Seaside villas cluster on the clifftops. Clambering over the rise, between sea and harbour. With a surprise lurking in their midst.
For within this genteel suburban scene, high on the hillside, lies a more ancient edifice. The Tumulus des Mousseaux. Constructed by the same, mysterious bronze age, civilisation which erected the standing stones and Dolmen of Carnac, Yeu and Scilly.
It is similar in style, if not scale, to the Cairn Petit Mont, south of Crouesty (above). With its multiple corridors and inner chambers. Enclosed by terraced outer ramparts, formed of dry stone walls. (With, in the case of Petit Mont, concrete embellishment courtesy of the Nazis. Who fortified the site during their invasion of France).
My phone rings unexpectedly, as I take the boardwalk back from town. Returning me abruptly to the present day.
It is Cindy. Proprietor of the Wilkinson Sails loft, at the head of Faversham Creek. Provider of Stargazer's new (last year) mainsail and rigging.
Just arrived in Pornic, aboard the cat rigged ketch Fera, she had recognised Stargazer. Would I care for a sundowner and a cruiser's catch up?
Picture Credits
Fera under sail courtesy of David Potter
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