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<< Text Pages >> Menhir de Bordères-Louron - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 3252

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Bordères-Louron
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.872 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Bigorre  Nearest Village: Bordères-Louron
Latitude: 42.874159N  Longitude: 0.383017E
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
4
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TheCaptain couldn't find on 8th Sep 2005 I asked at Tourist Office, but they, as usual, knew nothing, and said I must have the wrong village !

Menhir 1.6 metres tall to be found beside the road between Bordères-Louron and Lancon.


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Re: Bordères-Louron menhir by TheCaptain on Saturday, 21 January 2006
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I asked at Tourist Office if they had any information to help find this menhir, but they as usual knew nothing about this sort of thing, and said I must have the wrong village !
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