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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre à GâcheCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 0.148 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St Nazaire Nearest Village: Besné
Latitude: 47.397000N Longitude: 2.09W
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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The Pierre à Gâche was once situated near the village of Besné, but has now disappeared and is believed to have been destroyed.
Exact position of stone unknown, position given for village.
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