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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Petite Longue Rocque des Granges - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Channel Islands and Isle of Man in Guernsey

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Petite Longue Rocque des Granges
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man
NOTE: This site is 0.714 km away from the location you searched for.

Island: Guernsey Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St Peter Port  Nearest Village: St Peter Port
Map Ref: WV326785
Latitude: 49.456341N  Longitude: 2.551558W
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.
no data 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.
4 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
4

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La Petite Longue Rocque des Granges
La Petite Longue Rocque des Granges submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Guernsey

A medium sized granite megalith in someone's garden in St Peter Port. Again this stone was re-erected, and is the only one surviving in the town area.

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