<< Our Photo Pages >> La Croix Morfondue - Ancient Cross in France in Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72)
Submitted by foz750 on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Page Views: 206
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: La Croix MorfondueCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 13.185 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Sille le Guillaume Nearest Village: Le Grez
Latitude: 48.187749N Longitude: 0.154998W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
Ancient Cross in Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72)
One of 3 ancient crosses in the small village of Le Grez in the Sarthe department.
La Croix Morfondue is a small russet cross which marked the limit of the Templar commandary of Gué Lain near Fresney sur Sarthe.
Forming part of the Pilgrim's Route to Mt St Micheal.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Flickr
The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
508m ENE 68° Le Grez Cemetery Cross* Ancient Cross
6.3km NW 307° Croix de Chantemesle* Ancient Cross
7.4km NNE 29° Mt St Jean border stone* Marker Stone
7.8km NW 306° La Chapelle du Chene* Modern Stone Circle etc
7.8km NW 306° La Croix de la Motte* Ancient Cross
9.0km NW 311° La Brosse* Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.4km NW 311° La Brillandière* Marker Stone
9.8km NNW 331° Allée Couverte de Chaude-Fontaine* Passage Grave
10.4km WNW 288° La Championnière* Standing Stone (Menhir)
11.8km SW 235° Stele des Trois Poiriers* Sculptured Stone
11.9km NW 312° Bonnes Dames Allée couverte Passage Grave
12.1km WNW 282° La Fosses* Standing Stones
12.2km WNW 303° Menhir du Gué Péan Standing Stone (Menhir)
12.3km NW 304° Pierre Longue de Lèverie Standing Stone (Menhir)
13.2km W 268° Dolmen de la Pierre au Renard Burial Chamber or Dolmen
13.8km WNW 300° Menhir du Gué Blandin* Standing Stone (Menhir)
14.0km NNE 30° Croix de Chapelle Sainte Marguerite* Ancient Cross
14.4km W 275° Pierres dit Palais du Diable* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
14.5km W 274° La Chaise du Diable* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
14.9km WSW 238° Dolmen des Iles* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
15.3km WSW 239° Dolmen des Erves* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
15.9km NE 42° La Croix (Saint George le Gaultier)* Ancient Cross
15.9km WNW 281° Fort de Rubricaire* Ancient Village or Settlement
16.0km SW 224° La Table des Diables* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
17.2km NNE 33° Dolmen de Sougé-le-Ganelon* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
View more nearby sites and additional images