<< Our Photo Pages >> Grosse Pierre (Hognoul) - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Belgium in Liège
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grosse Pierre (Hognoul)Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 3.708 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Liège Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Liège Nearest Village: Hognoul
Latitude: 50.681400N Longitude: 5.452800E
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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Capstone of a dolmen ?
The Grosse Pierre weighs 1250 kg. Its flat base would have enabled it to be rolled over logs. If erected on smaller supports, the whole would have formed a dolmen -- but this is purely conjectural.
In its present place since 1995 (previous location unknown to me).
Information board nearby.
Photo : April 2015.
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