<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre du Pôt - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre du Pôt Alternative Name: Menhir dit la Pierre du PôtCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 2.797 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Falaise Nearest Village: Ussy
Latitude: 48.949400N Longitude: 0.2864W
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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johnstone visited on 24th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain have visited here
I found this remarkably easily, travelling thriugh Ussy past the school, and I pulled off the road into a large parking area to look at the village map on the street nearby. Lo and behold, I had pulled into the sports centre, and the stone was standing there right in front of the car!
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