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| Pierre Couverte de Bué | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A couple of kilometres to the southeast of the village of Bagneux near to the hamlet of Bué, can be found this dolmen in a lovely situation in the forest. The dolmen is well signposted from all around, and from a parking place at Bué it is about 400 metres walk. The large capstone, 6m by 4m sits o... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée de Boisy | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Couldn't find | 27th Sep 2005 | The village of Bagneux has a signposted footpath of length 5.5 km which takes in three megalithic sites. One of these sites is this menhir. I didn't have time to do the full walk, and without a detailed map, and no obvious signs to the menhir, I didn't really know where to look. I have since found t... Read More |
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| Tréfoux deux menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Marked on my ign map to the southeast of Bagneux are menhirs. Driving along the little road that passes them is lots of what looks like natural stone outcropping, and perhaps the remains of a dolmen. However, near to a corner in the road are two standing rocks, which are clearly not naturally like t... Read More |
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| La Pierre Levée (Graçay) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Cher (18) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | Just to the south of the D.68 road between Graçay and Nohant-en-Graçay, near to the hamlet of Les Villaines can be seen the remains of this dolmen, about 100 metres from the road in a field. When I was here, the field had been recently planted, so I did not venture any nearer to the dolmen. It was... Read More |
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| Liniez Tumulus elliptique | Chambered Tomb | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | Just outside the village of Liniez, along the D.926 road towards Vatan, and to the left of the road about a kilometre beyond the dolmen is the remains of a large tumulus. I found it difficult to stop here, and there was lots of fenced off land and woodland, so I didn't get to see this directly. | 205 | 265 | |||
| Pierre Levée (Liniez) | Passage Grave | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Just outside the village of Liniez, along the D.926 road towards Vatan, and to the right of the road can be seen the remains of this allée couverte. It was probably an Angevin type allée couverte, but there are no obvious remains of the porchway. The remains of the chamber are 10 metres long by 4 ... Read More |
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| Les Chateliers | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Saw from a distance | 27th Sep 2005 | At the village of Moulins-sur-Céphons is a reconstruction of an ancient Gallic village. I did not visit. | 205 | 263 | |||
| La Pierre cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Couldn't find | 27th Sep 2005 | While at the La Pierre dolmen, I could find no signs of any cromlech. Perhaps the form of the sideslabs of the dolmen was enough for this to once be thought of as a cromlech ? | 205 | 262 | |||
| La Pierre Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre (36) | Visited | 27th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It was a bit of a struggle to find this, due to several of the roads being closed for some reason. However, take the D.23 road southwest from Moulins-sur-Céphons towards St Martin-de-Lamps. About midway between the two is the hamlet of La Pierre, and there are signs to the dolmen. It is about 800 m... Read More |
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| Pierre du Tombeau | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Right in the middle of the village of Davayat, near to the traffic lights, this menhir resides in amongst the houses, and is half hidden in a garden yard. It is 4.8 metres high, leaning nicely, and is one of the biggest menhirs in the Auvergne region.
The menhir is perhaps lucky to survive right... Read More |
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| Plateau de Mons | Barrow Cemetery | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Saw from a distance | 26th Sep 2005 | On top of the plateau is a large collection of earthen barrows dating to the iron age which can be seen from the track. | 205 | 259 | |||
| Dolmen du Chausse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Signposted as tumulus from the village of Mons, just to the east of junction 28 of the A.75 Autoroute near to St Flour. The trackway leads you back over the A.75 and then about another 300 metres. It is probably possible to drive to it, but I parked and walked.
The little dolmen is still mostly ... Read More |
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| Bois-Grand Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Just to the south of the village of Les Ternes, the new D.921 road goes up a fairly steep hill. On the right, halfway up the hill is a little layby and picnic table, with a sign to this dolmen, which can then be found less than 50 metres up the trackway from the layby. It is right beside the road, a... Read More |
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| Bargueyrac Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | About half a kilometre further west along the D.990 road can be found this little menhir, right beside the road and with a little sign. Its only about 1.3 metres tall basalt, and in the past has obviously had something stuck on top, probably a cross, due to the hole which can be seen drilled into it... Read More |
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| La Table au Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | West of the village of Sériers, along the new D.990 road towards Pierrefort, about 500 metres from the junction with the D.921 is a sign for the dolmen. It is then about an 800 metre walk along a signposted gravel trackway across marshy land before you reach the dolmen, or as I found, a fenced off ... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Croix-Grosse | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | This christianised menhir stands just on the western outskirts of the village of Sériers, and is signposted from there as Menhir Christianisée, and is along the road to Peyrelade (no doubt once home to its own megalith). There is a large basalt carved cross sat on top of a superb column of christa... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée dolmen 2 (Villedieu) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Unfortunately, this cannot be reached from its near neighbours, and instead it has to be walked to quite a distance (about 1 km) from a point where you start the walk to the Tombe du Capitaine. It's a pleasant walk along a well signposted track, and then across a hilltop field.
The dolmen is in ... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée dolmen 1 (Villedieu) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | The remains of this dolmen can be found just to the east of the D.44 road, about 30 metres from the menhir. There is still quite a respectable mound of small stones, diameter about 12 metres, surrounding the remains of the dolmen, but the megalithic chamber has been largely destroyed, leaving not mu... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée (Villedieu) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Beside the D.44 road west of St Flour, near to the hamlet of Fraissinet can be found this megalithic collection of a standing stone and two dolmens, within 300 metres of each other. The menhir is about 2 metres tall, and it stands just to the west of the road. It consists of a nice lump of pointy to... Read More |
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| Tombe du Capitaine | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Auvergne:Cantal (15) | Visited | 26th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In a field to the west of the hamlet of Bouzentes, a few kilometres to the south of St Flour, by the D.116 road to Tanavelle can be found this dolmen. It's about 800 metres walk down a signposted track from the road, just at the western edge of the hamlet, and was in a field of cows (and a bull I be... Read More |
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| Menhir de Colobrières 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | The large Colobrières menhir can be seen on the skyline from the road across the top of the Bondons, near Vaissiere. The weather made me not go for the walk to visit it ! | 205 | 249 | |||
| Baraque de l'Air Menhirs | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | I drove for a look in the rain, I could see another hilltop covered in standing stones, where a possible cromlech has been identified. | 205 | 248 | ||
| Menhirs dit de la Maisonnette 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | As I was driving past in the rain, I could see another hiltop covered in standing stones, where a possible cromlech has been identified here. | 205 | 247 | ||
| Vaissière Menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | The Vaissière menhirs consist of more than forty menhirs, mostly found along the ridge running south from the D.35 road. The tallest of these menhirs is 5 metres in height. Some of these menhirs stand up really proudly against the skyline as you drive along. I would love to walk out among them, but... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Veissière (03) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking down the ridge in a small gap in the storms, I found two more menhirs before having to give up and return. The second menhir along the ridgetop track is also about 2 metres tall, and about 150 metres from the road. | 205 | 245 |
| Menhir de la Veissière (02) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Walking down the ridge in a small gap in the storms, I found two more menhirs before having to give up and return. This first menhir along the ridgetop track is about 2 metres tall, and about 100 metres from the road. | 205 | 244 |
| Menhir de la Veissière (01) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Near to the D.35 road in the hamlet of La Vaissière itself is a menhir incorporated into a wall, which has a plaque and an inscription on it, commemorating two young girls who died up here in the winter snows. | 205 | 243 |
| Trois Pierres de Chabusse | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | About a kilometre along the ridgetop path running southwest from the La Fage B menhirs, can be found three menhirs in a row, and there were probably once more here. All of the menhirs are over 2 metres in height, and the spacing is 5 metres and 28 metres between them.
It is time to scuttle off n... Read More |
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| La Fage Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Half a kilometre along the ridgetop path running southwest from the La Fage B menhirs, is a 2 metre by 1 metre wide slab lined chamber within a mound of stones 12 metres in diameter, and now only 1 metre in height. There is no capstone, but it is in a superb position, not far from menhir K | 205 | 241 |
| Combettes menhirs 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 240 |
| Combettes menhirs 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | A 1.3 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 239 |
| La Fage tumulus 1 | Round Barrow(s) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Amongst the La Fage B menhirs, is the remains of a tumulus and dolmen. What there is to see is not much more than a low round mound with a few slabs of stones sticking out of the top. There are probably others in the vicinity. | 205 | 238 |
| Menhir de la Fage B09 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A 2.0 metre tall menhir, with a pointed top, positioned at the top of the comb. | 205 | 237 |
| Menhir de la Fage B08 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | A 1.7 metre tall menhir, on the high hilltop further to the east than most. | 205 | 236 |
| Menhir de la Fage B07 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.6 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 235 |
| Menhir de la Fage B06 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.4 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 234 |
| Menhir de la Fage B05 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.4 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 233 |
| Menhir de la Fage B04 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 232 |
| Menhir de la Fage B03 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.5 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 231 |
| Menhir de la Fage B02 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 26th Apr 2010 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.6 metre tall menhir. | 205 | 230 |
| Menhir de la Fage B01 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | A 1.3 metre tall menhir, with the top broken off and laying nearby. | 205 | 229 |
| Menhirs de la Fage B | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | In the area around the Pierre des Trois Communes, can be seen dozens of menhirs, which are collectively known as the La Fage menhirs B, or the Combettes menhirs. It was impossible to visit them all in the short time I was here, so I will add the few that I did go to visit at first hand. | 205 | 228 | ||
| Pierre des Trois Communes | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 4 kilometres, and there is a parking area and signs to menhirs. Walk up the track a few hundred metres and you get to the Pierre des Trois Communes. It stands two and a half metres tall, and has views all around. In the past it has been att... Read More |
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| Menhirs de la Fage A | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Couldn't find | 25th Sep 2005 | 4 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for just under 4 kilometres, and there is a signpost to menhirs down a footpath on the right. However, when I visited, this footpath takes you through a field of vicious looking cows, so I did not venture any further. Supposedly there are 15 small me... Read More |
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| Menhir de la Borie 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 3 kilometres. There on the left of the road is this small menhir, not much more than a metre in height. | 205 | 225 |
| Menhir de Fraissinel | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 25th Sep 2005 | I could find nowhere to park my campervan around here, so ended up turning round and going back, which was easier said than done! However, the menhir standing up on the top of its little hillock can be seen for miles around, and looks to be about 2.5 metres tall. | 205 | 224 | |||
| Fraissinel Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Couldn't find | 25th Sep 2005 | I could find nowhere to park my campervan around here, so ended up turning round and going back, which was easier said than done! However, the menhir standing up on the top of its little hillock can be seen for miles around, and looks to be about 2.5 metres tall. | 205 | 223 | |||
| La Baraque de l'Estrade | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Further along the D.35 from Montmirat, just before the junction with the D.31, a decent sized tumulus can be seen in the fields on the left, about 80 metres from the road. The mound is oval, about 15m by 12m and up to 2 m high. In the centre of this is a sort of double dolmen, with two joined chambe... Read More |
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| Montmirat menhirs | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 25th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | At the top of the Col de Montmirat, on the main road from Florac to Mende, can be found this menhir. It is just beside the road which goes west towards Montmirat hamlet, at an altitude of 1050m. About 2 metres tall, it has an iron cross mounted on top of it, and has also been used as a roadsign in t... Read More |
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| Menhirs du Col des Faïsses | Standing Stones | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Saw from a distance | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, can be seen several other similar looking standing stones. | 205 | 220 |
| Menhir du Col de Solperiére | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, where the road from Vebron joins at the Col de Solperière, can be found this menhir in the junction of the roads.
It stands about 2.3 metres high like its neighbour of a few kilometre... Read More |
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| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet A | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 218 | ||
| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet C | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 217 | ||
| Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet D | Marker Stone | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 5 | Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou. | 205 | 216 | ||
| Bout-de-la-Côte Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Lozère (48) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | As the Corniche-des-Cévennes passes over the high point to the north of Pompidou, about 1040m high, there is stood to the side of the road this menhir. It stands about 2.3 metres tall and has in its time served as a gatepost, fencepost and snow marker beside the road. But it is still standing proud... Read More |
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| Rougeiresque menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Travelling along the Corniche-des-Cévennes, stop at the point where the road from Gabriac joins from the north east. Just about opposite to this junction can be found a track up the other side of the road, signposted to the Schistes Cévenolles quarries. Walk up this track for about 500 metres, and... Read More |
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| Saint-Pierre dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewp... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewp... Read More |
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| Menhir le Bâton de Samson | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | From the village of Ambruze, take the D.133 towards St Felix-de-Pailleres. After a kilometre or two up the hill, there is a turning to the left to Le Jouffre and Lotissement de Menhir. A couple of hundred metres down here, taking first the lower, left, road, then to the right, there is a little wood... Read More |
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| La Pierre Bamboche 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Nearby to the La Pierre Bamboche can be found the remains of another menhir, now fallen and broken. The remains can be found about 30 metres away, in the direction of Sanilhac. | 205 | 210 |
| La Pierre Bamboche 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 24th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This stone is easy to find, driving west along the D.112 towards Sanilhac, and after a couple of kilometres there it is, standing right beside the road at a corner. It stands at over 2 metres tall, but has been cemented back together from several pieces, the top having been broken off in the past. | 205 | 209 |
| Dolmen de la Pitchoune | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Provence:Vaucluse (84) | Visited | 23rd Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | A few kilometres to the east of Ménerbes, along the D.103, and to the west of Lacost, the home of the chateau of the Marquis de Sade, can be found this dolmen which has its own signpost. It is right beside the road and below ground level, below an arched bridge type structure of the road.
The ... Read More |
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| Glanum | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Just outside St Remy-de-Provence is this ancient city, only discovered last century, and with ongoing excavations. The Roman city was built on top of a previous Hellenic (Greek) city dating from before 300BC, which in turn was built on an old Gallic living place and Oppidum. All the focus seemed to ... Read More |
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| Les Baux | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | Beautiful and intriguing old village clinging onto the sides of a steep and craggy limestone ridge, riddled with caves and quarries, and with a castle on top. | 205 | 206 | |||
| Barbegal Mill and Aquaduct | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | I found no dolmens, but did find some intriguing Roman remains. A double aquaduct leads south from the hills over the road and fields to another smaller rocky ridge which water channels are cut through to a big drop at the far side. I had no idea what this was until I found out much later that it wa... Read More |
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| Mas Cadenet dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time. | 205 | 204 | |||
| Dolmen de la Mérindole | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time. | 205 | 203 | |||
| Hypogée de Bonnias | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | I could find no way to this hypogae, as everywhere has lots of big high security fences. | 205 | 202 | |||
| La Grotte des Fées de Cordes | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Couldn't find | 22nd Sep 2005 | Also known as Le Palet De Roland, this monument is somewhere up on top of the Montagne des Cordes. The rock cut trench of this hypogae is the largest of the many around here, at 43 metres in length. Unfortunately, while I was looking, the entire hill seems to be very heavily fenced off, double fence... Read More |
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| Hypogee du Castelet | Passage Grave | France | Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | Visited | 22nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Beside the road between Arles and Fontvieille, this hypogae has a little signpost, from where the monument can be found in the bushes and marsh to the side of the road. It's unbearably mosquito infested and I couldn’t get away quick enough.
There is a trench carved into the rock, which is now ... Read More |
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| Le Pont du Gard | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Rive Gauche or Rive Droite? I went to the first one signed, Rive Droite. Probably better to have gone to the other side as that’s where all the information is. The Rive Droite side all got washed away in a storm on the 9th September 2002, when the river rose over 29 metres. They have pictures. Inc... Read More |
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| Abri de la Salpetriere | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Beside the river near to the Pont du Gard is a big cliff shelter, which has a sign on it saying it was used as a dwelling in the age of reindeer. Excavations were going on within, and it was all fenced off. | 205 | 197 |
| Oppidum de Nages | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 21st Sep 2005 | On the top of the hill to the north of Nages are the remains of an oppidum. This is a nice looking hill rising steeply from the plains, and with what looks to be a sculpted top. | 205 | 196 | |||
| Pierre Plantée (Congénies) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Drive north from Aubais towards Congénies for about 1.5 km, and at the bend in the road there is a stoney track which heads off to the east. Take this track along the ridge for about 400 metres, and at a major junction of tracks, on the left, can be seen this menhir.
The stone is about 2.3 metr... Read More |
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| Colline de Moulin Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 21st Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | From the cemetary to the south of Aubais, walk southwest up the little track to the ancient windmill, and after about 800 metres you arrive at the top of this windy little hill. Here, about 50 metres from the old windmill, has been re-erected the menhir, mended from several parts and mounted on a li... Read More |
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| Mas Neuf menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 21st Sep 2005 | I had a good look around for this menhir, but couldn't find anything. | 205 | 193 | |||
| Truc de Marti | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Saw from a distance | 20th Sep 2005 | I went to have a look at this hilltop site, but time was getting on, and I could find no quick way up to the top of the hill, which has the remains of a prehistoric village and up to 9 burial chambers on it. I had a look, but could see nothing resembling a path at all, and the place was all very ove... Read More |
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| Viols Musée de Préhistoire | Museum | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Saw from a distance | 20th Sep 2005 | Once a prehistory museum in the little town of Viols-le-Fort, but now closed with the building used for something else. The collection includes the statue menhir found at nearby prehistoric village of Truc de Marti. | 205 | 191 | |||
| Carrières Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Just outside the little town of Viols-le-Fort, to the west, take the road south towards the quarry. After 300 m the road either enters the quarry or goes around to the left. Park here. In the woods just to the right, beyond an old disused little quarry can be found the remains of this dolmen, with i... Read More |
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| La Draille Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Just to the north of the little town of Viols-le-Fort, take the little road towards Cazarils, and park by a little clearing in the wood after about 1.5 km, not quite at the top of the hill. Here there is a footpath into the woods, well marked with blue markers. Follow this zig-zag path for about 300... Read More |
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| Cazarils tombe ovale 2 | Chambered Tomb | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | About 50 metres further round on the footpath from Cazarils tombe ovale 1, is found this second oval tomb, but it is hiding in the bushes a bit. It is much bigger than the first, but does not have the wonderful carved headstone. The inner chamber is about 4m by 2.5m, and the walls are generally 1m h... Read More |
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| Cazarils tombe ovale 1 | Chambered Tomb | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Just to the north of the little town of Viols-le-Fort, take the little road towasrds Cazarils, and park by a little clearing in the wood after about 1.5 km, not quite at the top of the hill. Here there is a footpath into the woods, well marked with blue markers. Follow this zig-zag path for about 30... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Cambous | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just outside the ancient village take a path eastwards along the edge of the wood from near to the sheep pond for about 200 metres, and you will get to this dolmen. There is a round cairn of stones about 10 metres in diameter, with two concentric circles of dressed stone around it. At the centre is ... Read More |
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| Cambous oval tombs | Chambered Cairn | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Just outside the ancient village can be seen the remains of at least one ruined chambered tomb, which I assume to be of the oval tomb type. | 205 | 185 |
| Village Préhistorique de Cambous | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | This is a 5000 year old village with two groups of houses found at Viols Laval, just to the south of St Martin-de-Londres, and is easily found because it is signposted from all around. To get there, park in the village and it is about an 800 metre walk to the site, but unfortunately for me towards t... Read More |
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| Ginestous menhir 7 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ginestous menhir 7 remains as a small stump, which can be seen at the edge of the little road which leads up to the chateau, just uphill from the corner after the railway crossing. | 205 | 183 |
| Ginestous menhir 5 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 5 is fallen and broken into several pieces. This was once quite a large menhir, of a tapered shape, significantly more than 2 metres long and almost 2 metres wide at the base. It can be found about 40 metres to the west of the dolmen. | 205 | 182 |
| Ginestous Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous dolmen is in a very wrecked state. At first sight it seems to be another menhir, but closer inspection shows it to be the remains of a burial chamber, these days not much more than a depression in a mound of stones. At the eastern end is a large slab (2m by 2m) standing, which is perhaps t... Read More |
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| Ginestous menhir 4 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 4 is fallen and broken into several pieces. It is only about 8 metres away from menhir 3. | 205 | 180 |
| Ginestous menhir 3 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 3 is about 2.7 metres tall, and a very carefully formed rectangular shape, standing proudly overlooking the valley. The top has crumbled and broken a bit, so maybe it was once taller. It can be seen from the Almond menhir, which is about 100 metres away to the east, across a valley... Read More |
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| Ginestous menhir 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ginestous menhir 2 is about 50 metres further up the hillside from the Almond menhir, which can be found fallen beside a bush. It is fairly small, less than 2 metres in length. | 205 | 178 |
| Ginestous Menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 20th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | The Ginestous complex of 9 menhirs and a burial chamber can be found about 5 kilometres to the east of Ganges, by following the road signposted to Nimes. After the road reaches the top of the hill continue for a further 500 metres, then take the small lane to the north, towards Ginestous chateau. A... Read More |
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| Oppidum de la Blacarède | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | Just to the northeast of the village of Rogues is a large rounded hill with remains of an Oppidum on the top. | 205 | 176 | |||
| Lacam de Rogues 2 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 5 | 3 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. Walk about 600 metres along this track, always keeping to the right when there is a choice. There is then a little cultivated field in the v... Read More |
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| Lacam de Rogues 1 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 2 | 4 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. After 300 metres walking down this track, there is a little mound on the right side, of which the centre has been dug out. To the other side... Read More |
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| Ciste de Lacam | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | From the main road passing the village of Rogues, take the dirt track leading northwest from near the electrical transformer, opposite the road to the village. After 300 metres walking down this track, there is a little mound on the right side, of which the centre has been dug out. Inside can be see... Read More |
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| Trivalle menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Named Trivalle since Roman times, because it is situated at the junction of three ancient trackways, this menhir stands about 1.7 metres tall, just outside the ancient village of Rogues, on the road west towards Blandas, not far from the church. | 205 | 172 |
| Flouirac Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Couldn't find | 19th Sep 2005 | This dolmen is supposedly about 1.5 kilometres to the east of the hamlet of Barral, and just 25 metres to the nmorth of the road. However, it is so well hidden , that even after exensive searching, I could find no traces of it. | 205 | 171 | |||
| Dolmen de Barral | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | At the eastern edge of the hamlet of Barral, built into a wall to the north of the road, across a field, can be seen this little dolmen. The stones are easily visible from the road, although a visit was not really possible. | 205 | 170 |
| Lacam de la Rigalderie 2 | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 3 | There is supposedly another stone circle near to the top of the hill, but in a ruinous state. I had a good look around, but with all the bushes and undergrowth growing here near the top of the hill, there was nothing that I could find which could be said to be the remains of a stone circle. | 205 | 169 | |
| Lacam de la Rigalderie | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Just to the south of the D.843 road between Blandas and Rigalderie, slightly to the west of what looks like a little airstrip, the remains of this lovely cromlech can be found on the slopes rising to a little hilltop. Unlike Lacam de Peyrarines, this one has a little parking area and a gated path to... Read More |
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| Avernat menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This fine chap stands proudly at the junction of the roads D.158 and D.158a from Blandas to Le Landre and Quintanelles, just a couple of hundred metres from its neighbour, the menhir de Combes. It is very similar in both size and shape, 3 metres tall, except this one is not so superbly weathered. I ... Read More |
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| Combes Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | About a kilometre further on from the Arques dolmen, and just to the left of the road can be found this superb menhir, which has been re-erected in a concrete base. It stands 3 metres tall, and is made of the most wonderfully weathered piece of limestone, full of holes and divots, with moss and lich... Read More |
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| Arques Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be found just to the left of the road west from Planas towards Le Quintanel, turning left just before you reach Le Landre and continuing for about a kilometre until you pass the brow of a hill.
The remains of this fairly large dolmen are just off the road, and still mostly within... Read More |
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| Menhir de Landre 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | About 100 metres to the south of Landre menhir 1, atop the adjacent hillock can be found this fallen menhir. As for menhir 1, this was too well fenced in, and I didn't get to visit it. | 205 | 164 | |||
| Menhir de Landre 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | From the Planas junction, take the small road towards Le Landre. After a couple of kilometres, just after passing over the brow of a hill, and you can see this menhir up on top of its little hillock, about 70 metres to the left of the road. It was all well fenced in when I visited, behind a little c... Read More |
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| Lacam de Peyrarines | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. About 600 metres down the road towards Blandas from the junction, and in the field to the right can be seen this tremendous cromlech.
This is a proper circle of stones, with 52 standing st... Read More |
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| Planàs cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 1 | 5 | Destroyed many years ago during construction of the road, just a few stumps and fallen stones of this cromlech remain scattered around near the junction. What was once a fine stone circle is now just a large road junction in the middle of nowhere. | 205 | 161 | |
| Menhir de Planàs | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Near the entry to the Planàs Dolmen, and laying on the tumulus, is a lovely fallen menhir, which possibly acted as a marker. Its about 2 metres long and 1 metre wide, and a lovely almond shaped stone. Pity it hasn’t been stood up when the dolmen restoration was done. | 205 | 160 |
| Planàs Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Visited | 19th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. Right at the junction in a little enclosure to the right of the road can be found this nicely restored dolmen. It is completely within its cairn, and the fence is close, which makes photos dif... Read More |
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| Serre de la Gleisa | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Gard (30) | Saw from a distance | 19th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. On the left, 100 metres or so before the junction, up the hill, can be seen this menhir, perhaps 100 metres from the road and well fenced in, so I couldn't get to it. It looks about 2.5 metres... Read More |
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| Prunarède Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 3 | I thought that this was going to be an easy find, but not so. Take the road north from Saint-Maurice-Navacelles towards the Cirque de Navacelles. After several kilometres you come to the ruined farmhouse of Prunarède, at a couple of sharp bends in the road. Park here, and walk along the footpath wh... Read More |
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| Menhir du Coulet 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Three hundred metres further down the road from the previous menhirs, and in the land to the north of the road, can be found the Coulet 2 menhir. Nearly 3 metres tall, it is a nice almond shaped stone, which has been mended from two parts cemented back together, and concreted into an upright positio... Read More |
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| Menhir du Coulet 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This menhir is to be found out in the land to the left of the road, at the same place as the Cisternette menhir. It is over 3 metres tall, and looks to have lost its top. Its another nicely shaped slab, flat on one face, curved on the other, and only 40 cm thick. | 205 | 155 |
| Menhir de la Cisternette | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | About 600 metres further down the road from the Levade menhir, and on the slopes to the right of the road, can be seen this menhir. At nearly 2.5 metres tall, it has been christianised by having a cross cut into its face. It’s a nice thin almond shaped stone, but has been concreted into the ground... Read More |
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| Levade Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 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... Read More |
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| Menhir de Ferrussac 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 18th Sep 2005 | Between 50 and 100 metres to the northeast of the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is a fallen menhir more than 3 metres in length. However, this land is fenced off, and with some pretty mean looking horned cattle in there, so I wasn't going to look too hard. | 205 | 152 | |||
| Menhir de Ferrussac 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 18th Sep 2005 | Between 50 and 100 metres to the northwest of the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is a fallen menhir, 1.7 metres in length. However, this land is fenced off, and with some pretty mean looking horned cattle in there, so I wasn't going to look too hard. | 205 | 151 | |||
| Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 300 metres further along the road to the east from the Petit Dolmen, can be found the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac. Which compared to the others I have seen around here is a bit of a monster. It is right beside the road, again with parking and sign.
On top of a natural mound, and within its tumulus... Read More |
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| Petit Dolmen du Ferrussac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | A kilometre or so to the southeast of La Vacquerie, at a place called Trivalle, take the road east signposted to Dolmen du Ferrussac. After a couple of kilometres, while descending through an oak wood, you will see a little gate on the left, with label Petit Dolmen. There is a place to park, and the... Read More |
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| Coste-Caude menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Just below the top of the hill below Coste-Caude dolmen 1, there is a track to the west, with what looks like, and is marked on the maps as a menhir. It is however a sculpture of a prehistoric man from about the year 1910, and his features can be made out when looking closely. This stone is about 2 ... Read More |
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| Coste-Caude Dolmen 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Less than 100 metres away from Coste-Caude dolmen 1, to the southeast, can be found another dolmen. I just walked about a bit, and there it was. It still has a large pile of stones surrounding it, and the chamber has its side stones and backstone, but no capstone. The chamber is 2.5 metres by 1.5 me... Read More |
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| Coste-Caude Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Leaving St Pierre towards La Vacquerie, take the first left after a kilometre, and then left again with signs towards a council works area. After 1.5 kilometres, the road gets to the top of a hill. Just below the top of the hill, there is a track to the west, with what looks like, and is marked on t... Read More |
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| Gallardet Dolmen | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 18th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 3 | This really was a bugger to find, but when you find it, you wonder why.
Initially I went to where it is marked on the map, there's a big farm there called Ferme-le-dolmen, but no obvious sign to it. Reading my book says that go to the town centre and follow signs from there. I eventually found t... Read More |
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| Bruyère d'Usclas | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This is a lovely dolmen, but was a bit of a bugger to find, despite a large signpost. Taking the road from Lodeve east to Saint-Michel-de-Grandmont, travel 800 metres further than the entrance to the priory. Here there is a junction with two large forest tracks and a parking area, with a large sign ... Read More |
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| Coste-Rouge Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Within the grounds of the Saint-Michel-de-Grandmont priory, in the mountains above Lodève in Hérault, this is possibly the most famous dolmen in the world. The dolmen is superbly situated on the edge of the hill, with massive views over the plains to the south.
The chamber is made on all sid... Read More |
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| Les Ecuelles du Diable | Holed Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. Several of the rocks seem to have been cut into what are possibly thrones. A very strange ... Read More |
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| Grandmont Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 17th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 2 | This menhir is about 1.5 metres high, 2 metres width, and standing in an area with many other strangely shaped and carved rocks. | 205 | 140 |
| Dolmen du Belvédère | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 17th Sep 2005 | St Michel de Grandmont Priory visit. There are no longer any free visits round the grounds, and I can only do the guided tour of the priory and grounds after. They say its something to do with animals in the park, and its quite disappointing. I do the full tour, its a half price day, so its €5 and... Read More |
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| Nages menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Right outside the back of the church in Nages can be found this little menhir, planted in a little flower bed. It is about 1.4 metres tall and 0.6 metres wide, and made out of a nice dark grey, almost black stone. The front face is very smooth, but it is rough on all other sides. | 205 | 138 |
| Carrieres menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | While driving through Carriers towards Nages from the southeast, I saw a little menhir shining in the low sun beside the road near to a cross. Its not much more than a metre tall, and possibly once had markings on it, and is a very pale coloured stone. It is nicely presented in its little garden lik... Read More |
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| Paumérou menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Near to the large industrial buildings, right beside the road from Murat, and a kilometre west of the Pré-de-Roi menhir can be found this nice stone. At just over 2 metres tall, 1 metre wide and 40 cm thick, it almost looks shaped to have a head, or am I now just imagining things after seeing so ma... Read More |
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| Pré-de-Roi Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | The Pré-de-Roi menhir is found right beside the road to the west of Murat, just beyond the road to the village of Candoubre. It is 2.5 metres tall, nearly 2 metres wide, and looks for all the world like it should be carved into a statue menhir. Perhaps it once was, and all the features have been er... Read More |
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| Favarels statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | The real statue menhir has been taken inside the museum at Murat, but a replica has been made and put in the place of the real one outside the information office. Its only about a metre tall, but has all the right features, face with tattous, arms with fingers, legs with toes, belt with buckle and s... Read More |
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| Pailhemalbiau statue menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Coming from Plos, this fine fellow stands in a little shed protecting him from the worst of the weather, just inside the yard of the first farmhouse on the right. Like the Moulin-de-Louat statue-menhir it's a lovely piece of reddish pink stone, and was only discovered in 1981.
He stands 2 metre... Read More |
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| Plos statue menhir 2 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Probably once a statue-menhir, this is not classed as such as no discernible features can be seen engraved on it. That’s what several thousands of years of weather does for you. The menhir is the right shape, just over 2 metres tall and 1.5 metres wide. Its to be found beside the road, just to the... Read More |
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| Moulin-de-Louat 2 statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Just nearby, for company, is another nice stone, of about the same size, but a greyish black rock. I am unsure whether this is an ancient menhir or just a modern addition. It's a nice stone though, and probably keeps our man company. | 205 | 131 |
| Moulin-de-Louat 1 statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This wonderful chap is stood looking out of his garden shed towards the stream, at the entry to the hamlet of Moulin-de-Louat, just over half a kilometre from Moulin-Mage. I gave up trying to get the van along the roads to the hamlet, and walked from Moulin-Mage.
The stone is about 1.5 metres ta... Read More |
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| Combeynart Statue-Menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This is a very tall thin male statue-menhir just at the north of the village of Cantoul. It stands just over 2 metres tall, but only 40 cm width, and certain of his features are equally scrawny. Legs, belt and "objet" can be made out but the rest is a bit of a jumble. The roads round here are very n... Read More |
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| Rieuviel statue menhir 2 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This fine male statue-menhir is to be found through the hamlet of Rieuviel, about 100 metres beyond the last house, and always bearing to the right. He is concreted in to a little plinth, and makes a sort of entrance to the lane with a cross mounted on the other side. Unfortunately, the poor chap is... Read More |
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| Rieuviel statue menhir 1 | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | This beautiful little stone, only 1.2 metres tall, is easily found on a bit of land being used by the road mending gang as a parking place for their machinery when I visited, just at the entry to the hamlet of Rieuviel. Unfortunately, the stone seems in much danger here, with cars and machinery park... Read More |
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| Pech-de-Naudène statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Turn off the D.622 Lacaune to Moulin-Mage road to the left, about a kilometre after the big Peyro-Lebado chap, and proceed to the hamlet of Haute-Vergne. Go through the farmyard to the top, then left and right, and the statue-menhir can be seen in the front garden of one of the houses. At the time o... Read More |
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| Pierre Plantée de Lacaune | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | A couple of kilometres to the east of Lacaune, along the D.622 road to Moulin-Mage, park just over the Col de la Croix-de-Deux-Sous, just after the big warehouse. Its then a short walk to this masculine statue-menhir, the largest in Europe, standing in a nice green field looking out towards the moun... Read More |
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| Trou-de-l'Avent menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Once standing about 4 metres tall near to the Pierre Plantée de Lacaune, this menhir was broken up for use in building a mill and farm. The top 1.5 metres has now been rescued and installed in the Place de Griffoul in Lacaune town centre, just 100 metres behind the tourist office.
What a menhir... Read More |
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| Granisse statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Found while building a road in 1969, this lovely statue-menhir has been saved and erected outside the tourist office in the town of Lacaune. Unfortunately, it is kept within a north facing glass case, so getting photographs is nigh on impossible in the strong sunlight, with reflections of everything... Read More |
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| Rieu-Montagné museum | Museum | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 5 | This museum is in a glorious little spot in the woods beside the Lac du Lauzas, to the south of Nages. It is linked with a leisure centre with a park and beach, and all sorts of activities to do. As part of the museum, there are several statue menhirs included, some in the grounds outside the buildi... Read More |
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| Griffoulou menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Couldn't find | 16th Sep 2005 | I had a couple of goes to try and find this menhir, which is marked as somewhere near to the car park, in the gardens by the restaurant, but I couldn’t find it either time. | 205 | 121 | |||
| Trédos menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | About 30 metres from the Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir, up the entry path towards the museum, is planted this menhir. Obviously broken in the past, it has been put back together from several pieces with the aid of concrete. It has been quite nicely done. It is about 1.6 metres high. | 205 | 120 |
| Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 16th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | This statue-menhir is now to be found at the entrance to the car park at the Rieu-Montagné Musée des Traditions, beside the Lac du Lauzas, near to Nages. It is about 1.4 metres high, and it is well shaped, but any engravings are extremely faint, to the point of being invisible to me. | 205 | 119 |
| Col-de-la-Bole menhir | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Driving west along the D.14 road towards Le Salvetat, in a rush to get diesel and washing done, I saw a sign to menhir Col-de-la-Bole, so of course I just had to go and have a look. At the top of a steep track is the broken off top of a statue-menhir, only about 0.75 metres of it, with its back havi... Read More |
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| Statue menhir de Cambayssy | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Traveling along the D.14 road west from Fraisse-sur-Agout towards Le Salvetat, take the right turn after a couple of kilometres towards Cambayssy. The menhir is signposted (Le Pioch), and is a kilometre or so up a steep winding lane.
In some woods, this gorgeous statue-menhir can be found beside... Read More |
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| Statue menhir des Fontanelles | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | This statue-menhir is supposed to be found in the garden of the mill beside the river in the delightful village of Fraisse-sur-Agout. I take a walk all along the river, and there are two possibilities for the mill, but I could find nothing resembling a statue-menhir. There is a lovely little park by... Read More |
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| Statue menhir de La Pomarède | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Right outside the tourist office at Fraisse-sur-Agout, next to a wall behind a big tree display thing, is the top 90 cm of this statue menhir which must have once been 2 metres tall. It is very difficult to make out any markings, with it being in dark shadow and very moss covered. I am starting to t... Read More |
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| Statue menhir de Picarel | Sculptured Stone | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Going north along the D.169 road from the Col de la Bane to the south of Fraisse-sur-Agout, and at a large corner in the road is a little lane to the west signed to Haut Picarel. About 300 metres down this track, and into a wood, you will find the menhir beside the trackway.
This finely shaped m... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or... Read More |
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| Dolmen des Lacs 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 3 | From the intriguing and lovely little historic village of Minerve, take the D.147 road to the northwest, passing over the bridge and past the big car parks. The dolmens are signposted from here. The road zig-zags up the hillside for a kilometre or two and then levels out a bit. Continue for three or... Read More |
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| Mousse Dolmen 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Taking the track further beyond the Grand dolmen de Lauriol, and after eight or nine hundred metres the first dolmen de Mousse is supposedly to be found, just to the left of the track. However, much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the pric... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Lauriol 3 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Nearby to the Grand dolmen de Lauriol are supposedly two more, smaller and more degraded dolmens. I had a good look around, but much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the prickly scrub and undergrowth. | 205 | 109 | |||
| Dolmen de Lauriol 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Couldn't find | 15th Sep 2005 | Nearby to the Grand dolmen de Lauriol are supposedly two more, smaller and more degraded dolmens. I had a good look around, but much of the land round here has been recently fenced off and I could find nothing obvious amongst the prickly scrub and undergrowth. | 205 | 108 | |||
| Dolmen de Lauriol 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Hérault (34) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | From Siran, follow the signs to the Curiosité de L'Auriol, which takes you on a windy road north up onto the hills. The Curiosité is a weird bit of road where things seem to roll uphill - a trick of the eye over gravity. From here take the road left for half a kilometre to a big house (being done ... Read More |
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| Morrel das Fadas | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Visited again to get some pictures in the bright morning sun, although the sun doesn’t make it through the trees. | 205 | 106 |
| Morrel das Fadas replica | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 15th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | A small representation of the dolmen des Fades has been built near the roundabout outside the campsite at Pepieux. Excellent. | 205 | 105 |
| Morrel das Fadas | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Although within the commune of Pépieux, this tremendous dolmen is actually nearer and easier to find from the village of Siran, from where you take the D.12 road east for a kilometre or so, and the mound is on the right, on top of a large natural pine covered hill amongst the vines. It is all rathe... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Saint-Eugène | Passage Grave | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | I have now twice found this only by luck. This time I took a wrong turning (one road too soon) and ended up on a stone track across private land where I could not turn round to go back out, and then I saw a little sign to dolmen, up the hillside I remember. I managed to park the van in a wider part ... Read More |
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| Menhir dit la Pierre Droite (Villeneuve-Minervois) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Couldn't find | 14th Sep 2005 | I failed to find this stone on the way down the hill. It is supposedly about 1.5 kilometres from the village of Villeneuve-Minervois, at the side of the road. | 205 | 102 | |||
| Tombeau de Roland | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Just up the hillside a bit from Dolmen de La Jagartière can be found the Tombeau de Roland. Once thought to be a megalithic tomb, the latest thoughts are that it is nothing more than a place from where a large rock has been quarried. But quite why somebody would come to such a place, far away from ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Jagartière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | From the wine village of Villeneuve-Minervois, follow the little windy road northwards for about 4 kilometres into the hills towards Pujol-du-Bosc. This road up into the mountains is now a properly made up road, rather than the dirt track it was 6 years ago. Eventually you will find a parking area a... Read More |
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| Roque Traoucado | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | From the wine village of Villeneuve-Minervois, follow the little windy road northwards for about 4 kilometres into the hills towards Pujol-du-Bosc. This road up into the mountains is now a properly made up road, rather than the dirt track it was 6 years ago. Eventually you will find a parking area a... Read More |
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| Malves Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This large menhir is to be found a few hundred metres outside the village of Malves-en-Minervois, taking the D.38 road westwards towards Villalier, and just across the river. There is a little parking area, and a signposted walk for about 100 metres to the stone. Just how could I have missed this wh... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Madeleine d’Albesse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 14th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Walk just more than a kilometer southwest along the track along the top of the ridge from the bends in the D.3 road to the north of Monze. The dolmen can then be found in a bank to the left of the trackway, on top of the ridge.
I couldn’t be sure whether the dolmen was made on a natural ridge,... Read More |
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| Oppidum de Pech de Maho | Ancient Village or Settlement | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Saw from a distance | 14th Sep 2005 | A large hill, but I got distracted while trying to have a proper look, as there was a large accident being cleared up, and I couldn’t turn down the small road to have a close look. | 205 | 96 | |||
| Aqueduc d’Ansignan | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ancient bridge and aqueduct spanning the river at the village of Ansignan, still used to irrigate crops on the opposite bank. It is built on the basis of a Roman bridge, probably from the 3rd century.
To cross the bridge, with the aqueduct built on top, you walk within an enclosed passage with ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Rouyre | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | High up on this mountain ridge between the villages of Fesluns and Ansignan in Pyrénées-Orientales can be found the remains of this cute little dolmen. I followed signs from Ansignan, but walked because I was not going to get the camper van up the steep, tiny, windy little roads, but a small car w... Read More |
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| Dolmen d'A Fourna | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | About four hundred metres from the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, following the footpath through the scrub to the southwest (note, go back down the track for about 25 metres from the dolmen to find the path - it is not the "obvious" path leading away from the dolmen), around the southern side of the ridge... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Serrat d'en Jacques | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | A couple of hundred metres from the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, following the footpath uphill through the scrub to the east, up towards Serrat d'en Jacques, and you can find another dolmen, similar in size to the Creu de la Llosa dolmen, but this time with an entry passage through its cairn. I do not k... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Creu de Falibe | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 13th Sep 2005 | 5 | 4 | 4 | This lovely restored dolmen can be found in the hills to the south of the village of Saint-Michel-de-Llotes. Travelling south, turn left at the village beside the Catalane museum, over the bridge. Follow this road for several kilometres, twisting and turning up into the mountains, to the Col de la C... Read More |
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| Peyro Dreta | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | This fallen and broken menhir, once more than 4 metres tall, has beautiful views over the Fenouillades valley to the north, with Queribus castle and Tautavel clearly visible. The menhir can be found about a kilometres walk down a dirt track amongst the vines, about 0.7 kilometres to the west of the ... Read More |
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| Moli del Vent | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | At the top of the hill to the north west of the village of Bélesta can be found the superb but restored remains of this lovely little dolmen-a-couloir. The little chamber is about 2 metres by 1 metre, and the south side is approached by a corridor 5 metres long from the edge of the cairn, made with... Read More |
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| Bélesta Museum of prehistory | Museum | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | Blimey, the roads round here are twisty and tight. There was no way I was able to park the van anywhere near the village for a look at this. So I had to give up totally on any thoughts of a visit to this supposedly excellent museum. | 205 | 88 | |||
| Puijols tumulus | Artificial Mound | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | Just to the northwest of the village of Tautavel, on the opposite side of the river, is a massive tumulus, which must be about 100 metres in diameter and 20 metres high, complete with terracing and grapes growing on it ! | 205 | 87 | |||
| La Caune de l'Arago | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Saw from a distance | 12th Sep 2005 | In a very pretty part of the world up on a cliff face above the vinyards, this is the cave where Tautavel man was found. Its a kilometer or so south of the town, up on a rugged hill near where the river cuts a gorge through the hills. This is of course all shut off to the public with buildings and s... Read More |
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| Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire | Museum | France | Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66 | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | I only came here to get a photo, assuming the museum would be closed on a Monday, but it was open, so thought I'd better go in. The museum contains hundreds of thousands of items found at the nearby Caune de l'Arago cave, where the remains of a human skull was found in July 1971, the skull being kno... Read More |
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| Grand Menhir de Counozouls | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Languedoc:Aude (11) | Visited | 12th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | After a seemingly very long drive south from Quillan, along roads hacked into cliff faces, passing through numerous massive gorges which at times I never thought the campervan would fit through, I arrived at the village of Ste Colombe-sur-Guette. A few more miles south along the road in the valley, ... Read More |
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| Source de Fontestorbes | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | This is a very interesting place, one of only a few known examples in the world, with its intermittant spring gushing from a cave in a cliff face beside the road, well signposted a kilometre or so to the south of the little Pyrenean town of Belesta. In the dry summer months, due to a complex and not... Read More |
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| Grotte de Niaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | The world famous cave, known for its tremendous paintings of bison and horses, is easily found just up a small valley to the west of Tarascon, and is signposted from all around, you can hardly miss it. The cave is up the hillside from the village of Niaux with its museum, and is situated opposite to... Read More |
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| Grotte de La Vache | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 4 | Just opposite to the Grotte de Niaux, on the other side of the valley, is the Grotte de la Vache, with its celebrated Salle de Monique. The cave is open for visits at €8 a time, but because I had spent so long at the nearby Parc Pyrénéen de l'Art Préhistorique, the visits had finished for the d... Read More |
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| Parc Pyrénéen de l'Art Préhistorique | Museum | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 11th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5 | This is a wonderful day out, in a beautifully landscaped park in the wonderful Pyrenees. The visit starts in the Grand Atelier, a sort of museum of prehistoric artwhich explains all the whys and wheres of prehistoric art, not only in this region, but all over the world.
There is a special emphas... Read More |
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| Grotte de Lombrives | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 11th Sep 2005 | This is said to be the biggest cave in Europe, and has a complex arrangement of 25 different types of visit. Or in my case, none at all ! | 205 | 74 | |||
| Musée de Mas-d'Azil | Museum | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Saw from a distance | 10th Sep 2005 | 5 | In the village of Mas d'Azil is the natural history museum. Its in a nicely kept building just off the main village square, opposite the roofed market place right outside the church. As it was late in the day I didn’t go in. I think that if you do the caves tour, the museum visit is included for f... Read More |
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| Brillaud Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | At Cap-Del Pouech, I looked carefully at my maps and found that I could drive halfway to this dolmen and hopefully park up by La Page farm, which will save on the walking. From there, it was a 25 minute walk along a well maintained and signed footpath along a lovely ridgetop, but difficult underfoot... Read More |
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| Cap-Del Pouech Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Decided its silly to have come to Mas d'Azil and not gone to visit the dolmen, as it is signposted from the village, and you can drive up a narrow windy lane almost right to it, and theres a place to park just a few hundred metres from the dolmen.
It looks to me to have been re-erected at some p... Read More |
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| Grotte de Mas D'Azil | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Ariège (09) | Visited | 10th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Parked at the upstream end of the Mas d'Azil cave, and it hits home again just how MASSIVE this cave is. I walk through the cave again, partly to check where the low bits are for the van. I have forgotten that you can see all sorts of bits and pieces of passages inside.
Decided not to bother wit... Read More |
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| L'alignement d'Espiaub | Stone Row / Alignment | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 3 | 5 | 3 | I have seen nothing definite about what is to be found up here, but it is possible to imagine/envisage that there are perhaps 4 or 5 lines of stones running across the hillside, with one or more crossing them, but it is very difficult to know exactly what is what. I walked down from the second set o... Read More |
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| Mail de Soupène Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Wow ! A bit further down the hill to the east, on a little upland ridge, is a row of stone circles all interlocking with each other. I counted 14 cairn circles up here, sort of joined together in a line along a little hillock. Fantastic. The largest one is on the top of the hillock, and there a row ... Read More |
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| Sarrat de Cousseillot Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | The first cromlechs I arrive at are about 200 metres from the track, and signposted down a little footpath past some sheep pens at 1345 metres altitude. I saw 4 cairn circles up here, plus perhaps one large open circle. At first I thought I had seen a big open circle, but I am not completely sure. I... Read More |
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| Carnac Pyrénéen | Stone Circle | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 9th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Blimey, its almost sunny. In fact it is sunny at the tops of the mountains. I'd better get a move on. A bakers van comes round the camp site which is a help. Put last nights wet stuff outside to dry off. Leave the campsite by 10:00 and drive to Benque. Unfortunately I cannot park where I want to. Lo... Read More |
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| Armenteule Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Deep in the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the tiny village of Armenteule. In this sleepy little Pyrenean village there is an old church. Inside the churchyard, just beside the back of the church, is a standing stone. Whether the church was buil... Read More |
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| Aneran stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Deep into the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the tiny village of Aneran. In the tiny churchyard beside this small ancient church in this little Pyrenean village are several odds and ends of old stone, some carved into shapes and and with pattern... Read More |
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| Menhir de Bordères-Louron | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 8th Sep 2005 | I asked at Tourist Office, but they, as usual, knew nothing, and said I must have the wrong village ! | 205 | 62 | |||
| Peyre Hicade de Payolle | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 8th Sep 2005 | 3 | 5 | 4 | I spent hours looking for this, largely because walking around here in such a beautiful part of the world and the wonderful scenery is such a great pleasure. The stone is somewhere to the south of the Lac de Payolle, and its holiday complex. There is even a 2 hour circular walk signposted and named ... Read More |
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| Menhir de Soulor | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 7th Sep 2005 | There is a stone at the top of the Col de Soulor, now used as a signpost and footpath marker, but I doubt it is the menhir. Nothing else obvious was seen while I was up here, but the Col was in the clouds and the visibility was severely lacking.
At a later point in time, I found out that apparen... Read More |
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| Lou Couraus Cromlechs | Stone Circle | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Visited | 7th Sep 2005 | 4 | 5 | 3 | High up above the Ossau valley above the village of Bielle can be found several circles of stones, on a little shelf of land halfway up the mountainside, and in a wonderful viewpoint above the valley. From the village take the road up towards Col de Marie Blanc, and park at the Chapelle de Houndas a... Read More |
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| Turoum-Bouchous Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Couldn't find | 7th Sep 2005 | I couldn’t find any evidence on any maps I had, and asked at the tourist information office and national park centre, but nobody knew anything about this dolmen. | 205 | 58 | |||
| Calhau de Teberno Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen can be found in a nice little landscaped bit of parkland, sandwiched between the D.920 road and the railway line at the outskirts of the village of Buzy a couple of kilometres to the north of Arudy. There are many other rocks in the park, which have probably all been placed as features, ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Barzun | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 | Couldn't find | My maps have nothing marked in detail as to the whereabouts of this dolmen, and I could find no details or signs to it in the village. Somehow I didn’t find this dolmen which I learned later is pretty much in the centre of the village in a little square. Doh ! | 205 | 56 | ||||
| Peyrasse menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Couldn't find | 6th Sep 2005 | I had a bit of a look for this, but it is not on the map in detail, and I found nothing obvious in the real world. | 205 | 55 | |||
| Dolmen du Peyre-Dusets | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | To the northwest of the village of Poueyferré, take the road up into the hills towards the Dechetterie and park as near as possible to the Chemin Henry IV trackway which runs along the top of the ridge here. Take this ancient trackway northwards, and walk for about a kilometer, where the Peyre-Duse... Read More |
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| Peyre-Crabère | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Right beside the D.940 road as it enters the northern boundary of the town of Lourdes from Pau direction, can be found this large leaning menhir. It sits right at the corner of a little housing road, Rue Peyre-Crabère, and has a bus shelter and garden hedge for company on its other two sides. The s... Read More |
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| Poueyferré Tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A few kilometres to the northwest of Lourdes, on the eastern side of the D.940 road near to Poueyferré, take the minor road down into the dip to the hamlet of Maillous, where this large tumulus can be found. To get to the tumulus, which can be seen from the road, walk down a little trackway which l... Read More |
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| Pouey-Mayou | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 3 | To the southwest of the town of Tarbes, and the village of Osson, take the unmarked road to the south. Partway along this road is a parking area, picnic site and a map of footpath circuits in the area. However, continue further until the road runs out and turns into a dirt track. From here, the Poue... Read More |
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| Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs tumulus | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 6th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | When at the Fontaine de Trois Seigneurs, instead of turning left towards the Pouey-Majou dolmen continue southwest for a few hundred yards along the farmtrack, and there is a large mound at the top of the hill. It can be clearly seen against the skyline while walking towards it from quite some dista... Read More |
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| La Croix-La Botte | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and southeast of Capvern, along the hilltop beside the D.938 road, is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them, but the northwestern end tumulus is very well formed, 12 metres in diameter... Read More |
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| Estaque d'Avezac cinq tumuli | Chambered Tomb | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and southeast of Capvern, along the hilltop beside the D.938 road, is a row of tumulus mounds. Most are now obvious only because of the ferns and stuff left growing on them, but the northwestern end tumulus is very well formed, 12 metres in diameter... Read More |
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| Estaque tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | To the west of the village of La Barthe-sur-Neste, and northeast of the row of tumuli along the ridgetop road, can be found the remains of the Estaque tumulus. This is a very large mound, now contained beyond the confines of a rubbish facility, and not easy to access, although it can just about be s... Read More |
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| Grotte de Gargas | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This is the cave which is famous for all the hand prints, but there is in fact much more than these to be seen. The cave is easily found round some windy lanes, being well signposted, and it is open every day, €6 entry per adult to visit, which takes about an hour. The visit is on two levels, whic... Read More |
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| Grotte des Rideaux | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | In the gorges of the river Save, just below the village of Lespugue, can be found many caves and shelters which have yielded ancient remains of habitation from up to 30,000 years ago. Below the Chateau de Lespugue, but very difficult to get to due to the steep sides of the gorge and all the undergr... Read More |
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| Musée de Lespugue | Museum | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | 5 | In the central square of the little village of Lespugue is a museum, which, as many European museums are, is closed on a Monday. This museum has an exhibition of 35,000 years of Lespugue. Outside the museum in a little grassy park is a 10 times lifesize copy of the Venus de Lespugue, a pregnant woma... Read More |
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| Musée de Préhistoire (Aurignac) | Museum | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Saw from a distance | 5th Sep 2005 | In the centre of Aurignac village is the prehistory museum, with all sorts of finds and items found in the local caves. It is situated underneath a little village square with parking available. However, when I visited, it was closed, with a notice stating that it had been closed in May 2004 by the M... Read More |
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| Grotte d'Aurignac | Cave or Rock Shelter | France | Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) | Visited | 5th Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Just to the north of the village of Aurignac can be found this important prehistoric shelter, where in 1852 a man was out hunting rabbit with his dog, and the dog found a bone down a hole. Upon the news of this discovery, the locals started investigating and found remains of 27 skeletons, which were... Read More |
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| Menhir Ste Carissime | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Along the D.1 road between Le Verdier and Cahuzac-sur-Vère, and this menhir can be seen across the far side of the river, which is beyond a ploughed field to the south. At this time in the evening, the menhir was glowing a golden colour in the rays of the setting sun. I struggled across the ploughe... Read More |
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| Saint-Paul Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Up in the hills covered with vineyards for the lovely Gaillac wine, to the northwest of the village of Le Verdier along some tiny lanes, can be found this relatively large dolmen. It is perhaps easier to reach by walking along the GR footpath along which it is signposted from the village, than tryin... Read More |
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| Peyralade Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn (81) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 5 | This dolmen is easily found, as it stands on a traffic island at the junction of the D.5 and D.91 roads a couple of kilometres to the north of the village of Vaour, on the high plateau to the south of the river Aveyron, and is signposted from several kilometres away.
The large but broken 5 metre... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Saillac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 2 | 4 | 4 | This is a bizarrely Christianised dolmen which can be found in the forests to the south of the village of Caylus. From Caylus follow the signs to St-Amans-le-Vieux ancient church, and park in the vicinity of this, from where you take the GR46 Footpath the opposite way from the road towards the south... Read More |
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| Dolmen du Pech (Cazals) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Despite not being marked on any ign maps I have seen, this box tomb dolmen is easily found as it is right beside the D.75B between Bourdoncle and Doumerc by the road to Frau. Subject of an excavation in 1989, and reconstruction in 1992, it is now fenced in, presumably for protection, but it looks te... Read More |
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| Tombe du Géant (Septfonds) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 3 | The Tombe du Géant is a scheduled historic monument, and as such it is marked on the local maps, both 1:25,000 and 1:100,000, near to the farm of Les Tombes to the southeast of Septfonds. It is however not so easy to find in the real world, with the fields and indeed many of the trackways in this a... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Bartalbenque 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 2nd Sep 2005 | Marked on my map are two dolmens not too far from the road between Dardenne water tower and Bartelbenque. However, this area of land has recently all been divided up and fenced off for what looks like new housing projects. In the scrubland behind the fences it was not possible to see any dolmens. I ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Bartalbenque 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Couldn't find | 2nd Sep 2005 | Marked on my map are two dolmens not too far from the road between Dardenne water tower and Bartelbenque. However, this area of land has recently all been divided up and fenced off for what looks like new housing projects. In the scrubland behind the fences it was not possible to see any dolmens. I ... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Caux-Vieilles | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | A bit to the south of the track running along the southern edge of the airfield, in the scrubland, are several mounds of stones. One of these mounds has a clear dolmen chamber within it, 3 metres in length by 1.5 metres in width. It consists of two side slabs and a backstone between them, but no cap... Read More |
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| Finelle Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A bit to the west of the first dolmen, along the track running along the southern edge of the airfield, and you soon come to another dolmen. This one has lost its mound, which has no doubt been used to build the local walls, and it is standing proud at the edge of a flat area used for dumping rubble... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Peyrelevade (Septfonds) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | Visited | 2nd Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | To the west of the village of Septfonds, and to the south of the little airfield are several dolmens in the woodlands. There are signposts to "dolmens" and down a little track is a parking place and more signs. Right beside this track is the first dolmen you come to. It is still mostly within its mo... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Cieurac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Midi:Lot (46) | Couldn't find | 1st Sep 2005 | Just over the Dordogne river from the town of Souillac should be found this dolmen. There are no signposts to it, and its not on any of my maps, but it is mentioned in a book I have, and is supposedly to be found at a corner of the road in the woods at the top of the hill. However, the woods are ver... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Route Vieille | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Couldn't find | 1st Sep 2005 | There is supposed to be a dolmen here, according to my notes, but there is nothing mentioned on any of my maps or on any of the village noticeboards or tourist publicity. Churches, a Chateau and caves are all mentioned, but no dolmen. Perhaps the dolmen is in a different village called Noailles. | 205 | 28 | |||
| Puy de Pauliac Cromlech | Stone Circle | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | At the top of the lovely Puy de Pauliac hill to the east of the historical village of Aubazines, is an orientation table, and fantastic views stretching for many miles in nearly all directions, with the high point of the Massif Central, the Puy de Sancy to be seen way off in the east. Near to the to... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Rochesseux | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | This little dolmen is found in a sort of parkland high up on the slopes of Puy de Pauliac, above the historical village of Aubazines. It is signposted from the road. A triangular 3 metres by 2 metres capstone sits delicately balanced on top of two side support stones and a back stone, with a chamber... Read More |
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| Estivaux Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the east of the village of Estivaux, this dolmen can be found in a field near to the sports stadium and a new housing development, just about 50 metres from the road. Its an odd little affair, and almost looks modern. The oval capstone, 3.5 m by 2.5 m sits on top of 4 support stones making a smal... Read More |
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| Dolmen dit La Maison du Loup | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Corrèze (19) | Visited | 1st Sep 2005 | 3 | 4 | 3 | About a kilometre from the village of Espartignac, this dolmen can be found along a signposted track from the village square near to the Bar Le Dolmen. It is found in thick woodland on the end of a defended headland overlooking the Vézère river, and is at the top of a cliff edge. The dolmen is in ... Read More |
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| Bras Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | This beautiful little dolmen is fairly easily found to the south of the village of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles along the D.44 road. Just to the north of where the road crosses the river Benaize is a place to park and a signposted footpath to the west. The footpath is well marked with orange marks, an... Read More |
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| Dolmen de l'Héritière | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Couldn't find | 31st Aug 2005 | To the southwest of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, between Bouéry and Bras dolmens, in the commune of Arnac-la-Poste, is another dolmen marked on my ign 1:100,000 map, near to the hamlet of L'Ecluse. At the road junction, there was a sign with a dolmen marked on it, with a name something like Le Pau M... Read More |
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| Pierre Levée au Bois Bouéry | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | In the forest to the southwest of Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, this dolmen is easily found as it is signposted from the D.2 road, several kilometres to the north. From the road that leads to the dolmen, it is just a hundred metres walk from a parking place, and it resides in a little forest clearing.... Read More |
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| Marchain Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | To the west of the village of Lathus-Saint-Rémy, in the fields near to the hamlet of Marchain, can be found this dolmen. It can be seen across the fields by the crossroads to the south of the hamlet, but I could find no obvious way to get to the dolmen, all the fields being fenced off. It looks to ... Read More |
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| Pierre Brune Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Couldn't find | 31st Aug 2005 | A bit further to the south of Pierre-Soupèze along the same little farm road is a farm called Pierre Brune. There are no obvious signs of any dolmen, but there are lumps and bumps in the fields, and piles of stones in the fields. | 205 | 19 | |||
| Dolmen dit Pierre-Soupèze | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 2 | To the southeast of Montmorillon, this dolmen is within a ploughed field, which is very well fenced to keep people out. From the edge of the farm lane you can see a few stones under some bushes, with a large capstone at an angle on top of a couple of supports. From certain angles daylight can be see... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Bastière 2 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marked on my ign 1:100,000 map is a dolmen in the field to the south of the road between Lussac and Montmorillon. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious dolmen to which it referred. However the fields round here have several mounds and piles of stones, which are perhaps the remains of h... Read More |
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| Dolmen de la Bastière 1 | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marked on my ign 1:100,000 map is a dolmen in the field to the south of the road between Lussac and Montmorillon. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious dolmen to which it referred. However the fields round here have several mounds and piles of stones, which are perhaps the remains of h... Read More |
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| Dolmen de Loubressac | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 31st Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Beside the river Goberté to the west of Lussac-les-Chateaux, at the hamlet of Loubressac, the little road curves around the remains of this dolmen. It is now sitting right beside the road at the edge of a pond. The capstone, which once would have measured 5 metres by 4 metres, has now broken and co... Read More |
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| Verrières tumulus | Chambered Cairn | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Saw from a distance | 30th Aug 2005 | On the village map, about half a kilometre to the southeast of the dolmen, and to the northeast of the road to Lussac-les-Chateaux. I had a walk towards this after getting the van partly sorted, but couldn’t find anything definite. There was however, a mound in a field which has growth on it, whic... Read More |
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| Verrières Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Poitou:Vienne (86) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Just outside the village of Verrières, to the south by the road to Lussac-les-Chateaux, are the remains of this dolmen, which can be found round the back of some houses at the top of the valley. Its not much more than a large slab of rock sitting on the ground these days, which is the capstone whic... Read More |
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| Coeur de Birette | Polissoir | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | In the gardens of the Chateau de Grand Pressigny are, amongst many other things, a polissoir stone called (I believe) the Coeur de Birette ???. | 205 | 12 |
| Grand-Pressigny Musée de la Préhistoire | Museum | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Museum of prehistory contained within the remains of the ruined Chateau de Grand Pressigny, this is a wonderful place to visit. In a little village on the edge of a plateau, the castle is on a steep sided headland with a huge ditch cut to protect it from the fourth side. This place has been lived in... Read More |
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| Pierre Chaude | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | About a kilometre to the east of the village of Neuilly, on the road to Paulmy, can be found this nice dolmen, about 50 metres to the south of the road in a hazlenut grove, and signposted.
The dolmen has a large single capstone which is now broken, sat on top of 6 support stones making a rectang... Read More |
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| La Pierre Fondue | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | This dolmen can be found about 100 metres up a track behind the hamlet of Bommiers, which is a couple of kilometres to the south of the village of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine down the N.10. It is about one kilometre to the north of the Pierre Percée. Once you reach the hamlet, it is signposted, and si... Read More |
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| Pierre Percée (Draché) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) | Visited | 30th Aug 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | A few kilometres to the south of the village of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine along the N.10, and this stone is signposted, less than a kilometre to the west along a minor road. The stone has its own little parking area and explanatory signpost, and is set in a nice open grassy area.
The stone is abo... Read More |
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| Pierre Potelée | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 4 | This stone is about half a kilometre east of the Mere et Fille stones in the forest and is also signposted. I parked in a parking area near to the signpost and walked for several kilometres before returning to my van having found nothing except for more signposts at the other end of the forest track... Read More |
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| Pierres de Mère et Fille | Standing Stones | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 4 | 4 | 5 | The mother and daughter stones can be easily found in the forest to the northeast of La Fleche, and are signposted from nearby. Both are nicely shaped pointed slabs, and they are about 8 metres from each other in an east west direction. The mother stone is more than 4 metres tall, and is the western... Read More |
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| la Pierre Couverte (Parigné) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 4 | 4 | This dolmen can be fairly easily found at a junction of tracks in the Bois de Bruon, near to Parigné-le-Pôlin, a few kilometres south of Le Mans, and just off the N23 road. The largish capstone, 4 m by 3.5 m, sits on top of 4 collapsed support stones, with another one nearby. its a pleasant little... Read More |
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| Menhir dit Pierre Saint-Julien | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Pierre Saint Julien is a 3.5 metre tall menhir, stood outside the main entrance to St Julien Cathedral, Le Mans. It is a truly lovely stone, made from a very heavily stratified, and vividly coloured rock. From certain angles, and in the right light, it looks for all the world to be a man dressed in ... Read More |
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| La Pierre au Diable | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) | Couldn't find | 29th Aug 2005 | I couldn't easily find this one, nor anywhere to park to have a proper look. It is not very near to the road, and so I left. | 205 | 3 | |||
| Menhir de la Croix Carrée (Landigou) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Visited | 29th Aug 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Looking for a menhir marked on my map, I could find nothing, so asked a lady walking her dog, and she directed me to this roadside cross. It has a historic monument signpost, which states that it is a megalithic monument of unknown origin. About 1.2 metres tall, it is of square section, with large c... Read More |
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| Landigou Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Orne (61) | Couldn't find | 29th Aug 2005 | Looking for this menhir marked on my map, I could find nothing | 205 | 1 |