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Dolmen Du Riholo
Trip No.203 Entry No.313 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Dolmen Du Riholo submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2004. Dolmen de Riholo. This picture was taken from the East. The white dot is a rain drop on the lens, not fairies or anything...
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Log Text: This is a nice site, up on top of a mound surrounded by forest, although it was difficult to make out what exactly remains here. It seems to be a T shaped arrangement, perhaps an east west oriented chamber with an additional northern part ? I must try to look it up somewhere. Basically, what remains are lots of stones on top of a big mound, with one or two capstones still in place.
Dolmen de la Barbière
Trip No.203 Entry No.318 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de la Barbière submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Jun 2005. One large capstone supported by 4 smaller uprights, with other stones nearby, including smaller capstone still half supported by one small upright. Probably allee couverte. Cross made out of piece of megalith next to it. Small path leading up from main road.
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Log Text: This dolmen appears in all the tourist literature, and is signposted for miles around, yet when you get there it is fenced off in private land, although in this case easy enough to access to nearby.
As with a few other dolmens around here, I struggled to identify just what it is the remains of. There are lots of big stones on a little hill top, with one large capstone sitting on three support stones nearest to the road, but there is much more. It is possible that it was once two dolmen chambers with entry corridors. The standing capstone is covering what would have been a 3 metre by 2 metre chamber with an entrance passage to the east, but the rest is too much of a jumble to determine properly.
Revin Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.319 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 9th Jun 2005
Revin dolmen submitted by Dipo on 12th Oct 2008. Revin dolmen
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Log Text: I found nowhere to stop near here on the horribly busy road with everyone rushing home from work in St Nazaire. However, I don’t let it beat me that easily, and eventually found somewhere to stop and wallk back to where the dolmen is marked on the map. Once I got there, I could see no way into the field, but could see lots of stones in a heap on top of a mound.
Menhir de Condé
Trip No.203 Entry No.320 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Menhir de Condé submitted by Dipo on 28th Apr 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Menhir de Condé
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Log Text: In the midst of an industrial estate, sandwiched between a quarry and France's equivalent of Middlesbrough, with all the chemical works beside the Loire estuary, and not to forget the nearby airport and motorway, this poor stone doesn’t seem to stand a chance. However, here it still is in a hayfield amongst all the noise. The stone is probably three and a bit metres tall, with the top almost certainly broken off.
Dolmen de Méarzenne
Trip No.203 Entry No.321 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Couldn't find on 9th Jun 2005
Log Text: I had a long walk around the coastal path here, after parking the campervan for the night, but I could not find a way to access the wood within which this dolmen lives, as there are lots of big holiday homes and houses with big fenced gardens surrounding it all.
Pointe de Cofréneau cairn
Trip No.203 Entry No.322 Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Couldn't find on 9th Jun 2005
Log Text: I had a long walk around the coastal path here, after parking the campervan for the night, but I could not find any sign at all of this. It is probably in a garden or underneath lots of thick gorse and undergrowth.
La Table Submergée
Trip No.203 Entry No.292 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Jun 2005
La Table Submergée submitted by thecaptain on 11th Dec 2005. Out in the sea and mudflats of the Baie de Bourgneuf, a kilometre or two off from the northeastern coast of Ile Noirmoutier, is a dolmen which can be seen at low tide, but which gets covered by the high tide.
I reckon I could see it through my binoculars from the island, there's a very table like rock out there, and nothing else like it to be seen nearby.
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Log Text: Out in the sea and mudflats, a kilometre or two off from the northeastern coast of Ile Noirmoutier, is a dolmen which can be seen at low tide. I reckon I can see it through my binoculars, there's a very table like rock out there, and nothing else to be seen. There is a boat moored nearby, probably fishing.
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.
Cassis Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.301 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cassis Menhir submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2009. In the middle of a field of Barley, this large menhir is signposted from the village.
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Log Text: In the middle of a field of Barley, this large menhir is signposted from the village.
Pierre Pointue (Paimboeuf)
Trip No.203 Entry No.302 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Pierre Pointue (Paimboeuf) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2009. Pierre Pointue (Paimboeuf) is about 1.6 metres tall, and can be seen over the top of the wall.
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Log Text: In the southeastern area of the town of Paimboeuf, amongst a housing estate, can be found a Rue de la menhir. Following this road from the main road, there is a right angled bend to the right, and a couple more older houses before you get to a building site for new houses. The menhir is somewhere down here, but well enough hidden that I couldnt find it. I asked an old gent who was out in his garden where the menhir was. He was delighted that I was there looking for it, and he showed me to a nearby house with a large wall around the garden, and pointed it out within the garden. He said he had complained to the Mairie several times about the new owner of the house building the wall, and hiding the menhir away from view, saying that as a historic monument it should be readily visible to all. It is about 1.6 metres tall, and can be seen over the top of the wall.
La Haute Gedeliere Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.300 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
La Haute Gedeliere Dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2011. The poor remains are in a right old state, and seem to be used as a garden dump area, and regular bonfires are had amongst the stones. It was very hard to see what the remains may have looked like over the top of all the undergrowth.
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Log Text: I don’t think they want you to see this dolmen, although it is signposted from the road and again at the site. Firstly, I had to contend with a "Danger, Taureau" (danger, bull) sign, and then after this a couple of barbed wire fences. The dolmen is about half a kilometre across the second field, and in the end of a garden backing onto it, with masses of bushes and brambles guarding it. The poor remains are in a right old state, and seem to be used as a garden dump area, and regular bonfires are had amongst the stones. It was very hard to see what the remains may have looked like over the top of all the undergrowth.
La Pierre Le Matz
Trip No.203 Entry No.293 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
La Pierre Le Matz submitted by theCaptain on 24th Jan 2012. This is a nice shaped menhir, about 4 metres tall. It is signposted up the D.5 road north of Chauvé, and in a little fenced off area behind a house.
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Log Text: This is a nice shaped menhir, about 4 metres tall. It is signposted up the D.5 road north of Chauvé, and in a little fenced off area.
Platennes Menhirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.294 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Platennes Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Jun 2005. Allignment of 3 pretty much intact 3 Meter long fallen menhirs on East of path with remains of one or 2 broken menhirs on West of path. The edges are relatively sharp and the remains could probably be reassembled. Saint-Père-en-Retz
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Log Text: A bit further on past the Pierre Le Matz up the D.5 road north of Chauvé, these menhirs are signposted on the right. It is hard to tell exactly what was once here, but it was probably pretty impressive. The first thing you see is a lot oof broken stones, which was once a menhir which has been toppled and broken into many pieces. Then just the other side of the lane are seen three more menhirs in a row, now all fallen, and facing towards the broken one. All would have been 4 metres high or thereabouts, and it is possible that there was once several more here.
Chevanou Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.295 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 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Chevanou Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Jun 2005. Two Menhirs, one broad upright 3.5 Meter tall, the other 2.5 Meter long fallen one with with cup marks, in centre of Pauvredie Hamlet 3 KM South East of Town. 30 meters away, there are 3 more broken stones near utility pole.
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Log Text: Still further north up the D.5 road from Chauvé, is he Chevanou menhir, right by the roadside. This one is quite famous for its bottle shape, but this is only apparent in one view, from edge on. The stone is over 4 metres high and 3 metres wide, and from this view it is more sharks fin shaped than bottle shaped in profile. Just beside it is another large stone. A fallen menhir companion maybe ? Its hard to say for sure.
Le Riverais 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.296 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Le Riverais 1 submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. 3 Meters tall irregular shaped menhir with holes, on farmer's field in center of Hamlet of Riverais 4.5 Km West from Saint-Pere-en-Retz. Other Menhir nearby.
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Log Text: Just beside the road in the hamlet of Riverais, to the west of St-Père-en-Retz, can be found this menhir beside a farmyard entrance. Its about 2.5 metres tall, but looks like the top has been broken off.
Megerie Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.297 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Megerie Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. About 2.5 Meter tall limestone block in fields, surounded by bushes in La Franquinerie, south of Nantes.
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Log Text: This is a nearly 3 metres tall menhir, signposted down a little track at the hamlet of La Mégerie, in a field full of cows. It makes a strange hollow sound when I tapped it, perhaps its cracking apart, or perhaps its magic !
Menhir dit la Pierre Bonde
Trip No.203 Entry No.299 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Couldn't find on 8th Jun 2005
Menhir dit la Pierre Bonde submitted by johnstone on 21st Mar 2018. The sunny side of the monolith, July 9, 2013
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Log Text: I found a signpost pointing down a track to this menhir, but could only park the campervan by blocking the lane. Following the track, it divided into three, and there was no indication which way to go to the menhir. I had a quick look along two of the possible directions, but I found no stone before I decided I had better move on. I have since found that the stone may be quite some distance walk along one of the tracks, but which one I still do not know.
Menhir de Couëtcas
Trip No.203 Entry No.303 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Couldn't find on 8th Jun 2005
Menhir de Couëtcas submitted by johnstone on 15th Mar 2018. This menhir may be an inclined capstone of a dolmen, July 2, 2013
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Log Text: At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area.
Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought that finding these stones would get easier from now on, especially after the multitudes of signposted menhirs I had found this afternoon.
La Grée Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.304 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Couldn't find on 8th Jun 2005
Log Text: At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area. Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought that finding these stones would get easier from now on, especially after the multitudes of signposted menjhirs I had found this afternoon.
Croix de Sandun Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.305 Date Added: 26th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Croix de Sandun Dolmen submitted by Dipo on 17th Mar 2008. Ruined Dolmen near GUERANDE
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Log Text: Despite asking, this dolmen was a difficult one to find. I parked and walked up Rue de la Butte expecting to find it there, but all I found was a natural rock outcrop with a cross on top However, the dolmen remains are about 50 metres to the north of this hillock, well hidden in the undergrowth.
There is not much to see of what was once an Allee Couverte, just a couple of stones left standing. There is the backstone and one sidestone standing, with several other bits of stone laying about, and remains of the passageway can be determined within what is left of its mound.