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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by Rubis on Friday, 18 November 2011  Page Views: 3788

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 11.69 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: La Rochelle  Nearest Village: Le Bois Plage en Ré
Latitude: 46.171250N  Longitude: 1.373583W
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
Destroyed 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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Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire
Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire submitted by Rubis : The path "La Pierre qui Vie" where several menhirs were destroyed for making it. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
This menhir could be found at a crossoad between two tracks, one coming from Les Grenettes towards Saint Martin, the second coming from Bois Plage en Ré towards La Noue. It wasn't far from the farm called les Grenettes and the beach "the wild Sea", la mer Sauvage.

A part of the path was given its name and also a campsite.

Legend says, that at Christams Eve the kelp fisherwomen put some bread in the holes of the stone for birds. They hoped doing a good fishing during all year. But they had to say three times to the stone "turn over or spin". The stone turned on itself three times at Christmas Eve.

The stone was made of Jurassic stone and was got stuck in the stand before being destroyed to do the path.

Not far away was the tumulus du Peu-Pierroux, also destroyed.
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Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire
Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire submitted by Rubis : The path "La Pierre qui Vie" where several menhirs were destroyed for making it. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire
Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire submitted by Rubis : This stone is not far away from the crossroad. Is it a little part of the menhir? Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire
Menhir de la Pierre qui Vire submitted by Rubis : Taken from the booklet Le polissoir ou pierre à rainures de la Brélaudière à l'Aiguillon sur Vie (Vendée) by Marcel Baudoin, published in 1902. Site in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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