<< Our Photo Pages >> Dent de Gargantua - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dent de Gargantua Alternative Name: Chablé menhirCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Saint Malo Nearest Village: Saint-Suliac
Latitude: 48.565490N Longitude: 1.954068W
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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Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 20th Mar 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This 4 or 5 metre tall white quartz menhir is contained within a private orchard near to Chablé in the community of St Suliac, near the Rance estuary south of St Malo. Although it is very close to the road, getting to see it through the hedges which surround it is not easy. Not too long ago, there was an allée couverte nearby which has now been destroyed by the farmer, and also another menhir, Le Gravier de Gargantua.
johnstone visited on 8th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.67
Although it is very close to the road, getting to see it through the hedges which surround it is not easy.
Not too long ago, there was an allée couverte nearby which has now been destroyed by the farmer, and also another menhir, Le Gravier de Gargantua.
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Liste des sites mégalithiques d'Ille-et-Vilaine
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