Woman standing beside large stone/dolmen
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Where: Poitou-Charentes, Vienne, France
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A few years ago we had a photo from the Mason Collection of the Brownshill Dolmen in Co Carlow. I hope this photo will prove more of a challenge, I am thinking that it will be difficult to fix on the correct location. That said, I have been wrong in the past!
As he has done before, derangedlemur was able to extend his location-identification skills to points foreign, and established that this is the Pierre levée dolmen in Poitiers in France. The grapes in the foreground helped :)
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910
NLI Ref: M52/24
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As he has done before, derangedlemur was able to extend his location-identification skills to points foreign, and established that this is the Pierre levée dolmen in Poitiers in France. The grapes in the foreground helped :)
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910
NLI Ref: M52/24
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
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Here is a link to the previous photo I mentioned above. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/40093289684
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Must have used a pretty big crane to hoist that stone on top of those rocks. As for the woman, she is almost camouflaged. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Meehambee? Not 100% sure ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meehambee_Dolmen goo.gl/maps/5vVazDiNv452 (Location) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/backpackphotography/37684743034/]via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/backpackphotography/]
O Mac
The"Roman" tiled roof behind would suggest to me that it's out foreign. Maybe Brittany or some such gaulish place.
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I'm not sure. It seems to have two cherries, an oak, an apple and a fairly Irish looking wall around it.
Niall McAuley
That roof suggests it's not Meehambee, anyhow, there is nothing nearby on the 25" map
derangedlemur
It reminded me of Gaulstown.
abandoned railways
The curved tiles have different widths between the two mouths to facilitate overlapping assembly.
derangedlemur
According to Wikipedia, there are dolmens in Italy, Sardinia and Sicily, which could explain the Italian looking roof.
Niall McAuley
Those are grape vines growing around it - not in Ireland!
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Not Ivy?
derangedlemur
Dolmens: Also available in Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria and France.
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] There are actual grapes in the bottom
rightleft corner in megazoom.National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I see the grapes now!
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] It took me a while to see the roof.
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Yep. I had initially thought they were ivy berries, but in megazoom, they do indeed appear to be grapes.
derangedlemur
So the thing that might be an apple tree is quite possibly a peach, which it looks a lot more like.
derangedlemur
I think it's the dolmen pierre levee in poitiers picclick.fr/POITIERS-86-DOLMEN-de-la-PIERRE-LEVEE-anim%C3...
derangedlemur
goo.gl/maps/TfrUQD9f62w
sharon.corbet
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] I think you're right, but the picture is reversed: wiki photo.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Bien fait le lémurien dérangé !
derangedlemur
I was right - it is an oak.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassidyphotography https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Bien fait le lémurien dérangé, indeed! On Sharons recommendation I will flip the photo, let me know if it needs to revert to the catalogue position.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Please have a look at your notes, they will not be positioned correctly since I flipped the image. Regards Mary
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By the way, if you thought this one was difficult, wait until you see tomorrows offering! https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassidyphotography https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Well done.
O Mac
Ah.... Brittany.... well done http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
sharon.corbet
There's some more photos and info here including: La Pierre Levée means the raised stone or rock and is 22 feet (6.7 m) long, 16 feet (4.9 m) broad by 7 feet (2.1 m) high with a rectangular chamber. The large capstone sits on several supports along the southern side, but is broken and falls to the ground at the northern side.
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Poitou rather than Brittany, but France, anyway. You can claim some sort of moral victory.
silverio10
Buenas fotos antiguas .
Niall McAuley
Gwan the Lemur!