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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Aquitaine:Gironde (33)

Submitted by thecaptain on Monday, 04 July 2005  Page Views: 5996

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon)
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 5.855 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Aquitaine:Gironde (33) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Libourne  Nearest Village: Salles-de-Castillon
Latitude: 44.921300N  Longitude: 0.0074W
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.
2 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
5

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johnstone visited on 9th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 2nd Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 This one comes with its own wine! While driving from Peyre Lebade towards Clotte I saw this stone standing at the entrance to a farmhouse wine producer and noticed that the farm was called Chateau de la Pierre Levée. I stopped to have a better look and a man on his tractor in the vineyard came over to me so I tried to ask him about the stone. Apparently somewhere in his garage he has an archaeological panel with some information on it which he intends to get erected by the stone but he couldn’t find it. He called his wife who told him it was in the garage and went to look for herself also to no avail ! At this point I enquired of their wine and got taken on a little tour of the place and a tasting or two (how could I refuse?) so of course bought a case of mixed vintages for a very reasonable price as a souvenir. The menhir at the entrance is just over 2 metres tall but I have to say looks fairly recently erected there although the stone looks as old as the hills. I think I saw somewhere that the menhir after which the wine is named was in a corner of a field. Perhaps it has been fairly recently moved here. It’s a pity I couldn’t fully converse with the chap he had a thick accent which didn’t help and although we chatted well about simple things the details were missed.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 2 Access: 5

Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon)
Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) submitted by thecaptain : La Pierre Levée, Salles-de-Castillon, Gironde. This was one of the more interesting sites I found in my last session in France. It comes with its own wine, made by the chap in the picture, in his "chateau" at which this menhir is at the entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This menhir comes with its own wine! While driving from Peyre Lebade towards Clotte, I saw this stone standing at the entrance to a farmhouse wine producer, and noticed that the farm was called Chateau de la Pierre Levée.

I stopped to have a better look, and a man on his tractor in the vineyard came over to me, so I tried to ask him about the stone. Apparently, somewhere in his garage, he has an archaeological panel with some information on it, which he intends to get erected by the stone, but he couldn’t find it. He called his wife, who told him it was in the garage, and went to look for herself, also to no avail ! At this point, I enquired of their wine, and got taken on a little tour of the place and a tasting or two (how could I refuse?), so of course bought a case of mixed vintages for a very reasonable price, as a souvenir.

The menhir at the entrance is just over 2 metres tall, but I have to say looks fairly recently erected there, although the stone looks as old as the hills. I think I saw somewhere that the menhir after which the wine is named was in a corner of a field. Perhaps it has been fairly recently moved here. It’s a pity I couldn’t fully converse with the chap, he had a thick accent which didn’t help with my lack of French, and although we chatted well about simple things, the details were missed.

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Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon)
Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) submitted by johnstone : The sign tells enough, Sep 9, 2015 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon)
Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) submitted by johnstone : In front of the monolith, Sep 9, 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Pierre Levée (Salles-de-Castillon) by Anonymous on Sunday, 06 January 2008
Amused for sure..... The "man on that tractor" is my father in law, the sign in the garage (lost even then) was for the Chateau and not the stone... There is for sure a stone nearby and its from this one that the chateau gets its name its on ground on which the grapes are grown.... Will be finished one day but a call will do for now
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