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<< Text Pages >> La Grée Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 15 February 2011  Page Views: 2465

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Grée Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmen d'Avrillac
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Saint-Nazaire  Nearest Village: St-André-des-Eaux
Latitude: 47.312100N  Longitude: 2.3528W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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TheCaptain couldn't find on 8th Jun 2005 At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area. Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought that finding these stones would get easier from now on, especially after the multitudes of signposted menjhirs I had found this afternoon.

Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

At the village of Avrillac, near St-André-des-Eaux, is marked a dolmen and menhir on my maps. I parked my van and had a good look all around, including a 3 kilometre walk around various lanes, but I saw nothing, and there was nobody to ask. Whatever megalithic remains there might be here are either in somebodies garden, or hidden away out of sight in the large wooded area.

Having just crossed the Loire, I am now in Brittany, and I thought that finding these stones would get easier from now on, especially after the multitudes of signposted menhirs I had found this afternoon.
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