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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir des Richards - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by Rubis on Wednesday, 26 May 2010  Page Views: 2263

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir des Richards
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.878 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Saint Jean d'Angély  Nearest Village: Mazeray
Latitude: 45.891700N  Longitude: 0.5594W
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
4 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.
5 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 in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

This menhir can be found at the end of the locality Les Richards. It is just next to the road, in a farm. The legend says that it was brought back from a field by a farmer.
The menhir is not very big but it is interesting.
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