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Pierre Longue (Fohet)
Trip No.41 Entry No.1 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pierre Longue (Fohet) submitted by thecaptain on 4th Jul 2006. This is a lovely menhir standing four and three quarter metres tall at the top of the high hills near the village of Fohet, commune of Aydat, in Puy-de-Dôme.
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 others in the line of almost cartoon perfect cones.
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Cournols allée couverte
Trip No.41 Entry No.2 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cournols allée couverte submitted by thecaptain on 6th Sep 2006. 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. The entrance would have been from the east, and central to the two chambers.
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Dolmen du Parc (Saint-Nectaire)
Trip No.41 Entry No.3 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen du Parc (Saint-Nectaire) submitted by thecaptain on 27th Jun 2006. This is a famous dolmen, sat on the hillside within a sort of sports activity park above the thermal spa and roman baths of St-Nectaire (of cheese fame).
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Dolmen de Pineyre
Trip No.41 Entry No.4 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Pineyre submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Feb 2011. 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.
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Freydefond Menhir
Trip No.41 Entry No.5 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Freydefond menhir submitted by thecaptain on 27th Jun 2006. 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.
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Saillant Dolmen
Trip No.41 Entry No.6 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Saillant dolmen submitted by ocdolmen on 22nd Sep 2009. Site in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: Saillant dolmen (also called "Palet de Rolland")
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Menhir dit Pierre Fichade
Trip No.41 Entry No.7 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir dit Pierre Fichade submitted by thecaptain on 8th Sep 2006. Menhir dit Pierre Fichade at Champeix is about 4 metres tall and can be found in a field to the south of the road between Ludesse and Champeix.
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Pierre du Tombeau
Trip No.41 Entry No.8 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Pierre du Tombeau submitted by thecaptain on 13th Oct 2006. 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, and is one of the biggest menhirs in the Auvergne region.
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Brosses menhir
Trip No.41 Entry No.9 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Brosses menhir submitted by johnstone on 6th Apr 2020. View at the broad side on July 14, 1999
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Menhirs of Barbouly
Trip No.41 Entry No.14 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Menhirs of Barbouly submitted by alchemille on 27th Jun 2015. The menhirs of Barbouly are found by the pond called “ L'Etang des Planches” in the hamlet of Barbouly, commune of Sainte Christine en Combraille, in the Puy de Dôme, Auvergne.
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Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Trip No.41 Entry No.15 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by alchemille on 27th Aug 2015. Dolmen de la pierre Fade, lieu dit chez Geilles, St Etienne des Champs.
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L'Usteau du Loup
Trip No.41 Entry No.16 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
L'Usteau du Loup submitted by thecaptain on 10th Sep 2006. 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.
This is a fine place for a wolf to live, and there are many legends and stories associated to the place.
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Pierre Couverte d'Ambert
Trip No.41 Entry No.17 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre Couverte d'Ambert submitted by ocdolmen on 8th Jun 2009. Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: La Pierre Couverte d'Ambert dolmen, Nice and imposant megalith with a 15 tons capstone
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Dolmen de Pierre Cuberte
Trip No.41 Entry No.18 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen de Pierre Cuberte submitted by ocdolmen on 20th Sep 2009. Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: an old photo of Pierre Cuberte dolmen (near Job village)
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Dolmen de Recoules
Trip No.41 Entry No.19 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Recoules submitted by ocdolmen on 3rd Nov 2009. Dolmen de Recoules
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Dolmen dit la Pierre au Prat
Trip No.41 Entry No.20 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen dit la Pierre au Prat submitted by johnstone on 7th Apr 2020. The damaged tomb, July 17, 1999
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Dolmen de Cousti
Trip No.41 Entry No.21 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Cousti submitted by johnstone on 7th Apr 2020. View from the road, July 17, 1999
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Pierre Levée (Villedieu)
Trip No.41 Entry No.22 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Pierre Levée (Villedieu) submitted by thecaptain on 16th Dec 2008. The menhir is a nice lump of pointy topped basalt.
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Menhir de la Croix-Grosse
Trip No.41 Entry No.23 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir de la Croix-Grosse submitted by thecaptain on 31st Oct 2008. This really is a lovely monument, the basalt column is perfectly upright, and always has been, its never been restored.
Apparently the column must have been brought here from several kilometres away, so its obviously at a once very special place.
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La Table au Loup
Trip No.41 Entry No.24 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 1999. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Table au Loup submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2008. The dolmen was undergoing excavation when I visited in 2005, and apart from a large side slab sticking up out of the middle, and obvious remains of a mound, there was nothing much I could see here.
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