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<< Our Photo Pages >> Peyrasse menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 3871

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Peyrasse menhir
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.705 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lourdes  Nearest Village: Poueyferré
Latitude: 43.123000N  Longitude: 0.093W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain couldn't find on 6th Sep 2005 I had a bit of a look for this, but it is not on the map in detail, and I found nothing obvious in the real world.

Peyrasse menhir
Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : Menhir de Peyrasse, 2nd Jan 2007. Same view looking Westwards, camera poked through the fence. There was a sleeping guard dog on the other side...... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir near to Lourdes in Hautes-Pyrénées, thought to be found within the grounds of a sewage farm ?



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Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : 2nd January 2008 Poor menhir! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : 2nd January 2008 looking Southwards, the foothills of the Pyrénées still not covered with snow.... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : 2nd January 2008 Looking southwards towards the menhir in (the foreground) Also showing the other two stones nearby. One is a bit faint between the trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : 2nd January 2008 The Western side of the menhir, me looking Eastwards... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Peyrasse menhir submitted by Nick- : This menhir (approx 1.5m high) lies behind a fence (along with two other slightly buried stones) at the entrance of a rubbish/waste reprocessing centre (or whatever they are called in English) or in French an 'Usine de retraitement'. Here seen from the East (7 comments)

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Re: Peyrasse menhir by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 24 January 2006
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I had a bit of a look for this, but it is not on the map in detail, and I found nothing obvious in the real world.
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