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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir du Poteau - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by dipo on Monday, 26 April 2010  Page Views: 3293

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir du Poteau
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 6.87 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: SAINT NAZAIRE  Nearest Village: la Bernerie-en-Retz
Latitude: 47.088680N  Longitude: 2.02363W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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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Menhir du Poteau
Menhir du Poteau submitted by dipo : Menhir du Poteau, 44 LA BERNERIE EN RETZ (Vote or comment on this photo)
Christianised Standing Stone located alongside the D66 road, originally found before 1940 in the village of Boutinardière.

Sandstone block with granite cross added on the top.
It is erected on sandstones slabs whitch we can see somes engraved cups.
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Menhir du Poteau
Menhir du Poteau submitted by dipo : Menhir du Poteau, 44 LA BERNERIE EN RETZ (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir du Poteau
Menhir du Poteau submitted by TheCaptain : From Michel Baconnais. Ce menhir est celui que l'on trouvait avant 1940 au village de la Boutinardière. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Menhir du Poteau by TheCaptain on Friday, 12 October 2018
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From Michel Baconnais.
Ce dolmen est celui que l'on trouvait avant 1940 au village de la Boutinardière.
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