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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir des PlanchesCountry: France Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Caen Nearest Village: Amblie
Latitude: 49.285381N Longitude: 0.515521W
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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From Rida's Wikipedia article :
Le menhir se trouve sur un chemin de limite cadastrale au lieu dit la Vaubaine à l'est de la carrière d'Orival et au sud du château des Planches. Il a une forme de colonne de 1,35 m de hauteur formant grossièrement 6 côtés de largeurs inégales (45 cm × 34 cm × 40 cm × 10 cm × 50 cm × 2 cm). On y remarque des traces de taille à sa base. Une cupule profonde de 5 cm est visible au sommet ainsi que des rigoles parallèles. On peut voir d'autres plus petites cupules sur le sommet et les côtés.
En 1913, le Dr Raoul Doranlo, membre de la Société préhistorique française, fit un recensement des pierres antiques dans la région septentrionale de Caen. Il signala plusieurs pierres remarquables aux alentours d'Amblie. Il fit remarquer que les menhirs y sont souvent de petites tailles et que beaucoup ont été brisés, renversés ou enlevés des champs cultivés. Certains ont été déplacés par les cultivateurs pour en faire des devises. Cette pierre pourrait avoir été utilisé comme devise, c'est-à-dire comme borne en pierre marquant la limite de propriété.
Sept autres mégalithes sont visibles dans un rayon de moins de 8 km : le Menhir des Demoiselles à Colombiers-sur-Seulles, la pierre levée du clos St Gilles à Creully, la Pierre Debout à Reviers, la Demoiselle de Bracqueville à Bény-sur-Mer, les Grosses Devises à Thaon et la Pierre Tourneresse à Cairon.
Which Google translates as: The menhir is on a path of cadastral boundaries at a place called Vaubaine to the east of the quarry Orival and south of the château des Planches. It is a column of 1.35 m in height forming roughly six sides of unequal widths (45 cm × 34 cm × 40 cm × 10 cm × 50 cm × 2 cm). We notice traces of size at its base. A cup of 5 cm deep is visible at the top and side ditches. You can see other smaller cups on the top and sides.
In 1913, Dr. Raoul Doranlo, Member of the French Prehistoric Society, made a survey of ancient stones in the northern region of Caen. He reported several remarkable stones around Amblie. He noted that the standing stones are often small and many were broken, overturned or removed from the fields. Some were moved by the farmers to make devises. This stone could have been used as currency, that is to say as boundary stone marking the property line.
Seven other megaliths are visible within a radius of less than 8 km: the Menhir of the Demoiselles in Colombiers-sur-Seulles, stone lifting of the closed St Gilles Creully, Standing Stone in Reviers, the Flower Bracqueville at Beny-sur-Mer, les Grosses Devises in Thaon and the Pierre Tourneresse of Cairon.
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