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<< Text Pages >> La Barre Canto - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Barre Canto
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dol-de-Bretagne  Nearest Village: Vieux-Viel
Latitude: 48.478300N  Longitude: 1.5372W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Menhir to be found at Le Barre Canto, just on the edge of the Foret de Villecartier, a few km south of the village of Vieux-Viel.

Exact position of menhir is unknown.
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Le menhir des Louères à Saint-Aubin des Châteaux - Loire-Atlantique - Avril 2015 - 01
Le menhir dit "La Pierre Fichée" à Vieux-Viel - Ille-et-Vilaine - Février 2015 - 02
Le menhir dit "La Pierre Fichée" à Vieux-Viel - Ille-et-Vilaine - Février 2015 - 06
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Re: La Barre Canto by Regensburg on Friday, 09 October 2020
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We did tried to find this menhir, walked around for a while, but could not find it at the given position.
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