<< Our Photo Pages >> St-Benoit polissoir - Polissoir in France in Normandie:Manche (50)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St-Benoit polissoirCountry: 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:
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 |
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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
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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