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Staying near Limoges and heading south west tomorrow, any advice on interesting megaliths to visit would be appreciated, will be heading towards Bordeaux, I find the French regions like for example "87" confusing, hope somebody can help, thanks Charles

bogman wrote:
Staying near Limoges and heading south west tomorrow, any advice on interesting megaliths to visit would be appreciated, will be heading towards Bordeaux, I find the French regions like for example "87" confusing, hope somebody can help, thanks Charles
Would this be of any use to you Charles?
http://www.megaliths.net/france.htm

Regards
Roy

You'll be driving through Perigord Noir so put megaliths out of your mind and instead think rock art. Paleolithic rock art to be exact.

I can't find a good website with a quick search, but an internet search for Lascaux and Grand Roc should help. http://www.vezerevalley.info/ contains some stuff. Perigord is THE area for it though so for a change of pace thats what I would recommend.

We went to Pech Merle a couple of years ago which is South East of where you are going, but a fantastic example.

If you are desperate for megaliths there are a few standing stones dotted about otherwise it Dolmens, Dolmens, Dolmens...
http://dolmen3.free.fr/lot/