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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir de Kerglonou - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 December 2004  Page Views: 2836

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Kerglonou Alternative Name: Roche naturel de Kerglonou
Country: 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:
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
no data 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.
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
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Menhir de Kerglonou
Menhir de Kerglonou submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Menhir de Kerglonou
Menhir de Kerglonou submitted by regina (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Kerglonou
Menhir de Kerglonou submitted by regina (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Kerglonou
Menhir de Kerglonou submitted by regina (Vote or comment on this photo)

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