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<< Text Pages >> Le menhir de Campan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Le menhir de Campan
Country: France Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Bigorre  Nearest Village: Payolle
Latitude: 42.942000N  Longitude: 0.269000E
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.
no data 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
no data
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Menhir in Hautes-Pyrénées


In the Vallée de l'Artigoussy above Payolle. Difficult to find among many natural rocks.

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Petit ruisseau dans la neige
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Brume glacée - Icy mist
Carrière de l'Espiadet, Carrière de marbres de Campan-Payolle, Campan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
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 3.1km SE 143° Peyre Hicade de Payolle* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 8.5km E 98° Grotte de Pereyre Cave or Rock Shelter
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 20.1km NE 56° Dolmen de Bize Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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 22.1km NNE 22° Arioulès de Chourrine tumuli Chambered Tomb
 22.2km SSW 197° Saux burial chamber* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 24.1km NNW 327° Oppidum Las Puyolles Hillfort
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 24.9km NW 314° Château de Lourdes Hillfort
 25.1km ENE 60° Grotte de Gargas* Cave or Rock Shelter
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 25.9km ESE 123° Alignement de Peyralade* Stone Row / Alignment
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