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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 17 October 2010  Page Views: 6423

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan Alternative Name: Menhir de la Butte
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.689 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: Cuguen
Latitude: 48.419900N  Longitude: 1.6707W
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
5 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
5

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Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : A wonderful 6.5 metre tall and splendidly shaped granite menhir with a cross mounted on the top. My Dad acts as scale. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A wonderful 6.5 metre tall and splendidly shaped granite menhir with a cross mounted on the top, which reminded me of a slightly shorter menhir de Champ Dolent.

Despite the menhir being so big, it still manages to play a game of hide and seek before finding it along chestnut lined trackways through fields of maize!

To find the menhir (which is well worth the effort) take the D795 south from the crossroads with the D796 Combourg to Bazouges road. About a kilometre south of the crossroads, and just south from crossing the little stream, take the small road to the east, which does have a sign to the menhir. Continue along this lane for about a kilometre, turning to the left a couple of times, until it ends at a farm, and park. From here walk along the farm track to the south, which had a very homemade sign in October 2010 between two fields of maize, for a few hundred metres until a crossing of ways. From here take the right turn west along a lovely chestnut tree lined avenue for a hundred or so metres and there the stone is. It is amazing how it hides so well behind the trees which are smaller than it !

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Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : Despite the menhir being so big, it still manages to play a game of hide and seek before finding it along chestnut lined trackways through fields of maize! And suddenly, there it is! It is amazing how it hides so well behind the trees which are smaller than it ! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by Ogham : The menhir commands the skyline as you approach it. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : A wonderful 6.5 metre tall and splendidly shaped granite menhir with a cross mounted on the top, which reminded me of a slightly shorter menhir de Champ Dolent. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by foz750 : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by foz750

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : A wonderful 6.5 metre tall and splendidly shaped granite menhir with a cross mounted on the top, which reminded me of a slightly shorter menhir de Champ Dolent.

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : A wonderful 6.5 metre tall and splendidly shaped granite menhir with a cross mounted on the top.

Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan
Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan submitted by TheCaptain : Despite the menhir being so big, it still manages to play a game of hide and seek before finding it along chestnut lined trackways through fields of maize! (1 comment)

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Re: Pierre Longue de Saint-Jouan by Anonymous on Friday, 08 October 2010
Visited yesterday, 7 Oct 2010. Its fabulous, certainly a 5 pointer, although even at 6 metres tall, plays a game of hide and seek before finding it! Will send picturesand description soon.
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