<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Potelée - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre PoteléeCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.23 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Sarthe (72) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: La Flèche Nearest Village: St-Jean-de-la-Motte
Latitude: 47.780800N Longitude: 0.094300E
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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TheCaptain visited on 29th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This stone is about half a kilometre east of the Mere et Fille stones in the forest and is also signposted. I parked in a parking area near to the signpost and walked for several kilometres before returning to my van having found nothing except for more signposts at the other end of the forest track pointing back from where I had come. As I got back to the van, I could see the stone, less than 100 metres from where I had parked, down a different track ! The stone is a slab on its end, between 2.5 and 3 metres tall, and 2 metres wide, with many holes on one side.
The stone is about half a kilometre east of the Mere et Fille stones in the forest and is also signposted.
I parked in a parking area near to the signpost and walked for several kilometres before returning to my van having found nothing except for more signposts at the other end of the forest track pointing back from where I had come.
As I got back to the van, I could see the stone, less than 100 metres from where I had parked, down a different track !
IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates taken from a gps receiver.
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