway to the south. When I was here I found it difficult to park anywhere nearby, and the short section of bridleway from road to field was very overgrown and almost impassable. | ||
| Lower Broadmoor | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2015 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A 2.1 metre tall standing stone in a cattle field just to the south of Lower Broadmoor farm, a couple of kilometres to the north of Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire. Not so easy to get to as it looks on the map, with many gates across the footpath and ankle deep mud caused by the cattle which use this track. When I saw a way into the field, it looked to be the best way to the stone, but a herd of young cattle saw me and came charging over towards ... Read More |
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| Trehale Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2015 | 2 | 3 | 4 | One of several ancient sites around here, none of them clearly marked on my 1:50000 map. Having parked at Treddiog, I walked along the bridleway to the west, about 300 yards along the track and saw this stone on top of a little hillock in the field to the south. It looks to be broken off, and would once have been much more substantial. At the time I didn't know of the others to be found around here, it was very wet and getting dark, so a quick ... Read More |
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| Carreg Samson, Abercastle | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2015 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Trefin Modern Stone Circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 5th Oct 2015 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Gruta do Escoural | Cave or Rock Shelter | Portugal | Évora | Saw from a distance | 13th Oct 2019 | Next I go for a quick look at the Escoural caves, which are all fenced off and locked up, with a sign telling how to book a visit with at least 24 hours notice. Hey Ho. | |||||
| Anta-Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Several miles along a very narrow and twisty road, and I eventually arrived at the Anta-Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento, or Anta-Capela de São Brissos, which was one I really wanted to visit, the white painted dolmen now built into a chapel, complete with blue stripe around the bottom to keep the devil at bay.
Despite the satnav trying to take me somewhere else, I found it easy enough, and it has a small car park which had another three... Read More |
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| Anta Herdade do Barrocal 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | From Evora it was time for my day hunting stones. Thankfully I had done much previous research, otherwise I would have found it extremely difficult. I struggled to get out of the walled city of Evora, round all the one way systems etc, but eventually after finding a place to stop, where I figured out how to use the satnav, and there was no looking back!
The next problem was how to locate the sites, as nothing is on any maps, and very little ... Read More |
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| Museu Nacional de Arqueologia | Museum | Portugal | Lisboa | Visited | 11th Oct 2019 | 5 | 4 | 5 | The Portugese National Museum of Archaeology is in the building adjacent to the wonderful Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. It is is the largest Archaeological museum in Portugal and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient art found in the Iberian Peninsula.
We didn't have long here at the end of a busy day, but had a quick look around the fabulous display of ancient gold and other objects from prehistorical times, the Egyptia... Read More |
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| Menir dos Almendres | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Driving towards Evora from Pavia, and after the town of Arraiolos, we see a large brown sign stating something like Recinto do megalithica, which I think is directions to a local megalithic cromlech. However, we see no further signs in the locality, and realise that perhaps the sign is for a megalithic tour drive. We find no other megalithic sites in the vicinity (this was before I figured out how this all works), and it ends up taking us out of ... Read More |
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| Cromeleque dos Almendres | Stone Circle | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 5 | 5 | 4 | From the menhir parking, travel a couple more kilometres along the dirt road, and there is a large parking place for the cromlech, a short walk further along. What a fabulous place, especially in the late afternoon golden sun.
Once a double circle of stones, it now appears to be rather unclear, but the approximately one hundred stones are fabulously shaped, several with carvings, but mostly very difficult to make out.
It's a busy place wi... Read More |
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| St George's Well (Padstow) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Aguas Tuertas Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Spain | Aragón | Visited | 24th Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Roche Rock | Rock Outcrop | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Cerrig Arthur | Stone Circle | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 3rd Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Longstone (St Mabyn) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Cefn Bryn Great Cairn | Round Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 4th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Penwine Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Brat's Hill | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 5th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Redcliff Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Brea Hill | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Nov 2012 | ||||||
| St Eval Airport Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 25th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Rolstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 20th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| St Eval Church Stones | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 29th Nov 2012 | ||||||
| Erw Wen | Ancient Village or Settlement | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 23rd Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Caerloggas Down Circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Dec 2012 | ||||||
| Mynydd Cefn Amlwch | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 24th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Caerloggas Down longstone | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Dec 2012 | ||||||
| Pen Y Beacon | Stone Circle | Wales | Powys | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 4 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Zennor Churchyard Crosses | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Dec 2012 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 3 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Boswarthen Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Dec 2012 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 6 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Carnewas Longstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Jan 2013 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 8 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 25th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Moel Goedog 7 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 26th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Coetan Arthur Dolmen | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 26th Jan 2018 | ||||||
| Sweyne's Howse ring cairn | Ring Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 8th Feb 2018 | ||||||
| Water Music Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jan 2013 | ||||||
| Sweyne's Howes South | Chambered Tomb | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 16th Feb 2018 | ||||||
| Esperance Stonehenge | Modern Stone Circle etc | Australia | Visited | 26th Jan 2013 | |||||||
| Sweyne's Howes North | Chambered Tomb | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 19th Feb 2018 | ||||||
| Wave Rock | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | Australia | Visited | 26th Jan 2013 | |||||||
| Rhossili Down Cairn 4 | Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 27th Feb 2018 | ||||||
| Rollright Stones | Stone Circle | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 2nd Mar 2013 | ||||||
| Rhossili Down Cairn 1 | Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 3rd Mar 2018 | ||||||
| Whispering Knights | Portal Tomb | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 2nd Mar 2013 | ||||||
| Rhossili Down ring cairn | Ring Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 3rd Mar 2018 | ||||||
| Rhossili Down Cairn 2 | Ring Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 19th Mar 2018 | ||||||
| Trewsbury Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 12th May 2013 | ||||||
| Hendersick Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Apr 2018 | ||||||
| Shadyback Tor settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 21st May 2013 | ||||||
| Triscombe Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st May 2018 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy Tor north settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 21st May 2013 | ||||||
| Fire Beacon Cairn | Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st May 2018 | ||||||
| Legis Tor Enclosures | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 21st May 2013 | ||||||
| West Hill Platform Cairn | Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st May 2018 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy West enclosure | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 22nd May 2013 | ||||||
| Great Hill Platform cairn | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st May 2018 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down Cairn 3 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd May 2013 | ||||||
| Wills Neck | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st May 2018 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy Tor settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 26th May 2013 | ||||||
| Plainsfield Camp | Misc. Earthwork | England | Somerset | Visited | 25th May 2018 | ||||||
| Legis Tor Cairns | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 27th May 2013 | ||||||
| Essich Moor | Chambered Cairn | Scotland | Highlands | Visited | 18th Jun 2018 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down Cairn 2 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 28th May 2013 | ||||||
| Amesbury Cursus (W) | Cursus | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 27th Aug 2018 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down Cairn 1 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 29th May 2013 | ||||||
| Barry Island Cairns | Cairn | Wales | Mid Glamorgan | Visited | 11th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down Cairn 4 | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 30th May 2013 | ||||||
| New Mill Farm Enclosure | Ancient Village or Settlement | Wales | Mid Glamorgan | Visited | 11th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down stone circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 31st May 2013 | ||||||
| Knelston standing stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 7th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Dolmen de Monval | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Llanrhidian Upper Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 9th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Menhir de la Boutinardière | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Llanrhidian Lower Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 11th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Menhir du Poteau | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Oldwalls (E) Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 12th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Dane John Mound | Artificial Mound | England | Kent | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Reynoldston Millennium Stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 13th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Brandsbutt stone circle | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Maen Ceti | Chambered Tomb | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 14th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Bourtie Pictish Stone | Class I Pictish Symbol Stone | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Pen-y-Crug Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 15th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| The Langstane | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 12th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanrhidian Lower) | Hillfort | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 16th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Burry Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 17th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Bindon Hill | Hillfort | England | Dorset | Visited | 15th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Burry Lesser | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 18th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Bindon Hill Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Dorset | Visited | 15th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Ty'r-Coed | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 25th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Hambury Tout Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Dorset | Visited | 15th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Cefn Bryn SW Cairn | Ring Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 25th Jun 2013 | ||||||
| Worms Head, Promontary Fort | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 17th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Museo Vasco | Museum | Spain | Pais Vasco | Visited | 4th Jul 2013 | ||||||
| Cadbury Camp | Hillfort | England | Somerset | Visited | 20th Oct 2018 | ||||||
| Arkeologi Museoa - Bizkaia | Museum | Spain | Pais Vasco | Visited | 4th Jul 2013 | ||||||
| Killievair | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Angus | Visited | 1st Nov 2018 | ||||||
| Cil ifor Top | Hillfort | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 17th Jul 2013 | ||||||
| Wavering Down cairn | Round Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 14th Nov 2018 | ||||||
| The Stiperstones | Cairn | England | Shropshire | Visited | 14th Nov 2018 | ||||||
| Cromlech de Lervaut | Stone Circle | France | Aquitaine:Gironde (33) | Visited | 8th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Mitchell's Fold outlier | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Shropshire | Visited | 14th Nov 2018 | ||||||
| Menhirs de Lunac Alignement | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 12th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Shooting Box Disc Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Shropshire | Visited | 14th Nov 2018 | ||||||
| Stretton Sheela | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Shropshire | Visited | 23rd Nov 2018 | ||||||
| Holmhead stone circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 18th Dec 2018 | ||||||
| Heel Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 21st Dec 2018 | ||||||
| Menhir des Verdons | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Rhone-Alpes:Savoie (73) | Visited | 17th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| King Doniert's Stone | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Wern Derys | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 3rd Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Norton Camp (Shropshire) | Hillfort | England | Shropshire | Visited | 5th Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Cow Stone (Shropshire) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Shropshire | Visited | 9th Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge 1 | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge 3 | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Hoaroak stones | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge 2 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Ringmoor Down Stone Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge 6 | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Feb 2011 | ||||||
| Tumuli Landes de Jobourg | Barrow Cemetery | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 18th Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Cat's Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 28th Jan 2019 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge 4 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Mar 2011 | ||||||
| Dolmen Don Bosco | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Switzerland | Wallis | Visited | 7th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Farley Water stones | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 9th Mar 2011 | ||||||
| Leskernick Hill cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Hoaroak Hill | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 9th Mar 2011 | ||||||
| The Beacon Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge ring cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 28th Mar 2011 | ||||||
| The Beacon Cist | Cist | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Cheriton Ridge Boundary stones | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Somerset | Visited | 1st Apr 2011 | ||||||
| Île Melon grand menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 10th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy East circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Sep 2013 | ||||||
| La Pointue Rocque | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Channel Islands and Isle of Man | Guernsey | Visited | 10th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Blackhall Stones | Modern Stone Circle etc | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 11th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Cerne Abbas Giant | Hill Figure or Geoglyph | England | Dorset | Visited | 2nd Nov 2013 | ||||||
| Dyce Stones | Standing Stones | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 11th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Rhossili millenium stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 11th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| statue-menhir du Lac de la Raviège | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 20th Nov 2013 | ||||||
| Fernworthy Cairn 4 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| London Stone | Marker Stone | England | Greater London | Visited | 24th Nov 2013 | ||||||
| Fernworthy stone row SE | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Ingatestone | Standing Stones | England | Essex | Visited | 30th Nov 2013 | ||||||
| Fernworthy Cairn E | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Fernworthy stone row N | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Pierre du Pôt | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 2nd Jan 2014 | ||||||
| White Ridge Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Menhir de la Grurie | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 3rd Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Sittaford Tor pound | Misc. Earthwork | England | Devon | Visited | 13th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Cheddar Museum of Prehistory | Museum | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| White Ridge pound | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 13th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Goughs Cave (Cheddar) | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Lydney Harbour | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 17th Feb 2019 | ||||||
| Dinas Head (Trevose) | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Dinas Head Tumulus | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Winecove Point N | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Winecove Point mid | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Winecove Point S | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Delford Bridge | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Merry Maidens (Circle) | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 26th Jan 2014 | ||||||
| Al Hili Archaeological park | Museum | United Arab Emirates | Visited | 31st Mar 2019 | |||||||
| Gochang Dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | South Korea | Visited | 28th Feb 2014 | |||||||
| Hwasun dolmens | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | South Korea | Visited | 28th Feb 2014 | |||||||
| Chianca Dolmen | Chambered Tomb | Italy | Puglia | Visited | 1st Mar 2014 | ||||||
| Merlin's Cave (Cornwall) | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Mar 2014 | ||||||
| The Rumps | Hillfort | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Mar 2014 | ||||||
| Flower's Barrow | Hillfort | England | Dorset | Visited | 27th Apr 2019 | ||||||
| Battlegore | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 3rd Apr 2014 | ||||||
| Bronkham Hill | Barrow Cemetery | England | Dorset | Visited | 9th May 2019 | ||||||
| Stonehenge. | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Butte de Goassec'h | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 27th Aug 2019 | ||||||
| Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | Museum | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 11th Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Fernworthy Cairn N | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Jul 2014 | ||||||
| Fernworthy Cairn SW | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Jul 2014 | ||||||
| Fernworthy Cairn SE | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Jul 2014 | ||||||
| Boskednan Menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Oct 2014 | ||||||
| Roughtor long cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 18th Oct 2014 | ||||||
| St Endellion inscribed stone | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 19th Oct 2014 | ||||||
| Three Hole Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 20th Oct 2014 | ||||||
| Priddy Circles S | Henge | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Castle Farm Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Somerset | Visited | 23rd Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Pool Farm Cist | Rock Art | England | Somerset | Visited | 23rd Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Treburrick menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Dec 2014 | ||||||
| Barrow House Farm Long Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Gwallon Longstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Dec 2014 | ||||||
| Lime House Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Priddy Circles Unfinished N | Henge | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Jul 2011 | ||||||
| Tintagel Cliff Castle | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Dec 2014 | ||||||
| Whitestone (Lee) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 4th Jan 2015 | ||||||
| Woolacombe Memorial | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Devon | Visited | 4th Jan 2015 | ||||||
| Milk Hill Bowl Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 19th Jul 2011 | ||||||
| Showery Tor Northwest Cairn 1 | Round Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jan 2015 | ||||||
| Roughtor north | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jan 2015 | ||||||
| Ste-Mère-Eglise Borne Gallo/Roman | Marker Stone | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 28th Jul 2011 | ||||||
| Bullring | Henge | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 4th Aug 2011 | ||||||
| Pierre Butée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 18th Jan 2015 | ||||||
| Sölden menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Austria | Visited | 20th Feb 2015 | |||||||
| Stoanerhof stones | Standing Stones | Austria | Visited | 20th Feb 2015 | |||||||
| Clifton Down Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 17th Aug 2011 | ||||||
| Roughtor North cairn X | Round Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Old Castle Camp | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 28th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Hardings Down East | Hillfort | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 28th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Hardings Down West | Hillfort | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 28th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Bessie's Meadow Cairn | Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 29th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| The Beacon (West Glamorgan) | Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 29th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Rhossili Down Cairn 3 | Cairn | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 29th Jun 2015 | ||||||
| Showery Tor Northwest Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jul 2015 | ||||||
| Priddy Circles C | Henge | England | Somerset | Visited | 22nd Oct 2011 | ||||||
| Showery Tor North Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Jul 2015 | ||||||
| Priddy Circles N | Henge | England | Somerset | Visited | 25th Oct 2011 | ||||||
| Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 2 | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jul 2015 | ||||||
| Portbury | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 1st Nov 2011 | ||||||
| Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 1 | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Jul 2015 | ||||||
| Grosse Pierre de la Bergerie | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 7th Nov 2011 | ||||||
| Camp du Castel | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 8th Nov 2011 | ||||||
| Abson Church | Sculptured Stone | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th Jul 2015 | ||||||
| Pierre du Hu | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 15th Nov 2011 | ||||||
| Wain's Hill | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Somerset | Visited | 18th Aug 2015 | ||||||
| Bitton Round Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th Sep 2015 | ||||||
| Carew High Cross | Ancient Cross | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 8th Nov 2015 | ||||||
| Tafarn-y-Bwlch | Standing Stones | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 6th Dec 2015 | ||||||
| Norchard Beacon | Barrow Cemetery | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 6th Dec 2015 | ||||||
| Wallaston Green | Barrow Cemetery | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 11th Dec 2015 | ||||||
| Menhir des Planches | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 29th Dec 2011 | ||||||
| Chipping Sodbury Stone Circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 1st Jan 2016 | ||||||
| Must Farm | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cambridgeshire | Visited | 12th Jan 2016 | ||||||
| Les Grosses Devises (W) | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 15th Jan 2012 | ||||||
| Les Grosses Devises (E) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 15th Jan 2012 | ||||||
| St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn | Artificial Mound | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 12th May 2016 | ||||||
| Alveston Round Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 12th May 2016 | ||||||
| Menhir de Coat Mocoun (sud) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 26th Jul 2016 | ||||||
| Danbury | Hillfort | England | Essex | Visited | 4th Nov 2016 | ||||||
| Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge | Ancient Trackway | England | Somerset | Visited | 21st Nov 2016 | ||||||
| Challacombe Cross Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Mar 2017 | ||||||
| Boarhills | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Fife | Visited | 12th Mar 2017 | ||||||
| Ashmead Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th Apr 2017 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy West circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy West row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Trowlesworthy East row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Brisworthy | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Mynydd Bach | Round Cairn | Wales | Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) | Visited | 13th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Anglesey) | Passage Grave | Wales | Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) | Visited | 13th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| East Pinford (NW) | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 15th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Toms Hill | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 15th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| llech Idris | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 16th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 16th Jun 2017 | ||||||
| Corn Ddu Cairn | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 3rd Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Pen y Fan Cairn | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 3rd Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Westmoor Cairns | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 4th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Wick Burial Chamber (Gloucestershire) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Sheldon (Aberdeenshire) | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Kirkton Of Bourtie | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| New Craig | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Broomend of Crichie Pictish Symbol Stone | Class I Pictish Symbol Stone | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Broomend of Crichie Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Broomend Of Crichie Stone Circle / Henge | Henge | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew - Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Apr 2012 | ||||||
| Castle Fraser Row | Stone Row / Alignment | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew SSW | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Apr 2012 | ||||||
| Castle Fraser circle | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 27th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Felton Common Suck Stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Apr 2012 | ||||||
| Tomnaverie | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 28th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew Great Circle | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Apr 2012 | ||||||
| Midmar Kirk N | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 30th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Menhir Couché Lieu Gobin | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 4th May 2012 | ||||||
| Midmar Kirk S | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 30th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Chew Stoke | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 12th May 2012 | ||||||
| Sunhoney | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 30th Jul 2017 | ||||||
| Leigh Down | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 12th May 2012 | ||||||
| Menhir de Soulangy | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 15th May 2012 | ||||||
| Loanhead Of Daviot | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 3rd Aug 2017 | ||||||
| Cullerlie | Stone Circle | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Visited | 3rd Aug 2017 | ||||||
| Hoar Stone at Duntisbourne | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 23rd Aug 2017 | ||||||
| Black Down barrows (Mendip) | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Tynings Farm Barrow Group | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Beacon Batch | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Charterhouse Earthwork | Misc. Earthwork | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew NE Circle | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Macellum of Pompeii | Modern Stone Circle etc | Italy | Marche | Visited | 15th Jun 2012 | ||||||
| Dozmary Pool | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Swinside | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 27th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Long Stone (Minchinhampton) | Standing Stones | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 30th Sep 2017 | ||||||
| Low Longrigg SW | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 4th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| Low Longrigg NE | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 4th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| Boot cairn circle | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 4th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| Maiden Castle (Eskdale) | Cairn | England | Cumbria | Visited | 7th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| White Moss NE | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 11th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| White Moss SW | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 16th Oct 2017 | ||||||
| Thorncombe Hill Cairns | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Thorncombe Barrow | Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Wilmots Pool Cairn | Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Hurley Beacon Tumulus | Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Black Hill Tumuli | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Hadleigh Roundhouse | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Essex | Visited | 27th Aug 2012 | ||||||
| Beacon Hill Platform Cairn | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Gelligaer Common Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Mid Glamorgan | Visited | 18th Nov 2017 | ||||||
| Priddy Nine Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 2nd Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Leskernick Quoit | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 2nd Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew - The Cove | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Leskernick cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Oct 2012 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Montchauvet Alignements | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 29th Oct 2012 | ||||||
| Stanton Drew NE Avenue | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Dec 2017 | ||||||
| Halicarnassus | Ancient Village or Settlement | Turkey | Visited | 30th Nov 2010 | |||||||
| Bowda Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 4th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| Anasazi Indian State Park | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Utah | Visited | 5th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor ring cairn | Ring Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor cairn | Round Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor stone B | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor stone C | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 6th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| Greymare Rock | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| Colquite Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| The Ridge Cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| Clitters Cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Dec 2010 | ||||||
| Gray Hill summit cairn | Round Cairn | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 2nd Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Gray Hill stone row | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 2nd Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Felton Hill Long Barrow T26 | Chambered Tomb | England | Somerset | Visited | 26th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Yellowmead cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 30th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Stannon stone setting | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Langcombe Brook 4 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Jul 2006 | ||||||
| Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Royal Hill Cairns (SX621724) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Tombeau des Geants | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Aveyron (12) | Visited | 8th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Valence House | Museum | England | Greater London | Visited | 24th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Murat-sur-Vèbre Centre d'Interprétation | Museum | France | Midi-Pyrénées:Tarn (81) | Visited | 12th May 2009 | ||||||
| Down Tor circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Sep 2010 | ||||||
| Down Tor stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Sep 2010 | ||||||
| Holne Ridge NE | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Holne Ridge 7 | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Les Grises Pierres | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 15th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Bois du Mont | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 16th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 17th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Pierre Longue (Noyal-sous-Bazouges) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 18th Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Mont-Dol | Rock Outcrop | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 23rd Oct 2010 | ||||||
| Holne Moor | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Siward's Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Narrator Brookhead Enclosure | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Down Tor cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Narrator Brookhead Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 22nd Nov 2010 | ||||||
| Anta do Barrocal 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Saw from a distance | 13th Oct 2019 | 3 | 3 | 3 | From the dolmen 1, I see a gate with signpost into the field, so use that to get out, and start to look for the dolmen number 2, which is on the other sde of the trackway. I see it up on the hillside a hundred yards or so away, and with no obvious way in, and cattle in the field.
Compared to the number 1, its a bit of a wreck anyway, so I make do with a couple of pictures from the trackway. At this point, while going back to the car, I see so... Read More |
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| Carn Pica | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 20th Aug 2019 | A splendid "modern" cairn at the top of the most easterly tip of the main Brecon Beacons ridge, just to the east of the summit of Waun Rydd, probably built at the position of an ancient cairn. | |||||
| Fan y Big | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 20th Aug 2019 | Very slight remains of a burial cairn can be found at the top of Fan y Big, one of the ridge peaks of the Brecon Beacons. Absolutely stunning views are to be had from here, possibly the best in all of the Brecon Beacons, with the large glacial valleys below on two sides, and the high peaks of Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu looming up to the west. If here, don't forget the photo opportunity on the diving board! | |||||
| Garn Fawr (Brecon) | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 20th Aug 2019 | Marked as Cairn and "Pile of Stones" on the various OS maps, this is a stone cairn on a rock outcrop, part of a low craggy outcrop at the southern end of the flat plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion. The cairn is 3m in diameter and 0.75m high. The area of the rock outcrop is called Garn Fawr but this appears to be a large marker cairn rather than a burial monument. | |||||
| Maen Llia | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 3rd Oct 2018 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Beautiful day out doing the 4 waterfalls walk to the south of Ystradfellte. After dinner at the New Inn, popped up to visit Maen Llia where we amazingly meet Cerrig, out doing some surveying, but the sun is hidden from him. He takes great pride in showing us some amazing features of Maen Llia, such as the flattened platform with a stone where a shadow would fall, and the place where the stones shadow (or toungue) would reach on solstice sunset. B... Read More |
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| Ogmore Cross Shaft | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 10th Oct 2018 | Day out exploring the south Wales coast. On the way back, stop off at Ogmore Castle, gleaming orange in the setting sun. Within the castle is mounted a stone which clearly has carvings on it, but in the dark shadow of the castle walls, it was impossible to make anything out clearly. | |||||
| Nash Point Barrows | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Mid Glamorgan | Visited | 10th Oct 2018 | Day out exploring the south Wales coast. Walk from Monknash down to the beach and then along the clifftop to Nash Point. The poor remains of three cairns along the field wall just inland can just about be made out against the wall. | |||||
| Nash Point | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | Wales | South Glamorgan | Visited | 10th Oct 2018 | Day out exploring the south Wales coast. Walk from Monknash down to the beach and then along the clifftop to Nash Point. Several rows of banks and ditches remain in good condition defending what is left of this clifftop promontary, now well eroded by the sea into a fairly narrow area. | |||||
| Cae'r-Eglwys Long Cairn | Long Barrow | Wales | Mid Glamorgan | Visited | 21st Sep 2019 | Lumpy bumpy ground on a slight slope in the car park at Nash Point, thought to be the remains of a long cairn. | |||||
| Andover Museum of the Iron Age | Museum | England | Hampshire | Visited | 23rd Aug 2019 | I particularly liked the Lego model of an Iron Age hillfort situated in front of the Roman Fullerton Mosaic, which was found in the main room of a Romano-British villa in the nearby village of Fullerton. The centre piece to the mosaic is the god Mars in his role as protector of agriculture. | |||||
| The Polisher (Fyfield Down) | Polissoir | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 18th Sep 2019 | 4 | 5 | 3 | At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone. On this beautiful September fay, I sat and had lunch with the Polisher. I must have been here best part of an hour, watching the Red Kites circling, and didn't see another soul. It's really moving sat here, just where people would have been sat 5000 years ago. | ||
| Rebala | Barrow Cemetery | Estonia | Visited | 19th Oct 2003 | |||||||
| Jõelähtme | Barrow Cemetery | Estonia | Visited | 19th Oct 2003 | |||||||
| Kostivere Sliding Stone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | Estonia | Visited | 19th Oct 2003 | |||||||
| Anta de Folgos I | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Saw from a distance | 13th Oct 2019 | 4 | Saw this from the car while driving south east. Nowhere obvious to park to go back and have a look, so didn't. | ||||
| Centro Interpretativo dos Almendres | Museum | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 5 | 3 | 5 | Newly built (opened 2019) visitor centre, shop and interpretive trail, at the edge of the village of Guadalupe on the Rue do Cromeleque, before the road turns to a dirt track leading out to the Almendres sites. As well as the Almendres megaliths, the shop and building is heavily influenced by the local cork bark tradition, and features many cork products.
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| Anta de Pavia | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Chapel built into a huge Anta (dolmen) now in a square in the sleepy village of Pavia. The chapel is locked shut, but has a gate of iron railings allowing us to view inside. The nearby Café du Dolmen is also closed, and a few old chaps sit nattering in the shade of a small shelter on the square. Difficult to photograph in the bright sun, as it is mostly in shadow. | ||
| Menir do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Outlying menhir to the Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas, standing in open grownd surrounded by cork bark oaks. | ||
| Cromeleque do Monte das Fontaínhas Velhas | Stone Circle | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Hadn't planned on visiting or knowing of this site before visiting the Mora centre, where we were told of it by the girl there. As it was on the way to Pavia, just off the main road a couple of kilometers outside town, we stopped for a look. Re-erected in recent years, there is a video of this in the Mora centre. There is a single large stone almost 4 metres tall standing in a part circle of half a dozen smoothed and rounded smaller stones. Just ... Read More |
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| Nucleo Regional do Megalitismo | Museum | Portugal | Évora | Visited | 12th Oct 2019 | 5 | 4 | 5 | A fairly new and interesting megalithic interpretation centre in the old railway station in the small town of Mora. The main room has a large wooden interpretation of the local landscape, with various chambers and areas within it containing various finds and information of neolithic life and the the local megaliths. I was particularly taken by the displays of the decorated neolithic plaques, many of which have been found with the local burials. T... Read More |
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| Druid Stoke | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Aug 2019 | 2 | 2 | 5 | How on Earth can I never have been to visit this before, as 43 years ago I lived only half a mile away! So, on a sunny day, after a visit to the expensive dentist, I stopped by for a look. A few large stones remain in the parking area outside a large house near the top of Druid Hill, in the leafy suburb od Stoke Bishop, north of Bristol. The stones can be seen from the road through the gateway. | ||
| West Hill Fort, Portishead | Hillfort | England | Somerset | Visited | 13th Aug 2019 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Possible remnants of the ramparts remain in the little wooded area below Wood Hill Park | ||
| Rockhampton Standing Stone | Marker Stone | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 8th May 2016 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Lovely limestone stone standing on a little grassy area at the junction of a couple of lanes, not actually in Rockhampton but the first junction along the road to the northeast from the village. Nicely looked after, its a shame I am too late for the daffodils. | ||
| Hendraburnick Quoit | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Sep 2014 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Visited this site yesterday, and remarkably found it very easily, although an episode with a gate caused much amusement. Other than seeing details here, could only find notes which call it a disputed site. First thoughts are blimey, its a big old longbarrow with fallen chamber at SE end. Second thoughts are maybe not, mch of this is natural.... Look closer, and the leaning stone beyond the big capstone is clearly not natural, and was once standin... Read More |
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| Sittaford Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Jun 2014 | 2 | 5 | 2 | With the weather turned nice, I took a day off work to walk out to the newly found Sittaford Tor stone circle, starting out from Fernworthy Reservoir. Having planned the trip in advance, so knowing where to look, the circle was very easy to find, although very wet and boggy. All of the stones have been dug around so they are no longer buried in the mire. Excellent. | ||
| Peetje en Meetje | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | Belgium | Oost-Vlaanderen | Visited | 29th May 1998 | 2 | 4 | 4 | It annoys me that I have no photos of this from my visit in 1998. I had another look through my old boxes of photos and there was nothing at all that day of my cycling holiday, although I could have sworn differently. Perhaps my camera was left in my tent as we visited it on a day ride out from Oudenaaard. Very unlikely, I could swear I had pictures of a local windmill and the bar where we had lunch, but nothing was found. | ||
| Domaine de Castillon | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 27th Dec 2013 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Stopped off for a quick look while travelling home after Christmas at my sisters. The weather was foul and everything completely sodden, so didn't spend any time exploring other than driving around the local roads. One to come back to sometime, for a better look for some of the ramparts, and a look round the chateau gardens. | ||
| Redland Park | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Dec 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 | I can't believe that in 35 years of living in the Bristol area, that I have never visited this stone before. Although I have once or twice spent time looking for it on the wrong Green in Redland! | ||
| Menhir de la Pierre Fichée (La Pinelais) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 11th Oct 2012 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A bit like busses, this menhir has been ignored by the megalithic portal's stonehunters for many years, and then 2 come along in 2 days! | ||
| Roche Buquet | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 11th Oct 2012 | ||||||
| Westmoorgate circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 22nd Sep 2012 | ||||||
| Westmoorgate cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 22nd Sep 2012 | ||||||
| Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | Canada | Visited | 15th Apr 1989 | 5 | ||||||
| Nine Maidens Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Aug 1974 | ||||||
| Danebury Ring | Hillfort | England | Hampshire | Visited | 1st Jan 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 1st Nov 1990 | ||||||
| Althing | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | Iceland | Visited | 21st Apr 1995 | Rent Jeep Cherokee with big wheels. Do the Golden triangle, íngvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss. Back via Bläfjöll Ski area. | ||||||
| Iasos | Ancient Village or Settlement | Turkey | Visited | 16th Sep 2002 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Tusayan Ruins | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 6th Nov 1990 | ||||||
| Bright Angel Trail | Rock Art | United States | Arizona | Visited | 5th Nov 1990 | ||||||
| Halicarnassus Mausoleum | Chambered Tomb | Turkey | Visited | 18th Sep 2002 | 2 | 4 | 4 | The wind has got up overnight and is apparently too strong out at sea for us to go out for the day. This is only the third day that’s been cancelled all season. Still, it’s no problem, as we can go to Bodrum for the day and do the tourist thing. I never knew before that Bodrum was the ancient city of Halicarnassos, and home to one of the seven ancient wonders. What an amazing history the place has. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs abou... Read More |
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| Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology | Museum | Turkey | Visited | 18th Sep 2002 | 5 | 4 | 4 | My notes from my sailing log book of my visit.
The wind has got up overnight again, and is W 6-7 out in the main sea area, with 2m swell. We are going nowhere today. Catch the Dolmus to Bodrum to do the tourist thing, spend the morning visiting the Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and afternoon in the Bodrum Castle and shipwrecks museum. A good day to be stuck in harbour. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
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| America's Stonehenge | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | New Hampshire | Visited | 15th Apr 1990 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Fox Tor stone setting | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 31st Aug 2010 | ||||||
| Quebec ice dolmen | Modern Stone Circle etc | Canada | Visited | 22nd Dec 2009 | |||||||
| Millières menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 30th Dec 2009 | ||||||
| Menhir de Blainville-sur-Mer | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 4th Jan 2010 | ||||||
| Buttern E | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Mar 2010 | ||||||
| Buttern W | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 31st Mar 2010 | ||||||
| Gidleigh Chambered Cairn | Chambered Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Apr 2010 | ||||||
| Buttern Hill settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 4th Apr 2010 | ||||||
| Scorhill Cairn and Rows | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Apr 2010 | ||||||
| Querns Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 6th Apr 2010 | ||||||
| Ilkerton Ridge Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 11th May 2010 | ||||||
| Ilkerton Ridge stones | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 11th May 2010 | ||||||
| Warcombe Water row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 12th May 2010 | ||||||
| Warcombe Water stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 12th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common 2 | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2010 | ||||||
| Windmill Tump | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 16th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 16th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common 0 | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 16th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common 1 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th May 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 19th May 2010 | ||||||
| Ötzi Memorial | Marker Stone | Italy | Lombardia | Visited | 25th May 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 25th May 2010 | ||||||
| Spettigue Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th May 2010 | ||||||
| Hoaroak 1 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 30th May 2010 | ||||||
| Menhir de Gouville | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 20th Jun 2010 | ||||||
| Roche a Trois Pieds | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 25th Jun 2010 | ||||||
| Pierre Blanche (Pocé-les-Bois) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 29th Jun 2010 | ||||||
| Le Cleray | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 30th Jun 2010 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common 5 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Jul 2010 | ||||||
| Warbstow Bury | Hillfort | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Jul 2010 | ||||||
| Bringnerault Alignement | Standing Stones | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 17th Jul 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 22nd Jul 2010 | ||||||
| East Moor Row blocking stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Jul 2010 | ||||||
| Les Roches-Hues | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 10th Nov 2009 | ||||||
| Pierre de Minoz | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 11th Nov 2009 | ||||||
| Allée Couverte de Roche-Plate | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 29th Nov 2009 | ||||||
| Avening burial chambers | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 24th Mar 2009 | ||||||
| Gatcombe Lodge | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 24th Mar 2009 | ||||||
| Table des Fées (Rocheville) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 5th Apr 2009 | ||||||
| The Toots (Oldbury) | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 22nd Apr 2009 | ||||||
| Whitefield's Tump | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 9th May 2009 | ||||||
| Newspaper Rock (Petrified Forest) | Rock Art | United States | Arizona | Visited | 20th May 2009 | ||||||
| Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs | Rock Art | United States | Arizona | Visited | 20th May 2009 | ||||||
| Montezuma Castle | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 25th May 2009 | ||||||
| Tuzigoot Monument | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 26th May 2009 | ||||||
| Puerco Pueblo. | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 28th May 2009 | ||||||
| Agate House | Ancient Village or Settlement | United States | Arizona | Visited | 28th May 2009 | ||||||
| Bristol City Museum | Museum | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Aug 2009 | ||||||
| Furzehill Common Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Sep 2009 | ||||||
| Craddock Moor stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 22nd Sep 2009 | ||||||
| Bearah Common Long Cairn | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 26th Sep 2009 | ||||||
| Craddock Moor Stone Setting | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 30th Sep 2009 | ||||||
| Stowe's Pound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 2nd Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Craddock Moor embanked avenue | Misc. Earthwork | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Tregarrick Tor hillfort | Hillfort | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Tregarrick Tor cairn | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Minions Platform Round Barrow | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 22nd Oct 2009 | ||||||
| menhir Garde Guerin | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 25th Oct 2009 | ||||||
| dolmen de la Garde Guerin | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | Visited | 26th Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Tregarrick menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Oct 2009 | ||||||
| Longstone (Challacombe) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Longstone Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Chapman Down Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Longstone Barrow Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Woodbarrow (Exmoor) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 19th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Woodbarrow Hangings | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 19th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Chapman Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Devon | Visited | 19th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Los Millares | Ancient Village or Settlement | Spain | Andalucía | Visited | 10th Apr 2008 | ||||||
| Woodbarrow Stone Setting | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Apr 2008 | ||||||
| East Pinford 2 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 3rd May 2008 | ||||||
| Trout Hill 2 | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 26th May 2008 | ||||||
| Gutter Tor north | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Le Trepied | Passage Grave | Channel Islands and Isle of Man | Guernsey | Visited | 11th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Whittenknowles Rocks | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 15th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Binisafuller | Ancient Village or Settlement | Spain | Balearic Isles (Menorca / Minorca) | Visited | 15th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Trepuco | Ancient Village or Settlement | Spain | Balearic Isles (Menorca / Minorca) | Visited | 15th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Trout Hill 1 | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 20th Jun 2008 | ||||||
| Castlerigg | Stone Circle | England | Cumbria | Visited | 6th Jul 2008 | ||||||
| Maiden Castle Barrow Cemetery | Barrow Cemetery | England | Dorset | Visited | 8th Jul 2008 | ||||||
| Erme Pound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Shaugh Moor Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Colchester Castle Museum | Museum | England | Essex | Visited | 24th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Shaugh Moor Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Shaugh Moor row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Shaugh Moor Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Trethevy Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 31st Aug 2008 | ||||||
| Winterbourne Stoke | Barrow Cemetery | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 6th Sep 2008 | ||||||
| Terramara di Montale | Ancient Village or Settlement | Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Visited | 20th Sep 2008 | ||||||
| Venus of Willendorf | Ancient Village or Settlement | Austria | Visited | 29th Sep 2008 | |||||||
| Drift Stones | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 1st Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Kenidjack Common holed stones | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 1st Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Pennance Entrance Grave | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Tregeseal Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Porthmeor Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 7th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Leskernick Hill Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 9th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Tregeseal C | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Leskernick NW | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Leskernick Hill Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 10th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Leskernick SE | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 13th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Treen Entrance Grave (NW) | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Treen Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Treen Entrance Grave (SW) | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 14th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Le Caveau de Kerivoa | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 17th Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Trevorgans Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Oct 2008 | ||||||
| Condolden Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 17th Nov 2008 | ||||||
| Long Stone (East Worlington) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Nov 2008 | ||||||
| St Anthony's Well (Cinderford) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 19th Nov 2008 | ||||||
| Stripple Stones | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Nov 2008 | ||||||
| Trelew | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Dec 2008 | ||||||
| Sticklepath stone circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 25th Jan 2009 | ||||||
| Cosdon Hill cairn 9 | Round Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Jan 2009 | ||||||
| Col des Ves | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Rhone-Alpes:Savoie (73) | Visited | 10th Feb 2009 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe menhir 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 13th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Brendon Two Gates (W) | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Hoccombe Hill (W) | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe cist 22 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Jul 2007 | ||||||
| Ladle Hill | Hillfort | England | Hampshire | Visited | 18th Jul 2007 | ||||||
| Hoccombe Hill (E) | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 30th Jul 2007 | ||||||
| Lanacombe 3 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 31st Jul 2007 | ||||||
| Museo Archeologico (Mantova) | Museum | Italy | Lombardia | Visited | 3rd Aug 2007 | ||||||
| Lanacombe 5 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 5th Aug 2007 | ||||||
| Foamhenge (Natural Bridge) | Modern Stone Circle etc | United States | Virginia | Visited | 7th Aug 2007 | ||||||
| Lanacombe 2 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Aug 2007 | ||||||
| Meacombe Cist | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Aug 2007 | ||||||
| Merrivale Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 4th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Langstone Moor circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Langstone Moor settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Sourton Green Saxon Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Cox Tor north east | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 12th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Langstone Moor row 2 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| Langstone Moor stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| St-Malo-de-la-Lande menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 30th Sep 2007 | ||||||
| The Langstone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Oct 2007 | ||||||
| White Tor (Peter Tavy) | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Oct 2007 | ||||||
| Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns | Cairn | Wales | Powys | Visited | 2nd Nov 2007 | ||||||
| Craig-Y-Fan Ddu | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | Wales | Powys | Visited | 14th Nov 2007 | ||||||
| Broad Stone (Dorset) | Stone Circle | England | Dorset | Visited | 18th Nov 2007 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe stone 4 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 21st Nov 2007 | ||||||
| Lanacombe 1 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 9th Dec 2007 | ||||||
| Le Cul du Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 30th Dec 2007 | ||||||
| Trigalle dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 12th Jan 2008 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe cairn 14 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 19th Jan 2008 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe cist 21 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Jan 2008 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Feb 2008 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe menhir 3 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th Feb 2008 | ||||||
| Drizzlecombe Cist 6 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd Feb 2008 | ||||||
| Chapman Barrows Quincunx | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Mar 2008 | ||||||
| Beckham Hill | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 30th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Menhir dit Pierre Bottin | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 2nd May 2007 | ||||||
| Museo Arqueológico Nacional | Museum | Spain | Castilla La Mancha y Madrid | Visited | 12th May 2007 | ||||||
| Museo de Santa Cruz | Museum | Spain | Castilla La Mancha y Madrid | Visited | 13th May 2007 | ||||||
| Swap Hill (N) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 28th May 2007 | ||||||
| Swap Hill | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 28th May 2007 | ||||||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 4th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Trout Hill 3 | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 12th Jun 2007 | ||||||
| Grim’s Grave | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Jul 2006 | ||||||
| The Heath Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 29th Jul 2006 | ||||||
| Dry Lake North Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 29th Jul 2006 | ||||||
| Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 29th Jul 2006 | ||||||
| Crock of Gold | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Bennet's Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Royal Hill Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Ranny Brookhead Cist | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Hurston Ridge | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 11th Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Hook Lake Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 13th Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Stall Moor circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Upper Erme Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Upper Erme Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 28th Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Childe’s Tomb | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 28th Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Stalldon Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Pierre-aux-Fées | Rock Art | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 5th Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Drove Cottage Henge | Henge | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Pen Hill Longbarrow | Long Barrow | England | Somerset | Visited | 12th Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Madacombe | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Somerset | Visited | 27th Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Tumuli de Condé-sur-Ifs | Chambered Cairn | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 8th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Princes Risborough Puddingstone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 16th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Whiteleaf Barrows | Long Barrow | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 18th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Bradenham Puddingstone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 20th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Caratacus Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 23rd Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Wambarrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 25th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Whit Stones | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Porlock Allotment NE | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 2nd Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Lanyon Quoit | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 2nd Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Porlock Common SW | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Alderman's Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 9th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Porlock Circle | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 10th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| The Queen Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Herefordshire | Visited | 13th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Gaer (Trellech) | Hillfort | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 16th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Withypool Circle | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 17th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Withypool Hill Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Almsworthy | Stone Circle | England | Somerset | Visited | 24th Nov 2006 | ||||||
| Luc-sur-Mer menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 29th Dec 2006 | ||||||
| Goose Stones | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 2nd Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Ganborough | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Poles Wood East | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 4th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Lower Swell barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 5th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Hazleton North | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 7th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Hazleton South | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 7th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Notgrove | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 7th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Cold Aston | Chambered Tomb | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 7th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Whittlestone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 9th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| The Horestone (Lower Swell) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 10th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Hangman's Stone (Northleach) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 14th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Les Pierres Branlantes | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 15th Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Col du Petit Saint-Bernard Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Rhone-Alpes:Savoie (73) | Visited | 4th Feb 2007 | ||||||
| West Anstey Long Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Mar 2007 | ||||||
| Pig Hill (S) | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Mar 2007 | ||||||
| Pig Hill (N) | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 20th Mar 2007 | ||||||
| Clannon Ball | Standing Stones | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Mar 2007 | ||||||
| Lanacombe 4 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Mar 2007 | ||||||
| Grotte du Pape | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Aquitaine:Landes (40) | Visited | 1st Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Wiveliscombe Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 2nd Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Naked Boy stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 3rd Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Huish Champflower Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Hoar Moor (E) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Long Holcombe (S) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Somerset | Visited | 13th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Faulkland | Standing Stones | England | Somerset | Visited | 19th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Geffosses Ecole-des-Filles | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 25th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| L'Oeuf de Gargantua | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 26th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Droits a l'Homme | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 27th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Gouville-sur-Mer Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 28th Apr 2007 | ||||||
| Adlestrop Hill | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 3rd Apr 2006 | ||||||
| Ibsley Common barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Hampshire | Visited | 6th May 2006 | ||||||
| Ston Easton Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 20th Nov 2005 | ||||||
| King Henry's Mound | Artificial Mound | England | Greater London | Visited | 1st Jan 2006 | ||||||
| Symonds Hall Farm | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 18th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Boskenna Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Shortwood Hill barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 25th Jan 2005 | ||||||
| Shortwood Circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 26th Jan 2005 | ||||||
| Wayland's Smithy | Long Barrow | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 28th Feb 2005 | ||||||
| Ridgeway | Ancient Trackway | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 28th Feb 2005 | ||||||
| Stoney Littleton | Chambered Cairn | England | Somerset | Visited | 18th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Emblance Down stone row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Cornwall | Visited | 23rd Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Leaze Cist | Cist | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| King Arthur's Down SE | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| King Arthur's Down NW | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Louden Hill chamber | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Cornwall | Visited | 25th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Stannon cairn | Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Louden Hill circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 27th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Stannon circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Fernacre | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 29th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Fernacre Settlement 2 | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 29th Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Louden Tor | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Cornwall | Visited | 31st Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Louden west | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 2nd Apr 2005 | ||||||
| Moorgate menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Cornwall | Visited | 3rd Apr 2005 | ||||||
| King Arthur's Hall | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 5th Apr 2005 | ||||||
| Roughtor South | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Cornwall | Visited | 11th Apr 2005 | ||||||
| Louden menhirs | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 12th Apr 2005 | ||||||
| Piles Hill Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 8th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Harolds Stones | Stone Row / Alignment | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 12th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Scorhill | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Grey Wethers. | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Fernworthy circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Fernworthy stone row SW | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Spinsters' Rock | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Ashen Hill Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Somerset | Visited | 25th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Kit's Coty. | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Kent | Visited | 30th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Addington Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Kent | Visited | 30th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Chestnuts | Long Barrow | England | Kent | Visited | 30th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Coffin Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Kent | Visited | 1st Sep 2004 | ||||||
| Little Kit's Coty | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Kent | Visited | 2nd Sep 2004 | ||||||
| Coldrum | Chambered Tomb | England | Kent | Visited | 3rd Sep 2004 | ||||||
| Fortica | Hillfort | Croatia | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | |||||||
| Vira (Hvar) | Barrow Cemetery | Croatia | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | |||||||
| Hvar Castle Museum | Museum | Croatia | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | |||||||
| Brac Island | Ancient Village or Settlement | Croatia | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | |||||||
| Hvar Island | Ancient Village or Settlement | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | ||||||||
| Zmajeva Spilja | Cave or Rock Shelter | Croatia | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | |||||||
| Shovel Down stone circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 13th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 7 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 1 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Three Boys | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 5 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 15th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 6 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 15th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 4 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| The Longstone (Shovel Down) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 3 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| The Round Pound | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 23rd Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Kestor Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 24th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down row 2 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Shovel Down Fourfold Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 29th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale Centre S | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale Centre N | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale Centre Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale NE circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale North Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale Cists | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Devon | Visited | 1st Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale NW | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Merrivale circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| The Beeracres Stone | Modern Stone Circle etc | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 11th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Woodleaze Farm | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Nov 2004 | ||||||
| West Wycombe Camp | Hillfort | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 18th Nov 2003 | ||||||
| Madron Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Cornwall | Visited | 21st Jan 2004 | ||||||
| Trippet Stones | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 29th Jan 2004 | ||||||
| Men Scryfa | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Carn Gluze | Chambered Cairn | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Boskednan stone circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Pipers (nr Merry Maidens) | Standing Stones | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Merry Maidens Holed Stone | Holed Stone | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Porthmeor Circle | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 24th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Tregiffian Barrow | Chambered Tomb | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Tregeseal East | Stone Circle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Beacon Hill (Burghclere) | Hillfort | England | Hampshire | Visited | 7th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Bryn Cader Faner | Ring Cairn | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 9th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne) | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 27th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Brightwell Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 28th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Horton Camp | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 29th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Desborough Castle | Hillfort | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 29th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Sinodun Camp | Hillfort | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 29th Mar 2004 | ||||||
| y Garn Llwyd | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 31st Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Llanvaches 2 | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 31st Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Llanfihangel Rogiet | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 1st Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Heston Brake | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 1st Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Gray Hill circle | Stone Circle | Wales | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Visited | 2nd Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Symonds Yat Fort | Hillfort | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 5th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Long Stone, Staunton | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 5th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Fairy Toot | Long Barrow | England | Somerset | Visited | 11th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Felton Bowl Barrows T28 & T29 | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 14th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Hawkesbury Knoll | Long Barrow | England | Gloucestershire | Visited | 15th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Butcombe Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Somerset | Visited | 15th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Kingston Russell Circle | Stone Circle | England | Dorset | Visited | 22nd Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Tenants Hill enclosure | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Dorset | Visited | 22nd Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Oxenham Arms | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 26th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Brent Knoll Camp | Hillfort | England | Somerset | Visited | 27th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Nine Stones (Belstone) | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 27th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Maes Knoll | Hillfort | England | Somerset | Visited | 29th Apr 2004 | ||||||
| Bwlch Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 6th May 2004 | ||||||
| Cwrt-y-Gollen | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 6th May 2004 | ||||||
| Crug Hywel | Hillfort | Wales | Powys | Visited | 7th May 2004 | ||||||
| Mynydd Troed | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 9th May 2004 | ||||||
| Golden Grove | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 9th May 2004 | ||||||
| Gwernvale | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 9th May 2004 | ||||||
| Ty-Isaf | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 11th May 2004 | ||||||
| Penywyrlod | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 12th May 2004 | ||||||
| Clyro Court | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 14th May 2004 | ||||||
| Little Lodge | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 14th May 2004 | ||||||
| Pen-y-Wyrlod | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Powys | Visited | 16th May 2004 | ||||||
| Twyn-Y-Beddau | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 17th May 2004 | ||||||
| Knowlton Great Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Dorset | Visited | 27th May 2004 | ||||||
| Knowlton Rings | Henge | England | Dorset | Visited | 27th May 2004 | ||||||
| Sourton Tors Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Cornridge SE | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Sourton Tors Ring Cairns | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Great Links Tor Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Sourton Tors Cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Cosdon Hill Summit Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 9th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Cosdon Hill Cairn Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 10th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Hart Tor south row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Hart Tor North circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Hart Tor north rows | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 17th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Sharpitor W | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 18th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Sharpitor NE | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 19th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Piles Hill NE | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 30th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Piles Hill W | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 30th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball South | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball S.E. | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball N. | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball Central | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Corringdon Ball Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Brent Fore Hill | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Spurrells Cross Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Spurrells Cross Cairn Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Glasscombe Ball North | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Glasscombe Corner Stone Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 16th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Harford S. | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 22nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Butterbrook | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 22nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Harford Moor N | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 22nd Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Dodman Point | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | Cornwall | Visited | 28th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Rame Head | Hillfort | England | Cornwall | Visited | 29th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Yellowmead | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 30th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Butterdon Hill Barrow | Round Barrow(s) | England | Devon | Visited | 2nd Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Butterdon Stone Circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 3rd Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Butterdon Hill Cairns | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 5th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Butterdon Hill Row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Hobajons Cross | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 6th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| The Longstone (Piles Hill) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 7th Aug 2004 |