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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Roche Carrée - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3194

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Roche Carrée
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 6.439 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dinan  Nearest Village: Medreac
Latitude: 48.290620N  Longitude: 2.06269W
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
3 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.
3 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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johnstone visited on 12th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 3

negus visited on 5th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5

johnstone visited on 4th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3

Ogham have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3.67

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone : Very beautiful monolith, June 12, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is a 4 metre tall quartzite menhir, which has been broken down from its original 5 metres.

This white menhir sits alone in the field now but in the past it was part of the complex of alignments, perhaps a marker for the rising sun.

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La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham : Due to the crops and no path I was unable to approach closer. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham : Looked really white with the bright sun. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone : June 12, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by johnstone : Another long distance view, but the shape is obvious rectangular, June 4, 2004

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham : La Roche Carrée The menhir as seen from the alignments.

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham : La Roche Carrée Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

La Roche Carrée
La Roche Carrée submitted by Ogham : This white menhir sits alone in the field now but in the past it was part of the complex of alignments, perhaps a marker for the rising sun.

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Re: La Roche Carrée by Ogham on Friday, 20 January 2012
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I would rate the site Ambience 3, Access 3.

The location of the site is 48 17.436N 002 03.762W taken with handheld GPS
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