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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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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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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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Pierre Plantée (Congénies)
Trip No.40 Entry No.36 Date Added: 31st Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierre Plantée (Congénies) submitted by Nick- on 26th Apr 2007. 18/04/2007 Western face of the stone.
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Pierre Levée (Collias)
Trip No.40 Entry No.35 Date Added: 31st Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierre Levée (Collias) submitted by ocdolmen on 7th Aug 2006. "La Pierre Plantée" is now standing up in a private property in the village of Collias.
The menhir was broken in two parts and condemned to be totally destroyed by excavators.
A man in the village of Collias has chosen to bring it to his home and to repair it. This stone is now in its garden. Bravo !!!
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La Pierre Bamboche 1
Trip No.40 Entry No.34 Date Added: 31st Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
La Pierre Bamboche 1 submitted by thecaptain on 8th Aug 2006. La Pierre Bamboche stands at over 2 metres tall, but has been cemented back together from several pieces, the top having been broken off in the past.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dolmen dit La Maison des Fées (Méjannes-le-Clap)
Trip No.40 Entry No.26 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen dit La Maison des Fées (Méjannes-le-Clap) submitted by johnstone on 30th Mar 2020. Situation on June 24, 2000 (scan from colour negative)
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Menhir de Méjannes
Trip No.40 Entry No.25 Date Added: 30th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de Méjannes submitted by johnstone on 30th Mar 2020. In Méjannes, June 24, 2000
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Dolmen de Carcuignau 2
Trip No.40 Entry No.24 Date Added: 29th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Carcuignau 2 submitted by ocdolmen on 11th Apr 2006.
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Dolmen de Carcuignau 3
Trip No.40 Entry No.23 Date Added: 29th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Carcuignau 3 submitted by ocdolmen on 11th Apr 2006.
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Dolmen de Carcuignau 4
Trip No.40 Entry No.22 Date Added: 29th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Carcuignau 4 submitted by ocdolmen on 11th Apr 2006.
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Dolmen dit le Beaume des Fées
Trip No.40 Entry No.21 Date Added: 29th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen dit le Beaume des Fées submitted by ocdolmen on 11th Apr 2006.
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Pierre Plantée (Lèque)
Trip No.40 Entry No.20 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre Plantée (Lèque) submitted by ocdolmen on 7th Aug 2006. La Pierre Plantée de Lussan (la Peyro Plantado) is the tallest menhir in Gard "département" with 5.60 metres.
This standing-stone is also called "la Lèque" (in occitan "la Leca"). The occitan language has kept old celt words in its vocabulary as "leca" (ie "the stone") which comes from gaulish "lech" (as in "cromlech")
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Galaberte Dolmen
Trip No.40 Entry No.19 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Galaberte dolmen submitted by ocdolmen on 6th Apr 2006. One of the nicest Gard departement dolmen. its capstone is about 20 tons, limestone. about 2.50 metres high under the capstone.
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