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<< Text Pages >> La Palanque de Peyre - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Aquitaine:Gironde (33)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2994

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Palanque de Peyre
Country: France Département: Aquitaine:Gironde (33) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Libourne  Nearest Village: Montignac
Latitude: 44.712000N  Longitude: 0.224W
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
no data
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TheCaptain couldn't find on 3rd Jun 2005 I had a look all around the region here, but with nothing marked on any of my maps, and nothing signed from the village, I gave up, as after all the time I had spent looking for Bignon I had to move on.

Menhir in Gironde




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 5.4km E 80° Dolmens de Bignon* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: La Palanque de Peyre by TheCaptain on Sunday, 08 January 2006
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I had a look all around the region here, but with nothing marked on any of my maps, and nothing signed from the village, I gave up, as after all the time I had spent looking for Bignon I had to move on.
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