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<< Our Photo Pages >> St-Benoit polissoir - Polissoir in France in Normandie:Manche (50)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 7120

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St-Benoit polissoir
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.021 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Avranche  Nearest Village: Saint-James
Latitude: 48.534300N  Longitude: 1.3188W
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
5

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thereddragon visited on 6th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Thanks to the excellent instructions here I found it very easily :) Many thanks!

TheCaptain visited on 3rd Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Decide to take Dad here to see this special stone, so leave the autoroute at St James, to go have a look – the third time I will have tried to take Dad here, having missed it twice before due to roadworks and a shut bridge, and lateness on the previous occasions. Blimey, there are now big brown signs indicating it from the main road. Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike the old description when I was first looking for it several years ago. The stone is a bit smaller than I remember it, but it is really wonderful. I just love being able to sit and stroke the very polished grooves, and let my mind wander back through the millennia. Again, Dad seemed well impressed at being able to see something like this.

TheCaptain visited on 28th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 I was understanding that this polissoir stone was going to be difficult to find, but thought that I'd give it a go. Luckily for me, since the source of my information was written, it's all been tidied up into a nice little area and signposted. It's about 800m from the village of St Bénoit, up the D.363 to the east, beside the little stream. The stone itself is a sort of white quartz, about 1.2 metres in length and flat on the ground. In the top face are three polishing bowls, one large, and up to 16 polishing grooves. The little stream which provides its water source to lubricate the polishing is rich in iron ore, and this has caused the stone to stain a rust red colour in its cracks and grooves. The stone has been dated to 4000BC. Legends have become associated with such a stone, one being that it can cure colic in horses if they are walked around the stone three times, then made to drink the iron rich water within its basins. Terriffic, I love these polissoir stones.

neolithique02 have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 5

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by thecaptain : St Benoit polissoir, near St James. Not a million miles from Mont St Michel, this lovely polissoir stone is nowadays nicely kept in a little garden type area beside the lane. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This nice polissoir stone can be found abut 800 metres to the east of the village of St-Benoit, in Manche

Take the D363 from the village, eastwards, and the stone can now be easily found in a little gardenlike enclosure beside the stream, at the edge of the field beside the road.

The stone is flat to the ground and about 1.2 metres long. On the top surface are 3 polishing basins, and 16 grooves.

Several legends are associated with the stone, including one that says horses will be cured of colic it they are walked around the stone 3 times before being made to drink the iron filled water contained within its basins.

Its terriffic !

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St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by TheCaptain : The stone is flat to the ground and about 1.2 metres long. On the top surface are 3 polishing basins, and 16 grooves. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by TheCaptain : The stone is a bit smaller than I remember it, but it is really wonderful. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02 : Polissoir de Saint Benoit Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02 : Polissoir de Saint Benoit à Saint James Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02 : Polissoir de Saint Benoit à Saint James Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02 : Polissoir de Saint Benoit Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by neolithique02

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by thereddragon : The grass had recently been trimmed. Nice to see it being cared for, apparently it has been protected since 1977/12/05 Référence Mérimée : PA00110578

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by TheCaptain : Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike when I was first looking for it several years ago. The stone is a bit smaller than I remember it, but it is really wonderful.

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by TheCaptain : Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike the old description when I was first looking for it several years ago.

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by TheCaptain

St-Benoit polissoir
St-Benoit polissoir submitted by thecaptain : Almost lost a few years ago, this polissoir stone is now nicely tended and has its own information sign.

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Re: St-Benoit polissoir by TheCaptain on Thursday, 28 June 2012
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Re: St-Benoit polissoir by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Notes from visiting again travelling the "scenic route" to my sisters 3rd June 2010

Decide to take Dad here to see this special stone, so leave the autoroute at St James, to go have a look – the third time I will have tried to take Dad here, having missed it twice before due to roadworks and a shut bridge, and lateness on the previous occasions. Blimey, there are now big brown signs indicating it from the main road.

Set in its nice little marshy area, this is now very well looked after and presented, unlike the old description when I was first looking for it several years ago. The stone is a bit smaller than I remember it, but it is really wonderful. I just love being able to sit and stroke the very polished grooves, and let my mind wander back through the millennia. Dad seemed well impressed at being able to see something like this.
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