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Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 15 February 2011  Page Views: 4964

Multi-periodSite Name: Mont St Michel Alternative Name: Mont Saint Michel
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.104 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Avranches  Nearest Village: Mont St Michel
Latitude: 48.635800N  Longitude: 1.5111W
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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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johnstone visited on 13th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

TheCaptain visited on 11th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Getting a late lunch at Plein Fougeres, it is now much too late to go to Fougeres and have a proper look round, so we decide to go to Mont St Michel for a quick look around. Shouldn't be too busy at this time of year. It has all changed since either myself or Dad was last there, and you now have to park miles away, at what is becoming a sort of holiday village resort. Many huge car parks, some hotels and restaurants etc, and a 40 min walk to the Mont, but free shuttle busses are provided. At this point I was ready to give up and drive away, but Dad still wanted to persevere, so we got the shuttle bus 10 mins out to the Mont. Theres a hell of a lot of work going on here, both to the walls and the surroundings. Turns out they are trying to cut off the Mont again, to get the sea to surround it once more, and this involves removing the old causeway etc, and just have a sort of bridge going out to the Mont. This and alterations to the river should then mean the silts get washed away, and the sea once more claims the Mont at each high tide. I read at the new controlling dam on the river that the land has risen 4.9 metres since the 1960s. Much of these new grassy marshes is being dug up and pushed into the river, hopefully to get washed away. The place is not too crowded, although many Japanese here, so we walk up to the abbey along the main street, no time to do the tour. Walk down around the outer walls, watching the tide coming in, and theres a group of people out walking over the sands and mud with the water coming in. Just as we leave the Mont, the sun starts to come out, making a few pictures much better. Cup of tea, then on to Sara's, much later than we ought to be, but this time its not all my doing! Must visit here properly sometime, October Thursday mornings might be OK, but need the whole day.

TheCaptain visited on 28th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Far too hot and busy and crowded.

Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.67 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3.67

Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel submitted by theCaptain : They are trying to cut off the Mont again, to get the sea to surround it once more. I read at the new controlling dam on the river that the land has risen 4.9 metres since the 1960s. Much of these new grassy marshes is being dug up and pushed into the river, hopefully to get washed away. (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the World's major tourist sites, on a rock projecting from the sandy estuary formerly cut off at each high tide until the major causeway was built. Man has settled and revered this place for eternity.

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Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel submitted by Martin_L : Early morning fog in 2001. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mont St Michel submitted by johnstone : Public leaflet, June 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mont St Michel submitted by Postman : Its in the sea you know, not a farmers field. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel submitted by Postman : Cloisters, I really like cloisters, a good place to sit for a while, though your not supposed to sit in a cloister I suppose. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel submitted by Postman : St Michel slays the dragon, good job he's not got vertigo.

Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel submitted by theCaptain : They are trying to cut off the Mont again, to get the sea to surround it once more, and this involves removing the old causeway which prevented the tide clearing the silts etc, and just have a bridge going out to the Mont. This and alterations to the river should then mean the silts get washed away, and the sea once more claims the Mont at each high tide.

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Re: Mont St Michel by Anonymous on Friday, 19 July 2019
Le Mont St. Michel is part of a strong alignment that includes; Old Sarum, Stonehenge, Pewsey Downs, W-Kennet barrow etc. It is also part of an alignment triangle from Le Mont St. Michel - Avebury - St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall which includes Glastonbury Tor etc. This alignment is examined & followed by satellite in the following link;
https://ancientwhisperspenwith.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-st-michael-triangle-duke-line.html
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Re: Mont St Michel by TheCaptain on Thursday, 03 January 2013
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Notes from a quick visit last October, and despite initial worries about all the major work going on, I seriously believe it will be making major improvements to this World Class site, in both reducing the numbers of people at any one time, and also hopefully allowing the mont to return to its rightful natural position in the sea.

"Getting a late lunch, we decide to go to Mont St Michel for a quick look around. Shouldn't be too busy at this time of year.

It has all changed since I was last here, and you now have to park miles away, at what is becoming a sort of holiday village resort. Many huge car parks, some hotels and restaurants etc, and a 40 min walk to the Mont, but free shuttle busses are provided. At this point I was ready to give up and drive away, but Dad still wanted to persevere, so we got the shuttle bus 10 mins out to the Mont.

There's a heck of a lot of work going on here, both to repair the walls and also to the surroundings. They are trying to cut off the Mont again, to get the sea to surround it once more, and this involves removing the old causeway which prevented the tide clearing the silts etc, and just have a sort of bridge going out to the Mont. This and alterations to the river should then mean the silts get washed away, and the sea once more claims the Mont at each high tide.

I read at the new controlling dam on the river that the land has risen 4.9 metres since the 1960s. Much of these new grassy marshes is being dug up and pushed into the river, hopefully to get washed away.

The place is not too crowded, so we walk up to the abbey along the main street, no time to do the tour. Walk down around the outer walls, watching the tide coming in, and theres a group of people out walking over the sands and mud with the water coming in. Must visit here properly sometime, October Thursday mornings might be OK, but need the whole day.
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Re: Mont St Michel by TheCaptain on Thursday, 28 June 2012
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