<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhirs des Grées - Standing Stones in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhirs des Grées Alternative Name: Menhirs de CledyCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Rennes Nearest Village: Messac
Latitude: 47.832420N Longitude: 1.80979W
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 25th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The biggest one on a corner of crossing paths:
4,70m Tall 2,70m Wide 1,50m Thick
70m toward South Est remain 2 smaller Menhirs:
1) 1,40m Tall, 0,90m Wide, 0,60m Thick
2) 1,80m Tall, 1,00m Wide, 0,80m Thick
3) In 1883 P. BEZIER in " Inventaire des Monuments Mégalithiques du Dpt d'Ille & Vilaine" describe a fourth Menhir (2,80m Tall, 1,40m Wide, 1,00m Thick) 3,70 meters toward West from the smaller. Now disappeared !
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