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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit la Pierre FolleCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 0.877 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Nantes Nearest Village: St Cyr en Retz
Latitude: 47.024672N Longitude: 1.890553W
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 3rd Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Like other Standing stones located inside Briere marsh at North of Loire river, it is the witness of the water rising during Neolithic age: A drill made at his base showned that original height was 3,25m.
. Visible height: 1,40m Wide : 2,00m Thickness : 0,70m
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