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Dolmen de Romme
Trip No.204 Entry No.70 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Couldn't find on 14th Jul 2005
Log Text: 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.
Dolmen du Champ-du-Ruisseau
Trip No.204 Entry No.69 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Dolmen du Champ-du-Ruisseau submitted by theCaptain on 7th Jan 2012. On a signposted village walk, just to the east of the village of Villemoisan 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.
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Log Text: 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 as it was a monument historique it needed protecting which is why it was fenced off. Quite how planting trees on it helps in its protection I don't know, nor how the fact that a farm track has been driven over the top of it. What a terrible state it is getting into. It needs protecting from the people supposedly protecting it.
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis)
Trip No.204 Entry No.68 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
La Pierre Couvretière (Ancenis) submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Jun 2005. Large heavily listing 4 Meter by 4 Meter cap stone suported by 2 uprights, large underwater in hole close to Avenue de Allies near Loire river East of Ancenis.
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Log Text: 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 a mound around it, it is in a little hollow, dug out for it. The dolmen, which consists of a 4 metre square capstone, partially sitting on two side supports, but fallen at the north side, is now within a sort of pond, the land around it having been reclaimed from swampland. The level of the water here is below that of the river Loire, just a hundred metres away.
Pierre Meslière
Trip No.204 Entry No.65 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierre Meslière submitted by Dipo on 26th Oct 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique:
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Log Text: 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 with much of the natural rocky outcrop. The site was first recognised for what it was in 1878 by Pitre de L'Isle, and explored much more thoroughly by Alexandre Bernard throughout the last century. His books and studies are shown in the chateau.
La Pierre Blanche (Oudon)
Trip No.204 Entry No.64 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Pierre Blanche (Oudon) submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. About 4 Meter tall irregular shaped quartz block in vineyards northwest of Oudon. Powerful presence.
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Log Text: 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.
La Pierre Percée (La Chapelle-Basse-Mer)
Trip No.204 Entry No.63 Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 4
La Pierre Percée (La Chapelle-Basse-Mer) submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Jan 2012. I dont know whether there ever was an ancient menhir here, but today there is a modern sculpture of a woman (mermaid?) looking out over the river Loire, with a hole of course, and its rather nice.
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Log Text: 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.
Toul an Lann menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.21 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 31st May 1993
Toul an Lann menhir submitted by Martin_L on 31st Jan 2009. Toul-al-Lann Menhir.
Situated in a field right North of the Lannion Saint-Michel-en-Grève road (D 786). This fine Menhir is appr. 4m tall, an has a slender shape.
(May 2001)
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ace dinner at Diben.
Kerivin Dolmen
Trip No.193 Entry No.32 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1993
Kerivin dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Jun 2011. This Tee shaped allee couverte is supposedly a very good example of the type, but in June 2005it had become very overgrown.
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Log Text: 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.
Barnenez Cairn
Trip No.193 Entry No.31 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1993. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Cairn de Barnenez Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: 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.
Pointe De Primel Dolmen
Trip No.193 Entry No.25 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Couldn't find on 31st May 1993
Pointe De Primel Dolmen submitted by karolus on 10th Jan 2018. General mound of brambles over the dolmen, with some toppled outliers.
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Log Text: 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!
Pointe de Primel menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.24 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 1993
Pointe de Primel menhir submitted by Recusant on 22nd Sep 2016. The Pointe de Primel menhir at dusk.
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Log Text: 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 the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions!
Fontaine St Jean-du-Doigt
Trip No.193 Entry No.23 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1992. My rating: Access 5
Log Text: 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!
Bez An Inkinerez
Trip No.193 Entry No.22 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Couldn't find on 31st May 1993
Bez An Inkinerez submitted by regina on 29th Sep 2018. Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: 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.
Trémarche menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.19 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Trémarche menhir submitted by thecaptain on 27th Feb 2007. 3 m tall 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.
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Log Text: 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.
Menhir a Vertu
Trip No.193 Entry No.18 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Menhir a Vertu submitted by theCaptain on 3rd Apr 2010. This is a wonderful little menhir, less than 2 metres tall, but a tremendous phallic shape, stands right outside the front door of the Chapel of St Samson.
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Log Text: 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.
St Samson Chapel well
Trip No.193 Entry No.17 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
St Samson Chapel well submitted by Ural on 26th Dec 2012. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones.
Saint-Uzec menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.16 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Saint-Uzec menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Apr 2011. Its crowning glory is the way it has been christianised with the addition of a granite cross on top and 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. This was all done in 1674, when the nearby chapel was built.
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Log Text: 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.
Ty-Lia (Île Grande)
Trip No.193 Entry No.15 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Ty-Lia (Ile Grande) submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. Allee-couverte surrounded by stones marking the edge of the mound.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones.
Prajou-Menhir allée couverte
Trip No.193 Entry No.14 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Prajou-Menhir allée couverte submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. From the W. The art is in the end cell in the foreground. June 1994
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones.
Prajou-Menhir menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.13 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 1993
Prajou-Menhir menhir submitted by regina on 30th Sep 2018. The little menhir next to the Allée couverte.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones.