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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir de Glomel - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 5083

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Glomel Alternative Name: Menhir de Ker Sioul, Hameau du menhir
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.26 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Rostrenen  Nearest Village: Glomel
Latitude: 48.223100N  Longitude: 3.386W
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.
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
4

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Menhir de Glomel
Menhir de Glomel submitted by MaccMan : Menhir del Glomel photographed in 1998. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Menhir de Glomel, or Menhir du Hameau du Menhir is one of the tallest around, at 9 metres, and is to be found just to the east of Glomel.



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Menhir de Glomel
Menhir de Glomel submitted by thereddragon : In better times (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Glomel
Menhir de Glomel submitted by JohnGinny : Menhir de Glomel, or Menhir du Hameau du Menhir. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Glomel
Menhir de Glomel submitted by johnstone : Almost 9 metres high but behind a fence, June 30, 2005 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Glomel
Menhir de Glomel submitted by johnstone : Really imposing but difficult to visit, June 30, 2005 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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22 Glomel - Eglise St-Germain XVI XIX
22 Glomel - Eglise St-Germain XVI XIX
Carte postale de Glomel  dans les Côtes d'Armor (22).
Pia a GLOMEL
Lac de Glomel

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Re: Hameau du menhir by davidmorgan on Sunday, 25 January 2015
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Re: Hameau du menhir by JohnGinny on Thursday, 09 August 2007
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This awesome stone is inaccessible due to the local farmer draping it in barbed wire.
It is visible from the village center and can be approached from a small parking area directly in front of it. This must have been a very important stone once.
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