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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre du Hu - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 4459

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre du Hu Alternative Name: Menhir du Hu
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 4.809 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Vire  Nearest Village: Montchauvet
Latitude: 48.938300N  Longitude: 0.7057W
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.
3 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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Pierre du Hu
Pierre du Hu submitted by theCaptain : At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir standing along with the quartz blocks of the Montchauvet alignements, in a field at La Plumaudiere east of Montchauvet in Calvados.

At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall.


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Pierre du Hu
Pierre du Hu submitted by theCaptain : At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Hu
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Pierre du Hu
Pierre du Hu submitted by johnstone : With the rest of the Plumaudière alignment in the background, June 25, 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Hu
Pierre du Hu submitted by theCaptain : At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Pierre du Hu by Rida on Monday, 28 February 2011
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Pierre du Hu = Montchauvet alignements (different names for the same megaliths)
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    Re: Pierre du Hu by TheCaptain on Monday, 28 February 2011
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    According to the book "The Archaeology of Brittany, Normandy and the Channel Islands", by Barbara Bender (ISBN 0-571-09957-2), the Pierre du Hu is the large 3.2 metre tall menhir at one corner of the field where the rest of the stones lay. As such, I have given it a seperate site page.
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