<< Our Photo Pages >> Mégalithe de la Pierre Frite - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mégalithe de la Pierre FriteCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Nantes Nearest Village: Basse Goulaine
Latitude: 47.208600N Longitude: 1.4667W
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 |
0 | no data |
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johnstone visited on 5th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
I found out about this site by chance on a tourist map. But after a few recon trips to Basse Goulaine and elementary French I failed to find it. It was not marked on any maps in the town itself. I found a Breton contact on the internet who gave me the location of the Menhir after I emailed him. The actual menhir appears on the coat of arms of Basse Goulaine so it is strange that such an emblem is not indicated.
The municipality had incorporated the Menhir into the garden of the round about which is fair enough, but this left it looking unnatural, the one side hidden by bushes had a bit of blue graffiti on it. Some investigations in the flower bed unearthed some pottery flakes and some broken stones in the shape of arrows, however i am not a specialist so I am not sure. In the garden next to this menhir there was another large recumbent rock that may be connected to the other upright menhir.
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