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<< Our Photo Pages >> Peyre Hicade de Payolle - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 4070

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Peyre Hicade de Payolle
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.819 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Bigorre  Nearest Village: Payolle
Latitude: 42.920100N  Longitude: 0.291600E
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.
5 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.
4 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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TheCaptain visited on 8th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 I spent hours looking for this, largely because walking around here in such a beautiful part of the world and the wonderful scenery is such a great pleasure. The stone is somewhere to the south of the Lac de Payolle, and its holiday complex. There is even a 2 hour circular walk signposted and named Peyre Hicade. But to properly find the stone takes a lot of doing, and it is not actually passed by the named walking trail ! To start with I wasn't totally sure that I found the real stone, but the one I found at least looks like a proper menhir, and not a natural fallen rock. It is just over 2 metres high although the top has broken off and lies at its foot, and by a trackway above the road at the furthest point from the lake on the Peyre Hicade walk, although the signposts for the path do not lead or point to the stone. If following the road south from the lake, just after the road crosses a bridge, and then does an almost hairpin turn to the right, park and follow a trackway up the hill to the left, on the uphill side of the stream. If this is not the menhir, I do not know what is - it looks like an other picture I have seen.

Peyre Hicade de Payolle
Peyre Hicade de Payolle submitted by thecaptain : This stone is to the south of the Lac de Payolle, up the valley towards Artigous. There is a 2 hour circular walk signposted and named Peyre Hicade, but to properly find the stone without any other information takes a lot of doing, as it is not actually passed by the named walking trail ! It is by a trackway above the road at the furthest point from the lake on the Peyre Hicade walk, although ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
This stone is to the south of the Lac de Payolle, and its holiday complex, up the valley towards Artigous. There is a 2 hour circular walk signposted and named Peyre Hicade, but to properly find the stone without any other information takes a lot of doing, as it is not actually passed by the named walking trail !

After a very long time of looking, to start with I wasnt totally sure that I found the real stone, but the one I found at least looks like a proper menhir, and not a natural fallen rock.

It is still over 2 metres high although the top has broken off and lies at its foot, and by a trackway above the road at the furthest point from the lake on the Peyre Hicade walk, although the signposts for the path do not lead or point to the stone.

If following the road south from the lake, just after the road crosses a bridge, and then does an almost hairpin turn to the right, park and follow a trackway up the hill to the left, on the uphill side of the stream.

If this is not the menhir, I do not know what is - it looks like an other picture I have seen.

I spent hours looking for this, largely because walking around here in such a beautiful part of the world and the wonderful scenery is such a great pleasure.


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Peyre Hicade de Payolle
Peyre Hicade de Payolle submitted by thecaptain : After a very long time of looking, to start with I wasnt totally sure that I found the real stone, but the one I found at least looks like a proper menhir, and not a natural fallen rock. It is still over 2 metres high although the top has broken off and lies at its foot. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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