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Ginestous Menhir 1
Trip No.40 Entry No.15 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain on 27th Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir, 3 metres tall and the most wonderful almond shape.
Probably the finest menhir in the World.
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Ginestous menhir 3
Trip No.40 Entry No.16 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ginestous menhir 3 submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir 3.
Ginestous menhir 3 is about 2.7 metres tall, and a very carefully formed rectangular shape.
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Ginestous menhir 5
Trip No.40 Entry No.17 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ginestous menhir 5 submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous menhir 5.
Fallen and broken into several pieces, this menhir is just to the west of the ruined dolmen.
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Ginestous Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.18 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ginestous dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2005. Ginestous dolmen.
This much ruined dolmen can be seen from the Almond menhir, looking like a wide menhir, and is 40 metres to the south of menhir 3.
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La Draille Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.27 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
La Draille dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 10th Mar 2009. Seen here in its environment, the dolmen is contained within a large mound of stones with a drystone wall built over the top of it.
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Cazarils tombe ovale 2
Trip No.40 Entry No.28 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cazarils tombe ovale 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Nov 2007. Cazarils tombe ovale 2 is much bigger than the first, but does not have the wonderful carved headstone.
It's cairn of stones is much bigger also, but unfortunately was getting very overgrown with bushes, making photos of the whole thing very difficult.
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Cazarils tombe ovale 1
Trip No.40 Entry No.29 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cazarils tombe ovale 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Oct 2007. At the back of the chamber is a wonderful carved stone - a copy, as the original is safely kept in a museum.
It is quite well known, I had seen it before in many places.
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Carrières Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.30 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carrières dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 10th Mar 2009. The massive chamber is about 4 metres square, and apart from the 6 metre by 3 metre high backslab, is made using drystone vaulting.
There seems to be an anti-chamber, 2m by 2m before an entry passageway opening west at about 250°.
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Truc de Marti tombe ovale
Trip No.40 Entry No.31 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Truc de Marti tombe ovale submitted by regina on 5th Aug 2009. Site in Languedoc: Hérault (34):
tomb no.1
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Truc de Marti
Trip No.40 Entry No.33 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Truc de Marti tombe ovale submitted by johnstone on 30th Mar 2020. Tombe #3, June 26, 2000
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Trivalle menhir
Trip No.40 Entry No.1 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Trivalle menhir submitted by ocdolmen on 6th Apr 2006. 1.50 metre high menhir on Causse de Blandas. Limestone.
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Planàs Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.2 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Planàs Dolmen submitted by regina on 11th Dec 2009. Site in Languedoc: Gard (30) France:
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Serre de la Gleisa
Trip No.40 Entry No.3 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Serre de la Gleisa submitted by regina on 24th Oct 2010. Serre de la Gleisa
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Lacam de Peyrarines
Trip No.40 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lacam de Peyrarines submitted by ShamrockStone on 13th Jul 2017. Stone Circle: Lacam de Peyrarines
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Menhir de Landre 1
Trip No.40 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Menhir de Landre 1 submitted by thecaptain on 1st Aug 2008. This menhir stands up on top of its little hillock, about 70 metres to the side 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
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Combes Menhir
Trip No.40 Entry No.6 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Combes menhir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2009. 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.
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Avernat menhir
Trip No.40 Entry No.7 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Avernat menhir submitted by regina on 21st Jul 2008. Site in Languedoc: Gard (30) France:
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Dolmen de Trélis
Trip No.40 Entry No.8 Date Added: 24th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen de Trélis submitted by johnstone on 24th Mar 2020. With visitor behind the dolmen, June 21, 2000
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Menhir le Bâton de Samson
Trip No.40 Entry No.9 Date Added: 25th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir le Bâton de Samson submitted by ocdolmen on 3rd Aug 2009. Jouffre menhir (3.60 metres) called "Bâton de Samson" (Samson's stick)
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Bergerie-de-Panissière
Trip No.40 Entry No.10 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Clava Cairn
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bergerie-de-Panissière submitted by ShamrockStone on 15th Jul 2017. Bergerie-de-Panissière
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