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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) Alternative Name: Mariage des Trois Princesses
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cherbourg  Nearest Village: St-Pierre-Eglise
Latitude: 49.680232N  Longitude: 1.390534W
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:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise can be seen this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. It is probably possible to get to fairly nearby, but it would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp caused by cattle at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long distance view from the higher road beside a small chapel, a distance of about 100 metres for my photograph.

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : It is an interesting stone, which looks completely different from each angle. Nicely lit in the fading December afternoon sun. (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the "Three Princesses", this menhir stands almost 3 metres tall in a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise, at the northeastern part of the Cotentin peninsula.

It is possible to see across a couple of fields from a parking place near to the little Chapelle Notre Dame at Hacouville, where there is a little noticeboard. Given good dry conditions, and empty fields, an approach right to the stone can be made, but be careful with the dodgy gate !

The legend of the "Three Princesses" states that they were all once about to get married, and that they had a great dowry treasure. The three princesses somehow ended up getting turned to stone, and their dowry is buried somewhere in the middle of the triangle formed by them. At this place there is now a lake, which it is said to have been formed because of all the digging taken place there in search of the treasure !

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La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : The legend of the "Three Princesses" states that they were all once about to get married, and that they had a great dowry treasure. The three princesses somehow ended up getting turned to stone, and their dowry is buried somewhere in the middle of the triangle formed by them. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : It is an interesting stone, which has some nice rainwater grooves running down one of its sides, and a nicely eroded top with sort of bowls and pointy bits. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : It is an interesting stone, which looks completely different from each angle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : One of the "Three Princesses", this menhir stands almost 3 metres tall in a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise, at the northeastern part of the Cotentin peninsula. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by karolus : Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France

La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise)
La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) submitted by thecaptain : In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise is this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. Getting closer would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long distance view.

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Re: La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) by TheCaptain on Thursday, 27 October 2011
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Re: La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) by TheCaptain on Sunday, 06 January 2008
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Having a few hours to spare before catching the Cherbourg ferry back, I decided to go and see if I could get close to this stone for a better look than I had been able to on my first visit here a few years ago.

It had been mostly dry for a couple of weeks, and I was able to sneak into the empty field under the rickety gate and barbed wire closure, there being no cattle created swamp there this time.

It is an interesting stone, which looks completely different from each angle, and has some nice rainwater grooves running down one of its sides, and a nicely eroded top with sort of bowls and a pointy top.
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Re: La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 22 December 2004
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In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise can be seen this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. It is probably possible to get to fairly nearby, but it would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp caused by cattle at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long distance view from the higher road beside a small chapel, a distance of about 100 metres for my photograph.
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