<< Our Photo Pages >> Gobiane Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gobiane Menhir Alternative Name: Menhir de Gobiane, La Mère et la FilleCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 2.268 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Le Mans Nearest Village: Chahaignes
Latitude: 47.742800N Longitude: 0.489800E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 11th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 2 This was a difficult one to find. Halfway between the villages of Flée and Chahaignes is a track south from the D.255 road up to Gobianne farm. I parked and walked up the track for at least 800 metres, and eventually I saw the menhir in a field up on the hillside. The field is well ditched, fenced and hedged, and there was no way in. The best I got was a long distance photo.
Its a big menhir, I would estimate over 4 metres tall. When you know where it is, it can actually be seen from the road, up on the skyline to the south at the top of the hill. Nice.
Now I can see the ign 1:25,000 map, there is another menhir nearby, much nearer to the road about half a kilometre to the northwest of the Gobianne menhir.
This was a difficult one to find. Halfway between the villages of Flée and Chahaignes is a track south from the D.255 road up to Gobianne farm. I parked and walked up the track for at least 800 metres, and eventually I saw the menhir in a field up on the hillside.
The field is well ditched, fenced and hedged, and there was no way in. The best I got was a long distance photo. When you know where it is, it can actually be seen from the road, up on the skyline to the south at the top of the hill.
Nice.
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