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Pierre Fritte de Yermenonville
Trip No.204 Entry No.264 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Pierre Fritte de Yermenonville submitted by thecaptain on 24th Aug 2005. Pierre Fritte de Yermenonville.
While here in August 2005, there was an archaeological excavation going on at this dolmen, by Archeo. After my 3 km walk to the site on a Sunday evening, there was nobody there, and everything was shut away in the tents, so I could see nothing.
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Log Text: 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 of my cards. There was a pile of stones on old tyres in one part of the site, and I wondered if these were the dolmen stones. From what I could see through small openings in the big tents, there were no large stones to be seen, just sort of trenches etc, I guess the stones have been moved out of the way. While I was at Mevoisins menhir I had seen a row of cars slowly driving across the fields, and this must have been the archaeologists leaving for the day. While I was walking back, two cars drove past, and on up to the tents. I had missed them by 5 minutes, and might have got a guided tour of the site. Pity its so late, and that I ought to stop.
Petit Menhir (Changé)
Trip No.204 Entry No.258 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Petit Menhir (Changé) submitted by thecaptain on 25th Nov 2006. Petit Menhir (Changé)
A large slab of the grey stone stands just outside the remains of the two dolmens.
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Log Text: 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.
Petit Dolmen (Changé)
Trip No.204 Entry No.257 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Petit Dolmen (Changé) submitted by thecaptain on 25th Nov 2006. Petit Dolmen (Changé).
The excavations seen here showing the entry passageway curving around to the right.
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Log Text: 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.
Le Berceau
Trip No.204 Entry No.256 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Le Berceau submitted by thecaptain on 25th Nov 2006. Le Berceau dolmen seen during excavations.
Unfortunately I could not get to see inside the dolmen for its fabulous carvings.
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Log Text: 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 knew of it is for the carvings upon its stones.
This is a large dolmen undergoing excavations, and well worth a look. The chamber is about 5m by 4m, with a single large, but broken capstone. It was difficult to make any details out with it being fenced off.
Le But de Gargantua
Trip No.204 Entry No.255 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Le But de Gargantua submitted by thecaptain on 25th Nov 2006. The giants goal seen in amongst its friendly horses keeping the pitch trimmed.
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Log Text: 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.
Dolmen de la Grenouille
Trip No.204 Entry No.259 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen de la Grenouille submitted by thecaptain on 28th Nov 2006. The remains of the Dolmen de la Grenouille are the most obvious of all the Dolmens de Changé here beside the river Eure to the north of the village of Changé.
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Log Text: 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 about 6 metres in length. The opening was probably to the southeast, where the capstone sits on the ground.
La Mère aux Cailles
Trip No.204 Entry No.260 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
La Mère aux Cailles submitted by thecaptain on 10th Feb 2007. La Mère aux Cailles.
Up a trackway called "Sentier des Roches", in a private orchard, is what I assume is a menhir, at least there is a 2.5 metre tall slab of rock standing upright.
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Log Text: 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 rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making. There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood. A bit further up the track, in a private orchard, is what I assume is a menhir, at least there is a 2.5 metre tall slab of rock standing upright. But without any more information, it was difficult to know exactly what there is here.
Chantecoq dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.261 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Chantecoq dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 10th Feb 2007. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making.
There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood.
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Log Text: 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 rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making. There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood. It looks like there are soon to be some interpretive signs put here, but without any more information, it was difficult to know exactly what there is here.
Within the soon to be grassy area is a slab of rock, half on the ground, half on another stone, which may be the remains of a dolmen. At the top of this stone are four grooves and a little basin, where it has been used as a polishing stone.
Musée des Sciences Naturelles et de Préhistoire
Trip No.204 Entry No.254 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Couldn't find on 7th Aug 2005
Log Text: 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.
Menhir dit la Roche
Trip No.204 Entry No.262 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Couldn't find on 7th Aug 2005
Menhir dit la Roche à la Pie submitted by peulven on 24th Oct 2024. On top of La Butte St Michel (321 m), NO Merléac and road D53
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Log Text: I had a good look around, but could not find this
Monte à Peine menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.242 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Centre:Loiret (45))
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Monte à Peine menhir submitted by thecaptain on 16th Feb 2007. Monte à Peine menhir is right beside the road, but almost lost in bushes and undergrowth.
It's just over 2 metres tall, and looks to be a lump of sarsen type stone.
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Log Text: 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.
La Pierre Clouée (Nanteau)
Trip No.204 Entry No.244 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Pierre Clouée (Nanteau) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Feb 2007. La Pierre Clouée, or Pierre Fitte, is a 4.5 metre tall menhir which can be found in a field south of the village of Villemarechal.
It has been ploughed very close to, and in fact is suffering from various collisions with agricultural machinery. There are also many old nails hammered into it.
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Log Text: 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 years, proudly overlooking the local landscape.
La Pierre Clouée translates roughly as the nailed stone - and it is an old folk tale that if one circles the stone seven times saying magic words, and then nails a bouquet to the stone, true love will be found.
Menhir de la Croix Saint Jacques
Trip No.204 Entry No.248 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Croix Saint Jacques submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2007. Menhir de la Croix Saint Jacques can be found in a field just to the south of the village of Tousson.
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Log Text: 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.
Pierre de l'Armoire
Trip No.204 Entry No.247 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre de l'Armoire submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2007. Pierre de l'Armoire can be found a couple of kilometres north of the village of Rumont.
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 large capstone of irregular shape.
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Log Text: 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 large capstone of irregular shape, up to 6 m by 4m, and it has a large hole in the west end. The entrance opens to the east at 115°, but there is not much of a porchway left, except some fallen stones. This was a nice find after all the recent poor dolmens, and nice to have it signposted.
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville)
Trip No.204 Entry No.251 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Loiret (45))
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Pierre Clouée (Andonville) submitted by theCaptain on 7th Aug 2012. 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
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Log Text: 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 seen. It has a rectangular chamber, about 4.5 metres by 3 metres, with large side slabs and a back slab still in place. The capstone has broken, but the back end is still sat on top of its supports. It seems to open to the north, and whether there was any sort of entranceway is hard to tell.
On the outside of the eastern side slab are the polished grooves of a stone used as a polissoir - three of them. This is something of a rarity, as it's unusual to find the actual stones of a burial chamber re-used in this way. A nice find.
Mérinville Polissoir
Trip No.204 Entry No.243 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Centre:Loiret (45))
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005
Log Text: 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 decide its time to give up ! Shame.
Polissoirs des Ortures
Trip No.204 Entry No.245 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005
Log Text: 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.
La Roche au Diable (Paley)
Trip No.204 Entry No.246 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005
Log Text: 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.
Menhir dit la Pierre aux Prêtres
Trip No.204 Entry No.249 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Seine-et-Marne 77)
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005
Menhir dit la Pierre aux Prêtres submitted by holger_rix on 24th May 2016. Menhir de Tousson (Menhir dit la Pierre aux Prêtres)
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Log Text: I could find nowhere to stop beside a nasty busy road to go and look for this stone. I could see nothing obvious.
Dolmen des Grès de Linas
Trip No.204 Entry No.250 Date Added: 6th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Essonne (91))
Visited: Couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005
Dolmen des Grès de Linas submitted by Sleb on 21st Jul 2015. Site in Ile-de-France:Essonne (91) France
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Log Text: 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.