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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Kerglonou Alternative Name: Roche naturel de KerglonouCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 1.527 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ploudalmezeau Nearest Village: Plouarzel
Latitude: 48.466384N Longitude: 4.745955W
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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Shaped block by the roadside, often considered a menhir
Location Source: T4T35
Information and Pictures:
megalithes-breton.fr
Additional info by regina (October 2019): The menhir has a height of 2.50 m, a width of 1.30 m and a thickness of 0.80 m.
This "menhir" is actually a block moved and erected, by the communal employees.
Source: megalithes-breton.fr
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