<< Our Photo Pages >> Celles-sur-Belle menhirs - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in France in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79)
Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005 Page Views: 7340
Natural PlacesSite Name: Celles-sur-Belle menhirs Alternative Name: Roc l'AbbesseCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 7.493 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Niort Nearest Village: Celles-sur-Belle
Latitude: 46.268000N Longitude: 0.19W
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 15th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 After a fairly long struggle to find these which are marked on my ign map I eventually found a sign pointing through the woods to menhirs 180 metres but not very close to the position on the map. The best I found was two big lumps of rock on a hillside which looked very much like they may be natural rocks to me. Its possible there is a third nearby. I could not get a gps fix in the dense woodland.
After a fairly long struggle to find these which are marked on my ign map I eventually found a sign pointing through the woods to "menhirs 180 metres" but not very close to the position marked on the map.
The best I found was two big lumps of rock on a hillside which looked very much like they may be natural rocks to me. Its possible there is a third nearby.
I could not get a gps fix in the dense woodland.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map source
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