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La Bajouliere This is hard to find without large scale maps as the villages do not appear on the road maps. From Gennes head west on the D751 and look for a right turn on a narrow lane to La Lussiere, it should also say to La Roche but the sign is facing the wrong way so you might not see it. Follow the lane through these two villages and when you reach the village of La Fontaine there is an old sign pointing to the right up a lane. Follow this and it turns to a sandy track and the chamber is on the left near some picnic benches.
This is a very large and impressive tomb. The chamber is almost square and is divided into two nearly equal rectangles by a row of six standing stones with a gap in the centre. The entrance is to the SE where a small antechamber leads to the main chamber that measures around 7x7m (23x23ft). The capstone is a giant and covers the whole surface of the tomb. It is a very neat and regular shape, as are the supporting stones and a vast amount of effort must have gone into it’s construction. You can stand up straight inside it except for where the capstone has cracked in the middle. Well worth searching all around these lanes for. Nearby in some trees are many boulders that might have once been more tombs.
The tomb may well still be in use as a notice from the mayor was posted here asking people to refrain from nocturnal noise and disturbances. |
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