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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierres de Mère et FilleCountry: France
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Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: La Flèche Nearest Village: St-Jean-de-la-Motte
Latitude: 47.783400N Longitude: 0.090100E
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 29th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The mother and daughter stones can be easily found in the forest to the northeast of La Fleche, and are signposted from nearby. Both are nicely shaped pointed slabs, and they are about 8 metres from each other in an east west direction. The mother stone is more than 4 metres tall, and is the western of the pair, The daughter is just over 2 metres tall, and at the east. It is stated on a nearby signpost that the stones are thought to represent the sun and moon, although the evidence for this is not stated.
The mother stone is more than 4 metres tall, and is the western of the pair. The daughter is just over 2 metres tall, and at the east. Both are nicely shaped pointed slabs, and they are about 8 metres from each other in an east west direction.
It is stated on a nearby signpost that the stones are thought to represent the sun and moon, although the evidence for this is not stated.
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