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Dolmen de Quatre Routes
Trip No.203 Entry No.201 Date Added: 20th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmen de Quatre Routes submitted by theCaptain on 22nd Jan 2012. Just to the west of the D.19 road to the north of St-Jean-de-Laur, this initially looks to be a small dolmen, but upon closer inspection is probably just half of the remains of one.
When I was here in 2005 it was well fenced off, and proper acces to investigate it fully could be obtained.
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Log Text: Just to the west of the D.19 road to the north of St-Jean-de-Laur, this initially looks to be a small dolmen, but upon closer inspection is probably just half of the remains of one. It is well fenced off, and proper acces to investigate it fully cannot be obtained.
Dolmen des Sanguinades
Trip No.203 Entry No.198 Date Added: 20th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen des Sanguinades submitted by theCaptain on 7th Jun 2012. Just off of the GR.36 footpath a couple of kilometres to the southeast of Varaire, in a field full of orchids can be found this little broken dolmen, which has the remains of its capstone fallen off the front of its side slabs.
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Log Text: Just off of the GR.36 footpath a couple of kilometres to the southeast of Varaire, in a field full of orchids can be found this little broken dolmen, which has the remains of its capstone fallen off the front of its side slabs.
Dolmen de Pech Grillé
Trip No.203 Entry No.205 Date Added: 21st Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Dolmen de Pech Grillé submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Mar 2015. The remains of this dolmen can be found just beside the D143 road to the north of Limogne but is a bit of a wreck.
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Log Text: The remains of this dolmen can be found just beside the D143 road to the north of Limogne but is a bit of a wreck. The capstone has split in two along the length of the chamber with the two pieces falling one to each side of the two side slabs. As a result it now looks something like 4 parallel slabs of stone with only one half of the capstone leaning against its upright. The chamber would have been the average 3.5 metres long by 1.2 metres wide.
Peyre Gagès Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.206 Date Added: 21st Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Peyre Gagès dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Mar 2015. Peyre Gagès dolmen can be seen just about 20 metres to the east of the D143 road a few kilometres to the north of Limogne. It stands in a field with traces of its mound still around it and can clearly be seen from the road.
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Log Text: This dolmen can be seen just about 20 metres to the east of the D143 road a few kilometres to the north of Limogne. It stands in a field with traces of its mound still around it and can clearly be seen from the road. The field had a herd of cows in it at the time of my visit and was well fenced so I didn’t go to inspect it at close hand. It looks to be a bit smaller than the average dolmen in these parts.
Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 0
Trip No.203 Entry No.150 Date Added: 15th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 0 submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Jan 2018. The first dolmen I came to was nothing much more than a stone mound with a wall going over the top. But there was a collapsed chamber in the middle hence a depression and bits of capstone can still be seen.
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Log Text: Dolmens (plural) are marked on my ign map (and on the Michelin too) to the southwest of Gréalou near to the GR65 footpath so I went for a walk to have a look. The first I came to was nothing much more than a stone mound with a wall going over the top. But there was a collapsed chamber in the middle hence a depression and bits of capstone can still be seen.
Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.151 Date Added: 15th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen du Pech Laglayre 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Jan 2018. The remains of a central chamber 3m by 1.5 m are clear with its capstone on top.
What is slightly less clear is what looks like a second chamber (below where standing) in line with the central one to the west and still with a capstone in place on fallen supports.
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Log Text: High up on top of this dry and barren hill is another mound on top of which can be seen a capstone when approaching. The remains of a central chamber 3m by 1.5 m are clear with its capstone on top. What is slightly less clear is what looked to me like a second chamber in line with the central one to the west and still with a capstone in place on fallen supports. You can see for miles and miles all around up here a place fit for a king but the flies are a dammed nuisance and put me off staying for long.
Dolmen de Candare 2
Trip No.203 Entry No.117 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 23rd May 2005
Dolmen de Candare 2 submitted by Team-Omega-25 on 26th Sep 2007. Found the remains of this dolmen at GPS coordinates: N 44 53.471 E001 40.876
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Log Text: A few hundred metres further up the track beyond Candare 1 dolmen can be found the remains of this dolmen within its mound. It has no capstone.
Dolmen dit des Pendus 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.126 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 23rd May 2005
Log Text: After lots of trying from two separate start points I still could not find this one. Too many walls fences and thick hedges in the way and too much scrub to see through to see exactly where it is. The French Air Force is playing around above and having fun though.
Dolmen dit des Pendus 3
Trip No.203 Entry No.126 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 23rd May 2005
Dolmen dit des Pendus 3 submitted by shamrockstone on 14th Jul 2012. Les Pendus
Site in Midi:Lot (46) France
Coordinates are: 44.855783N, 1.756800E, taken by GPS
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Log Text: After lots of trying from two separate start points I still could not find this one. Too many walls fences and thick hedges in the way and too much scrub to see through to see exactly where it is. The French Air Force is playing around above and having fun though.
Fieux Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.129 Date Added: 7th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 23rd May 2005
Fieux dolmen submitted by alchemille on 25th Mar 2014. Near the Dolmen of Peyrebru we can find this small dolmen in the area of the Archeological site of Les Fieux. Miers. Lot.
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Log Text: This should have been a banker before moving on late in the afternoon it supposedly being just a hundred metres from the road at a very recognisable corner. I found the corner and parked and went for a look. I searched and searched but the area has become overgrown with scrub thorny bushes brambles wild rose etc. In fact I almost got lost and couldn’t find my way back. This 5 minute banker had turned into about an hour of frustration getting ripped to shreds and bleeding !
Gabaudet Dolmen 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.134 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th May 2005
Gabaudet dolmen 1 submitted by ocdolmen on 26th Nov 2006. GABAUDET 1 DOLMEN
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Log Text: There are supposedly a couple of lovely dolmens here in the woods. I had a good walk and look around, but could find nothing. I really needed to get the 1:25000 map this morning. They should be found about 600 metres to the east of the hamlet, in the forest to the south of the road. For the first dolmen, a 4 metre by 3 metre capstone sits on top of a 3.5 by 2 m chamber, with some remains of a vestibule.
Gabaudet Dolmen 2
Trip No.203 Entry No.135 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th May 2005
Gabaudet dolmen 2 submitted by ocdolmen on 26th Nov 2006. GABAUDET 2 DOLMEN
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Log Text: In the forest 200 metres from the first dolmen can be found the second. A chamber 3 metres in length and 1.5 metres wide is covered by a large slab, now broken into three pieces.
Rougié Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.137 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Rougié dolmen submitted by MichelDRN on 14th Oct 2005. The Rougié dolmen is located 2.750m NW from Livernon church, 250m NW from the 'Pierre Martine' dolmen, in open field.
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Log Text: Just a hundred metres or two behind the Pierre Martine, beyond the fence and up the slope into the adjacent field, can be found this dolmen sitting in a field full of thistles, surrounded by brambles and scrub. Despite the many people who visit the Pierre Martine, hardly anybody knows of the existence of this dolmen. It is about 3 metres long with a capstone broken into two pieces, and faces 085°
Livernon quarry
Trip No.203 Entry No.138 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Access 4
Livernon quarry submitted by MichelDRN on 14th Oct 2005. Building two dolmens is ongoing.These two cap stones are still waiting for transportation to their -for ever unknown- destination.
This site is located 500 m South from the Pierre Martine, NW of Livernon.
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Log Text: Between the car parking area and the Pierre Martine is an outcropping of limestone pavement. This has in the past been used to extract slabs, which have been removed and used for building dolmens.
Belinac Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.139 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Belinac Menhir submitted by MichelDRN on 20th Oct 2005. I suggest to rename Livernon Menhir as Belinac Menhir, its local name.
From Livernon (Lot, 46), heading SE towards the road joining Cahors and Figeac towns, a sign indicates Belinac Menhir on the right side. 600 meters and this outstanding monolith appears.
It is 3.50 meters high, 0.40 m wide, and large from 1.50m (base), to 1.90 m (middle) and 1.00m (top).
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Log Text: Three and a half metres tall, but only about 30 cm thick, this menhir can be found signposted to the southeast from the village of Livernon. It leans at a slight angle and has some strange markings on it. There are several horizontal lines, and many weird circular shapes. Signposted just off the large road up a small track, there is a little parking area nearby.
Dolmen du Puech Roussel
Trip No.203 Entry No.140 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th May 2005
Log Text: On my ign 1:25000 map, theres a dolmen marked right beside the road here, but could I find it ? I spent ages looking, but no, I did not find it. Studying the map closely after this, I don’t see how I could possibly have missed this, everything else matches exactly, even the swallow hole.
Mons Dolmen 2
Trip No.203 Entry No.144 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th May 2005
Mons dolmen 2 submitted by ocdolmen on 26th Nov 2006. another view of Mons 2 dolmen , november 2006
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Log Text: Supposedly another 500 metres along the path across the fields beside the railway can be found this nice little dolmen with a 3.5 by 1.5 metre chamber, within a round mound. But time was getting on, and there was no obvious way to get much further along into the fields without climbing fences and walls, and walking through cropped fields. This area was not proving very helpful for finding dolmens, so I decided to give up and move on.
Cloup des Périès
Trip No.203 Entry No.145 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cloup des Périès submitted by MichelDRN on 14th Oct 2005. One orthostat of the Cloup des Périès dolmen slid, together with the slabstone.
One slab partially closes the 'room'.
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Log Text: A little dolmen found down a track a kilometre or so to the south of the village of Grèzes in Lot. The dolmen has a single capstone sat on two side slabs, and is 3 metres long by 1.5 metres wide. It faces east, at 095°.
Custalou Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.146 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Custalou Dolmen submitted by MichelDRN on 12th Oct 2005. Custalou Dolmen France Mid-Lot (46) 610m SW from Grezes Church.
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Log Text: This is a nice looking dolmen in a field beside a farm near the village of Grèzes, although there was no obvious way in to the field to the dolmen itself. It looks quite large compared to most dolmens in this area, the capstone is unfortunately broken into three pieces, held up on two large side slabs. It has a back stone and the chamber opens to the east.
Dolmen d'Aubin
Trip No.203 Entry No.148 Date Added: 15th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th May 2005
Dolmen d'Aubin submitted by ocdolmen on 29th Jun 2007. Aubin dolmen is very well hidden in oak woods. It's a large monument with an important capstone.
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Log Text: Marked on the ign map with a pink square and right beside a good road I thought I’d take a look. Could I find anything ? Could I flip. No way. No signs at all. Nothing. Not a sausage.