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<< Our Photo Pages >> Roche Buquet - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 13 October 2012  Page Views: 5118

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Roche Buquet
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.961 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dol-de-Bretagne  Nearest Village: Sains
Latitude: 48.536360N  Longitude: 1.52672W
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
3 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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Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Roche Buquet is an obelisk shaped granite stone standing 1.7 metres high with its large sides facing east - west. The stone has several grooves on it where it has been tried to break it up, and was probably once a lot larger. A second stone is laying prone nearby.

It is situated in the Marais du Mesnil, a bit to the southwest of L'Ile St Samson and can easily be reached from a trackway into the marais from Le Mesnil lane. Wellies are almost certainly a necessity!

Local legend has it that the day this stone finally disappears into the marais, the world will end.

Note: La Roche Buquet found, still surviving above the Marais, so World still OK and does not end yet.
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Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by TheCaptain : La Roche Buquet, 11 Oct 2012. Still above water, so the World is safe. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Roche Buquet (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Roche Buquet (Vote or comment on this photo)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon (5 comments)

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Druidic connotations with mistletoe in the background

Roche Buquet
Roche Buquet submitted by thereddragon : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

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Re: Roche Buquet by thereddragon on Tuesday, 09 October 2012
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Found it. It is not near La Ferme De L'Île Saint-Samson, it is 100 metres to the right as you cross the stream from the Le Mesnil lane. It's in a small hollow next to the stream
Apparently you can also enter the marsh from La Deholliere. It is actually about 1.90m high. There are a couple of other stones to one side of it??

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Re: Roche Buquet by thereddragon on Saturday, 29 September 2012
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Tried to visit but could not find it! :( I found an entrance to the marsh that seemed official with a nice noticeboard. On it was the following: An old legend states that when the menhir is swallowed by the marsh the World will end!
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    Re: Roche Buquet by davidmorgan on Saturday, 29 September 2012
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    Oh no, it's disappeared - it's the end of the world!
    Although, I guess the folk at La Ferme De L'Île Saint-Samson probably know where it is?
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    Re: Roche Buquet by thereddragon on Sunday, 30 September 2012
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    I think you are referring to the now unmarked road leading to the somewhat unwelcoming farm. I'd guess you've never attempted a three point turn in that lane!!
    Approach from the South through the marshes as I shall real soon where a syndicate of farmers have allowed access. Good on them. Soon after my failure I saw a posse of ramblers gathering in Pontorson. No doubt the reason for the situation on the marsh :)
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