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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir du Faix du Diable Alternative Name: Chesnaie MenhirCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 5.003 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ernée Nearest Village: La Bigottière
Latitude: 48.204400N Longitude: 0.7738W
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 30th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 A massive menhir right beside the road and standing in the ditch. It must be well over 4 metres tall 3 metres wide and over a metre thick and it looks to have been smoothed.
It must be well over 4 metres tall, 3 metres wide and over a metre thick, and it looks to have been smoothed.
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