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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit la Pierre Couchée (Louvigny)
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.967 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Caen  Nearest Village: Louvigny
Latitude: 49.155433N  Longitude: 0.403204W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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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Menhir dit la Pierre Couchée (Louvigny)
Menhir dit la Pierre Couchée (Louvigny) submitted by Rida : Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir more than 2 metres long, lying and broken into two parts, in very hard limestone, with numerous cup-marks, on a road called "Chemin Meunier" west of Louvigny (Dept of Calvados).

Menhir de plus de 2 mètres de long, couché et cassé en deux parties, en calcaire très dure, avec de nombreuse cupules, sur un chemin appelé le "Chemin Meunier" à l'ouest de Louvigny (Calvados)
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Menhir dit la Pierre Couchée (Louvigny)
Menhir dit la Pierre Couchée (Louvigny) submitted by Rida : Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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