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Lime House Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2011
Lime House Long Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2011. Just to the southwest of central Chewton Mendip, up onto the higher meadows, there is a large and overgrown lumpy and bumpy area, which was once a fairly large long barrow.
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Ligné tumulus
Trip No.203 Entry No.53 Date Added: 5th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Poitou:Charente (16))
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ligné tumulus submitted by thecaptain on 5th Dec 2005. A great big round tumulus within a wooded area in the middle of a field, near the village of Ligné.
The mound is approximately round about 30 metres in diameter and 4 metres high.
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Log Text: Yet another great big round tumulus within a wooded area in the middle of a field. The mound is approximately round about 30 metres in diameter and 5 metres high inside the middle of which is a dug out chamber which is all falling in and not in a very good state. There is an obvious entrance passage as well which has all fallen in or been dug out. There are still several side slabs in place in both the chamber and the entrance passage and indeed there seems to be a couple of capstones still in position on the entrance couloir particularly where it meets the chamber.
This monument is in need of some TLC and could perhaps be a real cracker. It’s hard to judge these burial mounds for condition. Is it all a bit of a wreck with nothing much to see therefore getting a low score or is it still nearly all in place thus getting a very high score ? After all a chamber still within its cairn is surely better than a few stones of a ruined chamber alone ?
Levade Menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.153 Date Added: 11th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Levade menhir submitted by theCaptain on 18th Sep 2012. Three kilometres down the road from the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is this 3 metre tall menhir in the field to the north of the road.
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Log Text: Three kilometres further down the road from the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, where it curves around to the right, is this 3 metre tall manhir in the field to the left of the road. It has been re-erected, and is now concreted into the ground. It looks to have been smoothed and shaped, and does not look a natural shape rock. A nice one.
Leskernick SE
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2008
Leskernick SE submitted by thecaptain on 13th Oct 2008. There are the possible remains of a couple of cairns and cists nearby, with perhaps a capstone just outside the circle to the south.
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Leskernick Quoit
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2017
Leskernick Quoit submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Dec 2017. On top of Leskernick Hill, at the Quoit. Thats the magnificent Brown Willy behind, with the tops of Roughtor peeking above the ridgetop to the right.
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Leskernick NW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2008
Leskernick NW submitted by thecaptain on 10th Oct 2008. Looking northwards across Leskernick 2 stone circle.
The two "standers" and the central slab can be seen.
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Leskernick Hill Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2008
Leskernick Hill Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 10th Oct 2008. I had no time to explore this well preserved ancient settlement, but walked up to the lower walling for a quick look.
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Leskernick Hill Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Oct 2008
Leskernick Hill Row submitted by thecaptain on 9th Oct 2008. The three fairly large flat slabs at the western end.
View here looking east along the stone row, one of which can clearly be seen.
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Leskernick Hill cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2019
Leskernick Hill cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Feb 2019. A walk round the Leskernick Hill cairn in April 2017. Viewed here looking approx south.
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Leskernick cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Oct 2012
Leskernick cairn submitted by theCaptain on 27th Oct 2012. Looking westwards towards the cairn from the tin worked stream.
A couple of stones from the stone row can be seen
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Lesconil allée couverte
Trip No.203 Entry No.486 Date Added: 26th May 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lesconil allée couverte submitted by paulcall on 21st May 2009. Another general view of this lovely allee couverte in Finistere. GPS 48.09192 N 4.37940 W
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Log Text: Lesconil allée couverte is easy to find near the village of Lesconil, as it is signposted from the main D.7 road, and with its own little parking area. This is one monument round here that they do want you to visit, unlike most which seem sadly neglected. This is an excellent place, and no doubt the best preserved of the eight known Arc Bouttée style allée couvertes, where the two rows of side stones lean together, rather than having a row of capstones on top.
The chamber is about 14 metres in length, slightly curved, and facing south of southeast at a bearing of 155°, similar to its neighbour at Kerbalannec. The large side slabs range in size up to about 3 metres in height, the largest being in the middle, the smallest at the southeastern, open, end. The back end of the passage has a small seperate compartment between the rear stones, and a blocking stone is present. The allée couverte even has most of it's outer surrounding of peristalith stones, although several of these have become scattered.
It's all nicely sheltered in a little wood, which is keeping the burning sun off of me, but it doesn't help for getting good pictures, with very contrasting light and shade. For such a big monument, there is surprisingly little room inside, although tall in places, the style of construction cuts the space right down. Perhaps this is one for the cheapskates !
Lescoff Village menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.478 Date Added: 26th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Lescoff Village menhir submitted by theCaptain on 18th Jun 2012. Not far off the main road through the village of Lescoff, just up Impasse du Menhir, can be found this poor menhir which is incorporated into the garden wall of the adjacent house.
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Log Text: Not far off the main road through the village of Lescoff, just up Impasse du Menhir, can be found this poor menhir which is incorporated into the garden wall of the adjacent house. It's nearly 3 metres high and 2 metres wide, but it is seen to be splitting at its base.
Les Vinettes
Trip No.204 Entry No.146 Date Added: 17th Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Couldn't find on 20th Jul 2005
Log Text: In the book I have about Bougon, there is a map showing a dolmen and tumulus at Les Vinettes. A drive past the area and there is nothing obvious to see.
Les Trois Pierres (Les Junies)
Trip No.203 Entry No.112 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Les Trois Pierres (Les Junies) submitted by theCaptain on 19th Jan 2011. Remains of a lovely dolmen in a woodland setting.
There are remains of something much more, possibly once a double chamber and entry passage.
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Log Text: What the hell am I doing here in the campervan ? It’s a road on my map and it starts off as a road with a “circuit des dolmens” sign so of course I followed it. It was very steep to start and lots of hairpin bends so was using first and secod gear only. It has to get better I thought. It levelled out a bit but then the tarmac disappeared. And the trees closed in. And the gravel surface gave way to bare rock and grass and puddles. Nowhere to turn round and go back so thought I’d continue past a bemused looking lady outside her house but still following the “Circuit des Dolmens” signs but in reverse. Of course its raining and misty up here in the clouds.
Ah a sign to “Les Trois Pierres”. This is a nice dolmen in a woodland setting lots of little oak trees growing in the rough limestone rock. I was by now hoping for three ! Its about 4 metres long by 1.5 m wide and high with a single capstone remaining in place. The chamber was obviously much longer once and there are traces of its mound.
Les Trois Fromages
Trip No.200 Entry No.82 Date Added: 18th Jun 2020
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: France (Midi:Tarn (81))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Les Trois Fromages submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Apr 2016. celebrated rock formation to the east of Castres.
Note all of the sticks and stones thrown onto the top. I cannot remember the story surrounding this.
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Log Text: Celebrated rock formation thought to represent a pile of three cheeses, in the Sidobre region to the east of Castres. There are many sticks and stones thrown onto the top of the rocks, but I cannot at present remember the folklore behind it.
Les Roches-Hues
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2009
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2009. When I eventually found my way to this, the top of a large stone could be seen in the distance over some impenetrable overgrowth.
Looking for a way through proved futile.
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Les Pierres Jumelles
Trip No.203 Entry No.283 Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Les Pierres Jumelles submitted by theCaptain on 24th Jan 2011. The two stones are both about 4 metres high, but that is where the similarity between them ends.
One is a tall pointed grey stone.
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Log Text: The Pierres Jumelles, or twin stones, are set into a little area beside the old road (which has now been bypassed twice) opposite to the aptly named Chateau Pierre Levée. The two stones are both about 4 metres high, but that is where the similarity between them ends.
One of the stones is a rounded block of lovely pink granite, while the other is a tall pointed grey stone. They are set about 6 metres apart from each other. The pink stone really does shine and sparkle in the evening sunlight - it really is a wonderful stone, and is one of my favourites of all I have seen. There is wonderful lichen growing on both menhirs.
Les Pierres Couchées
Trip No.203 Entry No.22 Date Added: 1st Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Les Pierres Couchées submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. Employees insist the broken rocks in parking lot are the remains of this once listed menhir. At parking of Les Pierres Couchees allotment / Camping site.
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Log Text: Now incorporated into a campsite of the same name I was expecting to find a fallen menhir. I was told the stone was round the back of the office building but I could not find it initially. Upon my return to the parking area later I found what looked to be some ancient stones right behind my campervan which had hidden them from me originally ! If what I saw was indeed the Pierres Couchées then it looked to me to be more the remains of some sort of burial chamber rather than a fallen menhir.
Les Pierres Branlantes
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2007
Les Pierres Branlantes submitted by thecaptain on 15th Jan 2007. The situation of Les Pierres Branlantes seen from the farm track to the southeast. They are just inside the wood directly at the end of the hedge crossing the field.
It looks to me as though some of the original mound which covered them survives, as can be seen by the raise in the ground at the corner of the field.
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Les Pierres Blanches (Corsept)
Trip No.203 Entry No.298 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Les Pierres Blanches (Corsept) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2009. At first I thought that there were three small menhirs here, in a farmyard with a very active guard dog.
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Log Text: At first I thought that there were three small menhirs here, not much more than a metre in height or fallen, but upon closer inspection (from a distance due to them being in a farmyard with a very active guard dog) it looked more like two menhirs and a pile of stone. There are perhaps others nearby.